They did get it back to one score with plenty of time left to get the ball back and tie the game. But, they didn't lose because they ran out of time. They lost because when they got it back to within 1 score...our defense decided to remember that they suck at tackling.
I mean, we wouldn't want to tackle a guy for a short gain, or even a loss of yards when letting him break the tackle and having to chase him down is so much more exciting.
As for calling those timeouts, that was likely practice for a time when they may actually be in a situation with a chance to win the game. There was so little accountability under Helton, that Williams is literally almost having to teach these kids from scratch. Don't know if you noticed that every time a USC player committed a penalty, he came out of the game. That's because he's having to teach them that penalties are bad. It's the 7th game of the season and that's the kind of shit he's still having to try to fix.
I will say that there were 2 things that I thought were encouraging...we got it back to within 1 score with time left to get the ball back and win...and that was the best our running game has looked in a long time.