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USC Trojans Safety Christian Pierce, Coach Lincoln Riley, and quarterback Jayden Maiava discusses what needs to be better on their defense. Riley talks about how they gave up big plays and penalties. He also talks about how they missed tackles also.
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00:00Do you see Desmond celebrating?
00:02I put the hit on Dante, and if you did, what was your reaction?
00:03I did not see it, no.
00:05Lincoln, obviously the defense gave up over 500 yards today.
00:08Where do you feel like things need to get better?
00:11Yeah, we gave up some big plays.
00:14I thought the screen pass there at the beginning of the half
00:17was really a big momentum play.
00:20We had just gotten them in a second and long.
00:22And then obviously the penalty there at the end,
00:25when we had some momentum, the crowd was into it.
00:27That was honestly probably as rowdy as I've heard our crowd,
00:30maybe since I've been here.
00:31It was a hell of an atmosphere in there.
00:34We had all the momentum in the world.
00:35But you can't do that against good teams and good offenses
00:39with talented skilled players like they have.
00:42I didn't think we did a great job tackling them on the night
00:44and missed some tackles that created some of the explosives as well.
00:47So we've got to play better.
00:49We've got to play tighter.
00:50And, again, it's like some of those clutch downs.
00:52We had the great goal on stop at the end of the half,
00:54which I knew you could just tell how big that was.
00:57And I think it gave us a kind of shot of momentum going in there at half.
01:01But some of the opportunities to get off the field have got to be better there.
01:06Coach, do you think Dillon gave him a different dynamic
01:08once he took over for Dante and for the defense as well?
01:11It looked like the offense was maybe running a little bit smoother
01:14than what Dante had done.
01:15Yeah, I mean, I think any time a different quarterback goes in,
01:18it's going to change the flow of the game a little bit.
01:21Guys' skill sets are different.
01:22They're obviously both two proven good quarterbacks at this level
01:25that have experience, and so, I mean, you know, maybe a little bit,
01:29but we still had our opportunities.
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01:34and we're not going to fly.
01:34So, a clamping had to be more open for those types of guns.
01:34There's a lot more points or the idea of a little bit of wine outside
01:34from the river where you're leaving,
01:35and there's one big Nu faxes aboard.
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