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USC began this season overrated, just as it began the past six seasons overrated. The effect of the NCAA scholarship penalties handed down in 2010 is just now ending. And yet we continue to fall for the hype.It has everything to do with Trojan tradition and how much all of us bought into what Pete Carroll sold so well for nine seasons. He has been gone for seven years, and the two decades before he arrived werent so hot, either.We spend a lot more time talking about the Trojans than their play has warranted. With that, the first three items in this column mention USC. Fight On?1.?Wisconsin?and USC?benched their veteran quarterbacks this week for redshirt freshmen backups, and Im not surprised at all. For one thing, both the Badgers Alex Hornibrook and the Trojans Sam Darnold provided a spark off the bench in the first three games. More important, coaches are conservative by nature. They are going to start with experience. It struck me that in the case of both Wisconsin fifth-year senior Bart Houston and USC fourth-year junior Max Browne, neither had been able to win playing time before this year for a reason. I say that in full hypocrisy as someone who decries quarterbacks transferring the minute they dont get to play.2.?Nebraska?head coach Mike Riley tossed off a comment Monday that he coached against?Northwestern, the No. 20 Huskers opponent Saturday, in the Rose Bowl. He didnt just coach in that game 21 seasons ago. USC coach John Robinson said Riley, his offensive coordinator, made the difference in the No. 17 Trojans 41-32 upset of No. 3 Northwestern. In Cardinal and Gold, the recently published oral history of USC football written by my ESPN colleague Steve Delsohn, Robinson said Riley came up with the idea of going shotgun and no-huddle against Northwestern. That was one of the better coaching efforts that I remember anyone on my staff making, Robinson said.3. Last week, USC head coach Clay Helton said?Stanford?is the model for his program. This week, the?UCLA?that welcomes the No. 7 Cardinal into the Rose Bowl (ABC, 8 p.m. ET) looks very much like Stanford in one important way. The Bruins average possession time in the fourth quarter in their three games?this?season is nearly ten-and-a-half minutes. Everything in Stanfords game plan points toward wearing down teams so that they are easy pickings in the fourth quarter. Against the Trojans, the Cardinal ran the ball 15 times and threw one pass, holding the ball for 9:36 in the last quarter of the 27-10 victory. One other item that makes the fourth quarter relevant: Stanford has won eight straight over UCLA.4. It would be fitting for No. 14?Tennessees?long climb back toward national prominence to include a victory over No. 19?Florida, whom the Vols welcome to Knoxville on Saturday. The Gators have won 24 of the past 30 games in this SEC East rivalry, including the past 11. While you may hear over?and?over that Florida won the past two games by one point each, eight of the other nine victories came by at least two-score margins. If Tennessee can exorcise these demons, that will bode well for No. 1 Alabamas visit three weeks later. The Crimson Tide have won nine straight over the Vols.5.?Oklahoma?freshman quarterback?Austin Kendall?called the Ohio State defense basic, and after the Buckeyes thrashed the Sooners 45-24, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops called Kendalls comment ridiculous. No, whats ridiculous is Stoops using Kendalls mistake as an excuse to?withhold?younger players from contact with the media in the future. Im sure Kendall is mortified, and Im sure he wont do it again. And Im sure his teammates understand that. Teach the young guys what to do and move on. What does a media ban teach them?6. The father of?Iowa?junior linebacker Ben Niemann will see him play Saturday for the only time this season. The Hawkeyes play at?Rutgers, where Jay Niemann is the defensive coordinator. This is the only regular-season game Jay Niemann will see Iowa play because Rutgers and Iowa both?have Oct. 29 as their open date. On Tuesday, Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz said he still felt uncomfortable about luring away Ben from playing for his dad, who was on the Northern Illinois staff at the time. I felt awful, Ferentz said. I mean, it was a really painful conversation in some ways, just because I know as a coach how special it is to have a son on the team. Ferentzs three sons played for him at Iowa; Brian Ferentz coaches the Hawkeye offensive line.7. Of course its more complicated than this, but I cant remember an offense as dependent on a dual-threat quarterback as Gus Malzahns spread at?Auburn. When Malzahn ran the offense in the 2010 national championship season, Cam Newton led the Tigers to 499 yards and 41 points per?game. 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NEW YORK -- Despite playing less than 24 hours before, Craig Anderson wanted to be in net when the Ottawa Senators took on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.The goalie got his wish and made 33 saves in a 2-0 shutout victory Sunday night. Anderson is 7-1-1 in nine regular-season starts at Madison Square Garden.Its New York man, Anderson said. Its one of those buildings theres a lot of history. Great team over there and its one of those things you just get up for. The historic buildings who knows how long theyll be around for. Youre fortunate enough to be a part of it and thats kind of the way I address that mentally.Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mark Stone scored in the second period.Ottawa improved to 6-3 in the road. It also improved to 3-0 in the second night of back-to-back sets.To have to play here back to back on the road and get a team thats been firing from all cylinders, Senators coach Guy Boucher said. One of the best offensive teams in the league and to get a shutout you cant ask for better.Pageau scored 1:54 into the second. Zach Smith worked the puck behind the Rangers net to Tom Pyatt, who drew in two defenders and fed Pageau in front of the net for his third goal of the season.It was a really nice play by (Smith) and Pyatt nice pass, Pageau said. I was just trying to put it on net and that was in our game plan. Go in the blue paint and try to put pucks on net. So thats what I tried to do.The Senators scored again on a power play. Stone fired a wriist shot from inside the faceoff circle for his sixth goal of the season.ddddddddddddRangers goalie Antti Raanta made 18 saves in his first loss of the season. He was making his first start since Nov. 21 against Pittsburgh.The Rangers were 8-0-1 at home through their first nine games before going 0-3-1 in their last four games at Madison Square Garden.New Yorks power play struggled against the Senators, going 0 for 4. The Senators were 1 for 3.We had a couple power plays with some open nets and when a team is playing that good defensively, Derek Stepan said. They didnt make a single mistake -- you have to execute perfectly all the way to your dumps. We just were a little off and they defended extremely well and thats the story tonight.Ottawa forward Derick Brassard played against the Rangers for the first time since he was traded over the summer. New York sent Brassard to Ottawa on July 18 for Mika Zibanejad and a draft pick.Im really thankful for the fans here and for appreciating my work here the last four years, Brassard said.Game notes Adam Clendening and Oscar Lindberg were healthy scratches for the Rangers. ... Mika Zibanejad missed his fourth game with a broken left fibula. ... Fredrik Claesson and Max McCormick were scratched for the Senators.UP NEXT:Rangers: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.Senators: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night. ' ' '