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USC football suffers two major injury blows at linebacker going into 2020 season

USC football linebacker Jordan Iosefa. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

USC football will be without two linebackers, Jordan Iosefa and Solomon Tuliaupupu, who might have held starting jobs in 2020 because of injury.

That massive groan you just heard was the collective frustration of USC football fans around Los Angeles.

Trojan linebackers Jordan Iosefa and Solomon Tuliaupupu will miss the 2020 season after having knee surgery this fall.

For Iosefa, that’s another season lost for the captain who would like to maintain a starting role.

For Tuliaupupu, that’s a third straight lost campaign for a bright young talent who Trojan fans haven’t had a chance to see since he joined from Mater Dei in 2018.