Final thoughts...
The Mizzou stupidity - Their scholarships are dependent upon them playing football. If I'm Pinkel it's, "see you at practice or get your stuff and have a good life."
USCe is a better team than we expected. So a W coming in any form is OK. Forget the style points.
If the OC/Butch will focus the O on what Dobbs/Hurd/Kamara do well, they will outscore opponents regardless of D performance. But they approach most games like they do practice as if they are experimenting at different things. I don't see that stuff with the better teams. Those teams line up and do what they do without trying to outsmart the other guys. Sure, an occasional trick play, but, for the most part they go with what they are proven to be good at. When the other guys stop them consistently, they adjust to the next batch of things they do well and adjust blocking assignments, routes, QB drops, check-offs, etc.
Defense - CJJ - talking to you. Match-ups. It's about match-ups and pressure on the QB. Cam on the other team's best receiver. You have too many injuries on D to do it any other way. Period.
And to all a good night.