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Targeting Todd Orlando as new defensive coordinator raises questions

The universities of Texas and Southern California find themselves in similar positions going into 2020, having fired underperforming defensive coordinators in a bid to jumpstart a head coach on the hot seat.

Now the latter is targeting a new defensive coordinator, and he happens to be the one just let go by former.

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Ex-Texas defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, and recently-hired Texas Tech linebackers coach, is in talks to take the USC DC job, according to Adam Rittenburg of ESPN and Pete Thamel of Yahoo!