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Tarrantulas, cockroach and one game highlight USC trip

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

MAZATLAN, Mexico -- Highway 15 is pitch-dark. The nearly three-hour drive back from Culiacan to Mazatlan, from the inland Sinaloa city to the state's coastal tourist spot, is ahead of us when suddenly the bus driver decides he needs a coffee break. So, without any advance notice, the driver pulls over to a rest stop and gets out, leaving the door open. USC coach Tim Floyd, like everyone else on the team and nearly all of the traveling party, is asleep when he realizes the sudden stop. Floy ...

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