USC football came into the bye week having made it through a rough September slate at 3-2. Considering the tests on tap during the opening month, that is not a bad record, but it is also far from the record the Trojans will have hoped to achieve.
More importantly, the performances during that stretch were far below the standard USC fans expect.
Bye weeks are valuable because they give teams the opportunity to improve. Where did the Trojans look to grow this week?
Discipline
After picking up 18 penalties for 169 yards against Arizona, the talking point of the bye week had to be discipline.