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Cougars need Herculean effort to overcome offensive struggles

Hercules Mata’afa doesn’t look like much, at least in the context of a defensive lineman. You’ve heard the word undersized used to describe him all year — all career — and it’s somehow apt for a player that lines up over the center and weighs in at a chiseled 250 pounds. He’s never seemed to care much about his size or his position, moving along the entire defensive line and playing just about every technique. It doesn’t seem to matter how big he is or where he lines up, though: Nobody can seem to figure out how to block him.