USC tight end Josh Falo was out in the open with the ball in his hands, building momentum with his 6-foot-6, 230-pound frame down the right sideline in the first quarter against Arizona. The Trojans had not yet scored, and, the way he saw it, Falo only had one man, Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, standing between him and a touchdown.
But as the defender made his approach, Falo went down easy — easier than he would have liked, anyway.
“If I would have just hurdled him or something like that,” Falo said. “I think I was just thinking too much.