USC football notebook: Eric Gentry is the MVP of this defense … and the Pac-12

On the #USC postgame show with @TJAltimore @TPrangleyJr and @LBCTrojan at the @VoiceOfCFB, we agreed: Gentry is the leader for #Pac12 DPOY.

Where do we begin in assessing the USC Trojans after their win over Oregon State? There’s so much to say. There are so many interesting statistics and game notes to pass along. We’ll share a lot of them here in this article.

We have to start with Eric Gentry. The man is making lots of plays, but more than that, he’s making plays in so many different facets of the game. Beyond that — as we saw against Oregon State — he made plays in a close, important game when the Trojans lacked a large margin for error.

Tuli Tuipulotu is playing really well and deserves his props, to be sure, but if you had to pick the best player on this USC defense, I think it has to be Gentry.

We start with Gentry in our wide-ranging USC notebook below. We continue with all sorts of interesting facts about this Oregon State win: