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Trojans focused on return to winning

By Bruce Feldman
ESPN The Magazine

Friday, December 29, 2006

LOS ANGELES -- As much as the USC players tried to avoid something like it, the sign was impossible to miss. A cluster of Trojans were walking, heads bowed, toward their locker room after a 13-9 loss to archrival UCLA ended their chance to play in the BCS title game, when a pretty brunette screamed. Instinctively, the players looked into the crowd and there it was, a big sign in blue ink: "Welcome back to reality, Trojans. Enjoy the ride down! Just ask Miami, the view won't be so pretty any m ...

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