USC upsets LSU and Miami may be the class of the ACC

The Audible with Stew & Bruce: A show about college football

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🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Stew and Bruce recap week 1 in a Labor Day edition of The Audible. Stew was in Las Vegas for #23 USC's upset win over #13 LSU. The Trojans defense looks to have taken a step forward entering Lincoln Riley's third season in Los Angeles. How does the result impact both team's playoff hopes? Elsewhere, while Florida State and Clemson have slipped up in the ACC, Cam Ward and Miami dominated Florida to open the season. Texas A&M joined the Tigers and Gators with an opening loss, falling to Notre Dame. The guys also unveil a new segment. Each week they'll each pick out the player who impressed them the most. Hosts: Stewart Mandel, Bruce Feldman Producer: Tim McMaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the latest edition of the audible presented by Trader Joe's. I'm Bruce Feldman joined by Stuart Mandel.
0:19.0	We were taping this on Monday.
0:23.0	Stu is still in Vegas coming off of a riveting LSU USC game.
0:30.0	We're going to dig deep into that in a minute.
0:32.0	We're also going to touch on it was a little bit of a
0:35.1	shaky opening weekend for the SEC and some interesting head-to-head games and we're
0:41.9	getting get into all of that but first to how surprised were you that
0:49.1	USC B LSU it's not so much that USC beat LSU it's the way that they did it. I mean we've
0:58.2	been wondering and speculating all off season can the defense really get that much better? Can a Lincoln-Reilly team ever
1:05.5	have a good defense? And I think if you're a USC fan you have to be very pleased with
1:10.9	what you saw on Monday night.
1:13.2	They didn't necessarily shut down LSU.
1:15.9	In fact, for much of that game,
1:17.6	Garrett Nussmeyer was, you know,
1:20.9	felt like he was having a really good game but it was all underneath stuff
1:23.7	USC was kind of giving him some cushion and then in the end of the day like it was
1:28.7	kind of night and day and I think part of it is they're back they're back in the stadium where they had that nightmare pack 12 championship game
1:37.2	That was where the defense was so bad that a reporter actually asked Lincoln Riley do you guys practice tackling?
1:43.7	They tackled very well, they didn't give up big plays.
1:48.6	I wouldn't say they got much pressure on the quarterback,
1:50.9	but maybe that was to be expected against that we're
1:52.4	in issues offensive line.
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