USC lineman Tupou likely to miss season

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Associated Press

May. 5

Southern California defensive <NOBR style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_0_0>tackle</NOBR>Christian Tupou is likely to miss the upcoming season after tearing a ligament in his left knee during the Trojans' final scrimmage of the spring.
<NOBR style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_1_0>USC</NOBR> learned of the injury's severity Wednesday. Tupou will need surgery.
Tupou has been the Trojans' starting nose <NOBR style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_2_0>tackle</NOBR> for the past two seasons. The injury occurred in the third quarter of the spring game when his knee buckled with nobody touching him.
Tupou made 25 tackles last season, including four for losses. The Trojans are deep at defensive tackle, with Hebron Fangupo set to return from a leg injury and DaJohn Harris impressing new coach Lane <NOBR style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_3_0>Kiffin</NOBR> during spring practices.
Tupou says he plans to use a redshirt season to return in 2011.

 

[Riddickulous]

Good news for us, but that remains to be seen when you look at their defensive tackle depth.

 

[irishmarine]

As muc as I hate SuC I never want to hear of a kid getting hurt. I haven't heard of him being a trouble maker or gettin into trouble. Hopefully he is able to make a healthy return but gets drafted and doesn't play against us anymore.