USC working on communication as it prepares for hostile Husky Stadium environment

LOS ANGELES — As students walked past the USC football practice field on Tuesday, they kept turning their heads, looking for the crowd that wasn’t there.
With the 21st-ranked Trojans (3-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) preparing to go on the road to face No. 17 Washington (3-1, 0-1), the USC coaching staff wanted to help the players prepare for a hostile environment. So speakers pumped crowd noise onto the field as the Trojans practiced.
Learning to work through that sound just underscored an