Relevant Link: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/college-football/story/_/id/8854653/usc-trojans-hire-clancy-pendergast-new-defensive-coordinator-source-says

Interesting move, he has had success against the spread in the past, holding Oregon to 15 points in 2010.

I think that the 3-4 defense he runs might actually make a lot of sense in the context of sanctions. Less big men getting tired out in the trenches at any given time should mean a greater latitude of substitution, and we get a chance to see some of our young core of linebackers that we have recruited for the past two years