Ben Malcolmson, USCRipsIt

Dew sat on the grass, visible breaths flowed from players’ mouths and nothing but darkness hung in the sky. Welcome to the Trojans’ 6 a.m. off-season workout on a crisp Tuesday morning. More than a third of the team attended the morning’s first workout slot, as 38 Trojans came out to Howard Jones field go through conditioning, agility and strength drills. The strength and conditioning staff arrives on the field well before 6 a.m. — when night still hasn’t awoken from its sleep. Players walk onto the field in roughly the same condition… continue