USC Trojans discuss their slow start during game

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USC Trojans Quarterback Jayden Maiava, Coach Lincoln Riley, and Defensive Tackle Devan Thompkins discusses their slow start during game and the reasons for it.  Riley talked about their problems but he did talk about how they rallied and came together.

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00:00Lincoln, what was behind the slow start, as you saw it?

00:04Yeah, we just, we didn't play very sharp early.

00:07I didn't think we, you know, we didn't tackle very good on the first drive.

00:11You know, there weren't a lot of explosive plays, just didn't tackle very good.

00:14You know, offensively, we were just a little bit out of sync.

00:18Just, we kind of took turns.

00:20You know, we missed some big opportunities that we typically make, pretty routine.

00:26And then it had some really untimely penalties that set us back.

00:32And so, you know, and against a good defense on a night like this, I mean, you definitely don't want to make your job harder when we did that.

00:38And so, but we rallied, you know, I mean, we obviously settled in defensively and played an outstanding game.

00:43And offensively, we were able to get it done when it mattered.

00:47How do you feel you guys performed just overall against Evan Johnson, the Nebraska run?

00:51He's a good player.

00:53You know, he got loose a couple of times.

00:55I mean, I thought, we'll look at the tape and want to have tackled better, but our pursuit and the fact that when we missed one,

01:03we typically got him down pretty quick after that, I thought was huge.

01:06And that's what you got to do against a really good running back, right?

01:09The first guy, as much as you want it to happen, is not always going to get him down.

01:13And if your pursuit, your effort, your angles are correct, if you're leveraging the ball,

01:17then you're going to have a chance to put a lid on those runs and, you know, a 10-yarder doesn't turn into a 60-yarder.

01:25You know, and that's what we did a lot better tonight.

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