Mike Jinks is ready for brutal honesty.
After the worst season USC has had on the ground in two decades, an especially brutal assessment of its run game — and running backs coach — is warranted. The Trojans finished last in the Pac-12 and 120th in the nation in yards rushing per game (97), and Jinks, the man presiding over that backfield, understands there’s no reason for such a staggering slide.
“We’re not in the business of making excuses,” Jinks said in a phone interview Thursday. “At the end of the day, we didn’t run it as well as we would’ve liked.