LOS ANGELES — Michigan’s leaky defense reared its ugly head again on Saturday, giving up nearly 500 yards of offense to a USC team ready and willing to capitalize.

Wink Martindale’s unit had little answer for Lincoln Riley and the explosive, high-powered Trojans offense, which gashed the Wolverines through the air and on the ground in their 31-13 loss at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

USC tallied eight plays of 20 yards or more in the game, including a series of runs that helped blow the game open in the second half.

Afterward, head coach Sherrone Moore blamed Michigan’s defensive miscues on one fundamental issue.

“We didn’t tackle very well,” Moore told reporters, his team now 4-2 and 2-1 in Big Ten play. “We’ve tackled a lot better, and that was not one of our best tackling perfor

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