for me, as a Duck fan, watching that game may have been more frustrating than the Indiana game
and yeah, the officiating was a big part of it. Homer mode says the Ducks got the short end of the whistles....big time. What was it....5 defensive PI's in that game? Making it worse was I saw two instances of a USC receiver blatantly pushing off and creating enough space with the push-off to catch a 30-40 yard lob from the QB
but there were also instances of the Ducks just being boneheads and getting called for it
USC also converted several 3rd and 4th downs. Many when they had 7 or more yards to go. I remember one when the Ducks stopped USC on 3rd and 7, no completion, but a Duck defender was just jogging off the field after a substitution and the ball was snapped when he was a yard from the sideline. And the Duck DBacks lost contain on the TSC wide receivers on those long "lob-passes-wit-a-prayer" the USC QB threw a half dozen times
it was also frustrating, and concerning, seeing 3 Duck OLinemen limp off the field when that were already down a starter
