... NFL coaches struggle to pare down their rosters to the 53-man limit by September, Lane Kiffin is already there.

The only problem is that Kiffin no longer coaches in the NFL but at USC, and his Trojans will be forced to go against opponents with 85 scholarship players on their rosters.

When Kiffin and his staff took over for Pete Carroll in January, they found the roster substantially below the 85-player limit since Carroll was only offering 18 to 20 scholarships per year as opposed to the allowed 25-scholarship limit.

After NCAA sanctions permitted upperclassmen to transfer without penalty, Kiffin and his staff were looking at a depleted roster of 70 scholarship players. 

Then fa...

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