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USC’s lack of power in the trenches was exposed during a loss to Michigan last season.

The Trojans enter this season’s showdown with Michigan confident they’re stronger and capable of competing.

USC will cope with a few injuries while working to neutralize Michigan’s ground game.

It felt, at the time, like a big-time gut check for the new Big Ten team on the block.

USC left Ann Arbor, Mich., last season battered and bruised, its narrow September loss to Michigan having laid bare one of the program’s most pressing concerns upon joining the Big Ten. In a physical, old-fashioned Big Ten battle, Michigan simply looked bigger and stronger at the line of scrimmage, while the Trojans

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