LOS ANGELES -- Graham Harrell knows the importance of a great offensive line. Harrell led the FBS in yards passing behind a veteran front five in his redshirt senior season at Texas Tech in 2008.
"I could sit there, pat the ball, do whatever I wanted," Harrell said. "It made my job a lot easier."
Now he's preparing for his first game as the offensive coordinator at Southern California. Harrell expects the same kind of protection from a reconfigured line in the first season running the Air Raid spread offense.
"Dominate up front," Harrell said recently.