Analyzing USC after the Vandy game

Some thoughts:
1. Shaw seems to have regressed from last year. Even before the shoulder injury, he didn't seem to be picking up his receivers. Regardless, we have no competent backups. Dylan Thompson failed his first test; Seth Strickland is a walk-on with a noodle arm.
2. Secondary was exposed -- which was our biggest fear. Jimmy Legree played well. Brison Williams totally misplayed the ball on the long TD pass.
3. Offensive line was okay -- I still have hope and expect them to improve. They did get confused by Vandy's scheme.
4. The blown PI call was bad, but it only would have given Vandy the ball at the USC 47. Still cost Vandy whatever chance they had.
5. Didn't like Spurrier's gameplan. Yeah, Shaw getting dinged up changed things, but even so. It looked like the vanilla playbook you would use against an FCS school -- not a decent SEC team. The biggest mismatch was the tight ends -- yet USC only threw once that I can recall and that was the big hit on Justice Cunningham.
6. Need to spend the next 3 weeks finding a receiver who can get open -- since only Ace Sanders did anything -- and getting Shaw healthy. SOS Jr. is the wide receiver coach -- and I really wonder if he is the weak link. We either have superstars (McKinley, Rice, Jeffrey) or nobodies -- despite recruiting well at the position.
7. Why all the hating on Clowney? 5 sacks and 11 tackles for loss means the front 7 played well. Vandy had a couple of big plays in the air -- makes we worry about the secondary; not the line and linebackers.
8. 1-0. And I will console myself knowing this is a better Vandy team than last year. They'll beat some decent teams this year.