LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Southern California last faced Washington State in 2014, safety Chris Hawkins remembers preparing for an offense ready, willing and able to throw the ball on nearly every play.
The No. 16 Cougars are still capable of airing it out, but the fifth-ranked Trojans expect to face a slightly more balanced version of the Air Raid approach on Friday night.
"The last time we went up there we were getting ready to have 80 snaps of passing," Hawkins said. "Now it's more of get their backs the ball, whether it be handing it off or throwing it to them out of the backfield.