With injuries adding up, USC fills in the holes to shut down Tate and Arizona
by Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times
Oct 20, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES_One by one, key defenders continued to fall, each injury its own cruel twist of fate for the USC Trojans, whose season teetered on a razor's edge.
Two of USC's starting cornerbacks were already sidelined. A third was a game-time decision, gutting through an ankle sprain. There was a linebacker missing (Palaie Gaoteote IV) and a senior captain down at defensive end (Christian Rector).
A short-handed USC defense opened Saturday's critical matchup down five of its starters against Arizona and
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