The Arizona Wildcats and their Senior quarterback Willie Tuitama did not succeed on their bid for an upset of No. 5 USC. The game was real yawner (USC 17 - Arizona 10) if you're a fan of offensive demolitions but defensively both teams were laying down the law particularly by USC who shut down Tuitama in the second half and limited him to just 88 passing yards, well below his season average of 222 yards per game.
USC’s linebacking corps led by the omnipresent Rey Maualuga and Kaluka Maiava stifled the running game and along with the secondary forced Tuitama to make awkward passes and poor decisions all night. Fili Moala was a load in the middle of the defensive line and the Trojans clinched the game in the final minutes when FB Stanley Havili caught a 30-yard TD pass from Mark Sanchez.
Audible: When is USC going to return to its dominating ways? With that pool of talent, shouldn’t they be playing on an NFL level, or at least the way they played last year? Or is it just that defensive coordinators have finally figured out how to stop the Trojan winning machine? And when is coach Stoops going to give Tuitama the offense he needs to flourish? A pocket-passer needs more than just his running back as a big play option. Also, is it just me, or is Stanely Havili just a damn beast? That kid would run through a brick wall to win.
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