/ STAFF WRITER
Here's what USC is trying to combat by platooning on defense – and how many players it now has available.
72.0
Offensive plays per game per team in FBS in 2014, up 4.3 over 2009, when teams averaged 67.7 (same as the previous season). The figure has risen every year since.
75.9
Offensive plays per game per team in the Pac-12 in 2014, up 9.6 over 2009. Four Pac-12 teams averaged more than 80 plays per game last season.
77.0
Offensive plays per game by USC opponents in 2014, the highest figure in school history.