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USC Football Mailbag: Misusing the Nickel Defense?

Welcome to the Reign of Troy mailbag, a weekly feature, where we will answer all questions related to USC football.

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I get Clancy likes to use nickel D , but how the heck can u stop multiple 4th and 1’s using 2 DL and ur LBs 5 yrds off ball?
— LA Fred @USCfred

Good question. The short answer is that you can’t, as USC learned the hard way (at least we hope) against Utah.