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If you have watched many USC games you know that PC will start out with short passes--flanker screens and FB flars for example. USC is historically NOT a pound it down the gut team. While USC is 50-50 pass/run the runs typically come late in the game in a clock burning situation.
Things to consider:
1-If any tOSU backers are weak versus the pass bases on a Big10 perspective, they will be very weak from a Pac10 perspective.
2-If any defensive backs are small, USC has two big, tall receivers who will try to take advantage of them. So far neither Turner nor Ausberry have set the field on fire with their pass-catching ability but they do seem good with yards-after-catch.
3-Joe McKnight will test tOSU on the edge with good speed and excellent elusiveness. A backer setup to stop a power back may have throble with this guy.
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