USC Trojans discuss their defensive game

What was the thinking with having Coach Patterson up in the box today and how did you think that worked out? Yeah, we talked about it a little bit early in the week, and I think it's been a good learning experience for us. I mean, going through some of these first few games, seeing the makeup of the staff, it was a conversation that he and I had on Sunday, and we thought there were some reasons just kind of in our operation that made sense. You know, he knows his defense obviously better than anyone. He was used to having, I think, a staff that, you know, at TCU, if you kind of look at his staff there for years and years, they've had like little to no turnover, right? And so, you know, when you had guys that, you know, have been coaching with you for 15, 20 years, like he had in a lot of ways, he might handle it differently We got a heck of a defensive staff, and I think it's kind of like players, right? You're trying to just like move the chess pieces to put everybody in the right position to get the best out of them. And I thought our coaches on the field did a great job. I thought Gary called a really good game. and the players responded. And Shaquem, how did the players kind of gather your guys and stuff? You go down 21-10, you know, you hear the crowd getting antsy, but then you guys kind of, you know, go on the run that you did to finish the game. As a defense, I feel as though we just stick together. You know, the main thing for us was to play connected, and I feel as though we did it as a D-line because we got to always tell the defense, like, man, it's on us, like, we're the tip of the spear. So I was just standing together, like, we're not really worrying about the score. We're just worrying about us playing for our team. I feel like that's what we did and we came out victorious, man. Like Coach Ron said, it's a lot to fix, but it's often one of the best staff in the country because we go fixing it. No team come out perfect, and I feel like it takes time, man. Time is something we work on and manage, and we go for sure fix that stuff right now.