Pilares, USC's Secondary

Jason Kaneshiro profiles Kealoha Pilares.

"He's really improved himself as a receiver," said Davis, who familiarized himself with Pilares' game through reviewing the Warriors' game tapes of last year. "I say he's improved himself because he worked on it. He went to the Jugs machine and caught a lot of balls and he's catching the ball a lot better than last season."

And hopefully Pilares and the rest of the receivers can have a good game against USC's inexperienced secondary.

One concern is the secondary, where sophomore safeties Tim McDonald and Jawanza Starling join freshman Nickell Robey in the starting lineup.

"We don't have a lot of experience," he said. "We're young in the secondary with guys who haven't played a whole lot."

Chawan Cut notes that ESPN 1420 will interview Lane Kiffin tomorrow morning.