{"id":434575,"date":"2023-09-03T17:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434575"},"modified":"2023-09-03T17:31:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:31:06","slug":"caleb-williams-performance-leads-usc-to-a-win-against-nevada-heisman-frontrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/caleb-williams-performance-leads-usc-to-a-win-against-nevada-heisman-frontrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Williams Performance Leads USC To A Win Against Nevada: Heisman Frontrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caleb Williams, have a good day. The current Heisman Trophy winner improved on a strong showing in Week 0 by raising the bar in Week 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Caleb Williams Performance Leads USC To A Win Against Nevada: Heisman Frontrunner<\/h2>\n<p>Williams helped the Trojans go to 2-0 in the early season by completing 18 of 24 passes for 318 yards and five touchdowns in a 66-14 demolition of Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 18 of 24 attempts, rushed for 42 yards, and added yet another impressive escape and precise completion to his resume.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What can\u2019t Caleb Williams do? My goodness  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3F7RHvBYW1\">pic.twitter.com\/3F7RHvBYW1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cam Mellor (@CamMellor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamMellor\/status\/1695603495062143214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Williams once managed to get by the defence in the backfield and complete a deep throw while edging out of bounds close to the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent play, Williams threw a similar ball to elude the defensive pressure in the backfield once more, this time for a score.<\/p>\n<p>The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback&#8217;s touchdown throws to Zachariah Branch, Michael Jackson III, and Brenden Rice were also caught by the Trojans (2-0), who followed up their destruction of San Jose State with another thumping of a Mountain West opponent at the Coliseum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CALEB WILLIAMS DID WHAT??<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsYd70oC7J\">pic.twitter.com\/RsYd70oC7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasrifootball\/status\/1698106827911618959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Riley&#8217;s tenure saw USC gain the most yards (668), and the team scored the most points (66) in a game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of both sides (of the ball),\u201d Riley said. \u201cA few plays here and there that we\u2019re going to want back, that we know we have to continue to clean up, but we took a step this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Travis Hunter puts Caleb Williams No. 3 in his Heisman rankings \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>1. Travis Hunter<br \/>2. Shedeur Sanders<br \/>3. Caleb Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XSgBhcUv9U\">pic.twitter.com\/XSgBhcUv9U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1696339702536663255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s improving,\u201d Riley said. \u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m disappointed with how he\u2019s played, but he\u2019s got to get better. &#8230; Everybody wants to look at the score and just write the story, and there\u2019s so much to it. There are some things he\u2019s done really well, especially the situational ball, and some understandings defensively have improved, but we\u2019ve had a handful of plays in both games that we both want back, that we\u2019ve got to go get and not leave on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams wasn&#8217;t accessible to the media after the game thanks to USC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your weekly absurd Caleb Williams highlight.<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uscfb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@uscfb<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q6lLEb0kAt\">pic.twitter.com\/q6lLEb0kAt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Field Yates (@FieldYates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FieldYates\/status\/1698123913081786502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans now think USC may be a College Football Playoff contender because of Williams&#8217; performance, and they also think he has a good chance of becoming only the second player in history to win two Heismans. 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Caleb Williams Performance Leads USC To A Win Against Nevada: Heisman Frontrunner Williams helped the Trojans go to 2-0 in the early season by completing 18 of 24 passes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":413154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[2882,3549,2830,14623],"class_list":["post-434575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nccaf","tag-caleb-williams","tag-college-football-news","tag-heisman-trophy","tag-usc-vs-nevada"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}