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Palmer, Trojans living up to expectations

By Ted Miller
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

USC took last season off in order to resurrect the past, while Kansas State took a mulligan in 2001 so it could freshen up the present. Last year, the Trojans didn't make an appearance in the Associated Press Poll for the first time since 1961. Of course, they haven't finished a season in the AP Top 25 since 1995 or closed shop in the top 10 since 1989. USC has been a pundit's nightmare in recent years: A school with seven national titles, a rich tradition and a bevy of prep All-Americans that ...

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