LOS ANGELES — Michigan’s Zeke Berry had an interception, and Jaishawn Barham forced a fumble that Derrick Moore recovered.

Those were the positives for Michigan’s defense.

But in a 31-13 loss to USC on Saturday at the L.A. Coliseum, those seem like footnotes. The bigger part — no, the biggest part — of the story was the tackling. That was evident from the start of the game when the Trojans drove 75 yards on 11 plays to open the scoring on a 2-yard touchdown pass, and at the start of the second half when they built a 21-7 lead scoring on their first possession on a 15-yard run.

“They played really well,” Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore said. “We didn’t tackle very well. We’ve tackled a lot better. Just too many opportunities, big plays, third-down conversions, scoring at the beginni

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