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SI.com: Austin Murphy: This is how you let another national title slip through your fingers

You are USC, and this is how you let another national championship slip through your fingers. You're coming off a huge, emotional victory on the road in prime time. Up next: a road trip to a hostile stadium in the Pacific Northwest, against a team that went 0-12 in 2008. You have more talent on your scout team than the Washington Huskies have on their starting units.

SI.com: Arash Markazi: Another early-season stumble will again leave USC on outside looking in

As Steve Sarkisian and Pete Carroll stood on the field at Husky Stadium before the game Saturday, laughing and joking with one another, Carroll said during a pregame interview, "I like the guy and I'd like to beat the heck out of him. It's a sign of respect."

SI.com: Stewart Mandel: USC offensive line dominates matchup with Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. -- During an injury timeout early in the second quarter of Saturday night's USC-Nebraska game, with the Trojans waiting to begin a drive from the Huskers' 45-yard-line, head coach Pete Carroll called his starting offensive linemen together and issued a simple directive: "We're going to run the ball every time until we score."

SI.com: Austin Murphy: Practice makes (painful) perfect at USC

The three air-horn blasts signaling the end of practice at Howard Jones Field came about a half-hour earlier than usual on Tuesday.

SI.com: Arash Markazi: Joe McKnight looks like second coming of Reggie Bush

LOS ANGELES -- Joe McKnight is not allowed to talk to the media. Not yet, anyway. Due to the team's freshman policy all McKnight can do at this point is offer up a smile as he runs off the field after practice.

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