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Booty finds positives in a season full of unmet expectations

By Bruce Feldman
ESPN The Magazine

Saturday, December 29, 2007

LOS ANGELES -- As John David Booty tried to explain his feelings about what clearly hasn't been the storybook senior season so many expected for him and his team, two dozen toddlers hung on his every word. Booty was the last USC player on the practice field Friday afternoon after all his teammates had filed into the locker room to get ready to board the team buses headed for a night at the Improv. The impromptu audience circled around Booty, clutching jerseys and minifootballs while mirro ...

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