No player was more important for USC, or potentially any college football team, than Caleb Williams this season, and the Trojans saw the bad side of that on Friday.
Williams started slowing down in the second quarter and was clearly limping by the start of the third quarter. Usually one of the most elusive players in college football, Utah's pass rush started teeing off on him as he remained nearly immobile in the pocket.
USC kept him in the game, though redshirt freshman Miller Moss was seen throwing on the sideline during the third quarter.l."I thought about taking him out but he wouldn't let me ... maybe the gutsiest performance I've ever seen."Caleb Williams on his hamstring:Even with an old rubber band for a hamstring, Williams still threw 28-for-41 with 363 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, one interception and 21 rushing yards .
Williams' injury doesn't absolve the Trojans' performance in Las Vegas, though. A healthy Williams wouldn't have stopped USC from getting dominated at the line of scrimmage in the second half, or fixed a level of tackling roundly mocked on social media. USC looked like a heavily flawed team, which it is. That didn't matter for much of the season thanks to Williams' weekly heroics, but things got ugly once he was tapped out.
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