Mark Saxon, OC Register

It wasn’t that USC was so besieged with injuries last year, but that so many of them came at one vulnerable position. The first three fullbacks went down because of season-ending injuries in the first three weeks, leaving the job to a 200-pound former walk-on (Mike Brittingham) and a converted linebacker (Thomas Williams). Some tacklers reached the USC backfield untouched, and the passing game was more vanilla than in years past… continue