1996 Rose Bowl Usc vs. Northwestern

KEITH: BRIAN MUSSO'S GOT A FIRS DOWN FOR THE WILDCATS VERY CLOSE TO MIDFIELD. AT'S WHY THEY LIKE SCHNUR SO MUCH. HE SEES THE FIELD WELL AND HE MAKES QUICK, GOOD DECISIONS. BOB: AND MUSSO, THE THIRD WIDE RECEIVER IN THIS GROUP, PLAYS A LOT AND CAN RUN ONCE HE GETS THE BALL. HE IS THE PUNT RETURNER, SO HE'S GOT A LOT OF ABILITY AFTER HE CATCHES THE FOOTBALL. HE CAN RUN WITH IT. KEITH: DOWN THE MIDDLE AND INCOMPLETE. THAT WAS A DANGEROUS THROW BECAUSE IT WAS MICAH PHILLIPS WHO HAD A CHANCE TO INTERCEPT IT. KEITH: SCHNUR COMPLETES THE PASS TO BROWN. SO IT DOESN'T WORK ONE WAY, COME BACK THE OTHER WAY AND THROW IT HARD ENOUGH, QUICK ENOUGH AND STRAIGHT ENOUGH AND YOU'LL GET YOUR RECEPTION. AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WAITING ON THE BENCH. THE FOREMOST MEMBER OF THE U.S.C. OFFENSE. BOB: HE'S THE BEST PLAYER ON THIS FIELD TODAY, KEITH, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. KEITH: SCHNUR'S PASS TO THE SIDELINES. THE RECEIVER DAVE BEAZLEY NEVER SAW THE BALL. BOB: LOOKING BACK INTO THAT SUN. H: SO YOU'VE GOT 45 SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. AND ACTUALLY BEAZLEY WAS OPEN. AND SCHNUR THREW THE BALL PRETTY WELL, IT JUST WHISTLED RIGHT BY HIS EAR. DAVID NEVER SAW IT. SO THEY'LL KICK IT. PAUL BURTON, SON OF RON AND ALL THE BURTON BOYS HAVE PLAYED AT NORTHWESTERN. RON BURTON ONCE STOOD IN A BOOTH WITH ME RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE STANDING. WE DID A GAMEIN WYOMING. LARRY PARKER IS THE DEEP MAN TO RETURN IT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BOB: IF YOU GOT ANY TRICKS UP YOUR SLEEVE OFFENSIVELY, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO TRY IT, FOURTH AND 1. KEITH: THAT'S A LONG ONE. BOB: THAT JUST WIPED THAT AWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH AND 6. REFEREE: DEADFALL. DELAY ON THE OFFENSE. BOB: I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD GARY BARNETT IS WITH X'S AND O'S. BUT HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF MOTIVATING THIS NORTHWESTERN TEAM. KEITH: HE'S SMART AS A WHIP BECAUSE HE DEALS WITH THE HUMAN FACTOR SO WELL. KEITH: THAT'S ONE OF THE LINESMAN COMING IN. AND RANDY CHRISTAL. ILLEGAL PROCEDURE. SO THAT MEANS NOW THAT BURTON DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POOCH KICKING IT. BOB: KICK IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN. KEITH: HE CAN BE LONG. THE DAY WE SAW HIM AGAINST PENN STATE, THAT VERY COLD DAY, HE DIDN'T HAVE A PARTICULARLY GOOD DAY. BOB: HE'S KICKED MORE THAN ANY OTHER PUNTER IN THE BIG 10 EXCEPT ONE. KEITH: PARKER TO THE 22. AND DOWN HE GOES. SO IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH 34 SECONDS TO PLAY IN T KEITH: BRAD OTTON WHO WAS SHAKEN IN THE LAST POSSESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF IT IS BACK AT QUARTERBACK. KEITH: WASHINGTON, A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE CARRY. HE'S A SOPHOMORE OUT OF DALLAS. BOB: I THINK THAT TWO QUARTERBACK THING IS REALLY HELPED U.S.C. THIS YEAR. THEY HAD SOME INJURIES. THERE'S A LOOK AT THE SECOND QUARTERBACK BEHIND THE COACH THERE. HE'LL PLAY THE SECOND QUARTER. LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS. THE COMBINATION, 61 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, 23 TOUCHDOWNS. THEIR STATS INDIVIDUALLY ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL. KEITH: FIRST QUARTER IS NOW HISTORY IN THE 82ND ROSE BOWL GAME AND WE'RE ALL EVEN. [OWL HOOTING] AH, THE FRESH AUTUMN AIR. [ZZZT] AH, THE TOTAL DARKNESS. WHERE ARE THOSE DARN FLASHLIGHTS? [CRASHING SOUNDS] OW! STILL WORKS. DEPENDABLE DURACELL BATTERIES. NOTHING LASTS LONGER. WE HAVEN'T USED THESE SINCE THAT BLACKOUT TWO YEARS AGO. HEY, WHERE'S MINE? [GRRRR] AAAH! AAAH! AAAH! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! THE COPPER TOP... KEITH: THE GOODYEAR BLIMP EAGLE WHICH IS BASED DOWN IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AND OUR OLD FRIEND NICK UP DRIVING THE BIG AIRSHIP AROUND TODAY WITH GLENN WITH THE CAMERA. WHEN THE BLIMP HAS ARRIVED, IT'S OFFICIALLY A BIG EVENT. KEITH: THE PASS TO THE SIDELINES INCOMPLETE, INTENDED FOR THE TIGHT END TYLER CASHMAN. RODNEY RAY, NUMBER 15, DEFENDING FOR NORTHWESTERN. THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR NORTHWESTERN, YOUNG COACH BUT SO BRIGHT. BOB: VERY IMPRESSED. WE'VE DONE, THIS IS THE SECOND GAME OF NORTHWESTERN THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. THE OTHER WAS PENN STATE. ALWAYS WANTS TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW FOR THE QUARTERBACK TO THINK ABOUT. USUALLY A BLITZ, NORMALLY FROM THE WEAK SIDE. KEITH: IT'S GOOD TO JOHNSON. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON COMING BACK TO THE BALL TO HELP HIS QUARTERBACK, COMES UP WITH A BIG PLAY. BOB: GOOD PROTECTION ON THAT. THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO THROW THAT ONE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST QUARTER STATISTICS. BOB: ANOTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING IS NORTHWESTERN GETTING 93 YARDS OF ITS TOTAL YARDAGE IN THE AIR. KEITH: IT IS CAUGHT AND IT'S GOOD FOR ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. AND GOING INTO THE CROWD IS KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. COMING OUT NOW. LONG LEGGED THOROUGHBRED. LYNN: ONE OF THE PROMINENT PLAYERS WHO ISN'T ON THIS TEAM IS PAT FITZGERALD WHO HAD THAT BROKEN LEG AGAINST IOWA. I TALKED TO HIM BEFORE THE GAME, HE SAYS HOW HE GETS THROUGH IS THE FACT THAT HE'S A JUNIOR. HE BEL WITH DON HOLMES TELLING HIM HOW TO PLAY THE LITTLE THINGS IN THIS BALLGAME. KEITH: PASS IS COMPLETED AGAIN TO KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF PURPLE-SHIRTED FOLK AROUND HIM, BUT HE STILL MADE THE CATCH. IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN AT ABOUT THE 31-YARD LINE OF NORTHWESTERN. SIX CATCHES NOW FOR JOHNSON. BOB: GO AHEAD AND RUN THIS. JOHNSON'S IN THE SLOT GOING DOWN. NOW THE QUARTERBACK IS ROLLING. STOP IT RIGHT HERE. NOW, SEE, HE'S COVERED. HE'S GOING TO WORK BACK TO THE INSIDE. WATCH AS HE'S GOING TO SLIDE BACK INSIDE. LOOK AT HIM WORK AWAY FROM THE DEFENSE. QUARTERBACK FINDS HIM. THAT'S A BIG-LEAGUE MOVE. KEITH: CASHMAN, THE TIGHT END, DROPPED IT. RIGHT BEHIND HIM WAS THE LINEBACKER NUMBER 52 TIM SCHARF FOR NORTHWESTERN. HE HAD NOT TOUCHED HIM, I THINK CASHMAN COULD CERTAINLY FEEL HIM BEING THERE. AND HE WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHICH WAY TO GO WITH HIM AND DIDN'T LOOK THE BALL ALL THE WAY HOME. BOB: WE MENTIONED THAT U.S.C. CHANGES QUARTERBACKS AND WACHHOLTZ URBLS PLAYS THE SECOND QUARTER. KEITH: HE HASN'T COME IN. WHEN DOES A CAR FEEL GOOD? WHEN THINGS ARE EASY TO REACH. SO WE BUILT A CABIN SIMULATOR THAT VARIES THE LOCATION OF ALMOST EVERYTHING THE DRIVER USES TO DRIVE THE CAR. WE MOVED THE PARTS IN AND OUT... AND UP AND DOWN. IT WASN'T UNTIL EVERYONE WAS COMFORTABLE, THAT WE COULD RELAX. DODGE STRATUS. IT'S FULL OF ANSWERS. BOB: A LOOK AT JOHN MICHELS, NUMBER 77. ALL THESE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, FIFTH-YEAR SENIORS. KEITH: AND IT IS INCOMPLETE. AND BARNUM WAS COVERED LIKE A BLANKET OVER THERE BY WILLIAM BENNETT. OTTON JUST DUMPED IT INTO THE SEATS. AND YOU HAVE A PENALTY FLAG ON THE FIELD. IT CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS HERE. OFFSIDES, NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: THAT'S A BIG SUBJECT. BIG ONE. SECOND DOWN AND 5. THE BALL IS AT THE 26-YARD LINE. KEITH: WASHINGTON TRIES TO TURN THE CORNER WITH HIS SPEED AND HE MAY HAVE A FIRST DOWN ON THAT CARRY. THE GROUND GAME HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET. CHRIS MARTIN MADE THE TACKLE. THERE'S TOURNAMENT HOUSE WHERE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF OF THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS. AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH IT. IT'S THE OLD WRIGLEY HOME. A GORGEOUS PLACE. THAT AREA OF PASADENA IS REALLY PRETTY. SO SERENE AND PEACEFUL. KEITH: A MAN WIDE OPEN. TOUCHDOWN. TERRY BARNUM. KEITH: HE GOT LOST IN THE BAND. BOB: HERE'S BARNUM RIGHT HERE AS I DRAW THIS CIRCLE RIGHT HERE. HE WILL GO DOWN THE SIDELINE. THE TIGHT END IS GOING TO GO DOWN THE MIDDLE. BARNUM WILL CLEAR RIGHT -- RIGHT NOW HE IS GOING TO COME OPEN. AND THE QUARTERBACK COMES OFF OF HIM. THEN HE SCRAMBLES A LITTLE BIT, SEES HIM AGAIN AND A NICE CATCH BY BARNUM. KEITH: THE TROJAN BAND IS FORMING IN THAT QUARTER. AND HE KIND OF GOT LOST IN ALL THE COLOR. THE KICK IS GOOD. AND SO WITH 13:05 TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF, THE TROJANS GO BACK TO THE LEAD 14-7. HOW CAN THIS BE CAR OF THE YEAR? YOU CAN'T GET UP AND WALK AROUND IN A CAR. CARS DON'T HAVE SEATS ON ROLLERS. OR SO MANY SEATS, PERIOD. OR SO MUCH SPACE FOR SO MANY THINGS. AND THEY CERTAINLY DON'T OFFER SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES. WELL THEN. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER... MOTOR TREND'S CAR OF THE YEAR IS MORE THAN A CAR. IT'S A CARAVAN. FROM: BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN. WHAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WANTED TO DO IS GET THE BACK ON THE LINEBACKER. IF THEY GET THE TIGHT END AND GET THIS MAN OUT OF THE WAY, THEY THOUGHT, THEY COULD GET THIS BACK OR THE -- ON THE LINEBACKER. THE TIGHT END CLEARS. ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE LINEBACKER. HE THINKS HE'S SAFE. BUT THE BACK CONTINUES RUNNING DOWN THE FIELD. KEITH: AND HUDHAIFA ISMAELI BREAKS LOOSE AND RUMBLES UP THE SIDELINE. A TERRIFIC RETURN ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT THE 48, 49-YARD LINE. BOB: I MENTIONED THE DEFENSIVE BACKS, KEITH. ONE OF THEM IS NOT A STARTER THAT MADE ALL-BIG 10, ISMAELI IS THE GUY. HE COMES IN ON NICKEL SITUATIONS. NEXT YEAR HE WILL BE A STARTER AT THE CORNER. A TOUGH GUY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS. KEITH: KIND OF LIKE THAT FARLEY GUY IN NEBRASKA. CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS. THE BALL JUST BEYOND THE 37-YARD LINE FOR NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: THE QUICK PASS TO D'WAYNE BATES. BATES WILL HAVE CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. JUST SHORT OF IT ON THE MARK AND PUT THE FOOTBALL DOWN ON THE TROJANS' SIDE OF THE FIELD AT ABOUT THE 43. BOB: AT TIMES, SCHNUR CHECKED OFF AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. EIGHT TROJANS WERE IN THE AREA. SINGLE COVERAGE ON THE OUTSIDE. HE CHECKED TO A QUICK OUT, HIT HIS MAIN MAN, BATES, AND PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN. OR CLOSE TO IT. NINE YARDS. SECOND AND 1. KEITH: GIVE IT TO DARNELL AUTRY. THE BIG SOPHMORE WILL HAMMER IT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND A FIRST DOWN AT THE 32 OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. JESSE DAVIS MADE THE TACKLE. BOB: I LOVE WATCHING THIS KID RUN. STRAIGHT BLOCKING. NO LINEMEN WILL PULL. JUST STRAIGHT BLOCKING. THERE IS A LITTLE SLIP BLOCK. THE CENTER WILL COME UP TO PICK UP TYISKA. AUTRY STARTS WIDE. IT IS CALLED A STRETCH PLAY. EVERYBODY STRETCHES TO GET THEIR MAN. IF HE SEES ANY CREASES, HE GOES RIGHT THROUGH. KEITH: HERE HE COMES AGAIN. THIS TIME THE TROJANS HANDLE HIM PRETTY WELL TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY. ERRICK HERRIN GETS HIS NAME CALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. A FORMER MARINE. BOB: EX-MARINE. HE WAS IN THE GULF WAR. A GULF WAR VET. OLDEST GUY ON THE TEAM AT 26 YEARS OLD AND THE CAPTAIN. KEITH: HE GOT ONE YARD ON THE CARRY, IF THAT MUCH. KEITH: AUTRY, ONCE HE GETS INTO THE OPEN, HE'S A LOT FASTER THAN YOU MIGHT JUDGE. BOB: JUST LOVE TO SEE HIM RUN. YOU WILL SEE THE HOLE DEVELOPING. AND YOU WILL SAY, GO OUTSIDE, GO OUTSIDE. A LOT OF GUYS CAN'T GET THERE. BUT BECAUSE OF HIS PATIENCE AND GOOD FOOTWORK AND VISION, HE NEEDS TO COME -- THERE ARE SOME BLOCKS OUT HERE. IF HE COULD GET AROUND THIS GUY, THAT'S KNIGHT, NUMBER NINE, HE HAS DECEPTIVE SPEED AND VERY FLUID MOVES. I REALLY LIKE THIS YOUNG MAN. KEITH: CHAINS FOR A FIRST DOWN AND IT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR NORTHWESTERN. THE BALL AT THE 7, CALIFORNIA 22-YARD LINE. GARY BARNETT, SOMETIMES WEARS THE HEAD SET. BUT MOST OF THE TIME HE'S WALKING AND LISTENING AND WATCHING. KEITH: HERE IS AUTRY. THE TROJANS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE DEFENSIVE SURGE LED BY DARRELL RUSSELL, THAT 320-POUND SOPHMORE, STUART GAGE WHEN HE'S IN AT NOSE TACKLE, HE'S 320. THEY ARE BULKY UP THERE. BOB: RURSAL STARTED LAST YEAR AS A TRUE FRESHMAN, STARTED SIX GAMES. AND HIS MOM IS NOT VERY BIG. HIS DADDY IS NOT VERY BIG. BUT DARRELL IS 6'4", 320. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. KEITH: MAYBE GRANDPA WAS A BIG FELLOW. BOB: I GUESS. THERE IS STUART GAGE. KEITH: PEOPLE IN SCHNUR'S FACE AND THROWS IT IN THE CROWD OUT OF BOUNDS. THAT'S WHY HE HAS ONLY FIVE INTERCEPTIONS. DON'T TAKE A CHANCE. DON'T FORCE IT. WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TWO NEW AFFILIATES THAT HAVE JOINED US ON THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY OF 1996. THEY ARE WGNO TV, AND WPGA TV IN MACON, GEORGIA. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND WE HOPE THE NEW YEAR IS A GOOD ONE. KEITH: THIRD DOWN AND 11. BOB: THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY OF NORTHWESTERN. THIRD AND 11, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER, DO SOMETHING SAFE. AT LEAST WE'LL GET A THREE-POINT ATTEMPT OUT OF THIS SITUATION. BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL YEAR AND WINNING. KEITH: BATES WAS AT QUARTERBACK ON THAT PLAY. D'WAYNE BATES. BOB: IT WAS. KEITH: YEP. KEITH: PLENTY OF LEG ON IT BUT GOWINS MISSED IT. 37 YARDS. LONG AND HIGH. BUT NOT STRAIGHT ENOUGH. LET'S LOOK AT THE: ONE WORD AT A TIME. AS IN MAGNUM ENGINES. AS IN DODGE RAM... RANKED "MOST APPEALING PICKUP" BY J.D. POWER AND ASSOCIATES. OVERALL THE MOST POWERFUL LINE OF TRUCK ENGINES ON THE PLANET. SAVE ON 5.2 AND 5.9 LITER V-8s IT'S THE FIRST TIME AMERICA'S HOTTEST PICKUPS HAVE EVER BEEN ON SALE LIKE THIS. BOB: THERE'S A LOOK AT SAM VALENZISI. KEITH: THE TROJANS COME TO THE ATTACK ON FIRST DOWN AT THE 20-YARD LINE. AND IT'S WASHINGTON, A SOPHOMORE FROM DALLAS AT TAILBACK. AND HE GETS THE BALL ACROSS THE 20-YARD LINE. BOB: VALENZISI IS ONE OF THE LEADERS ON THIS BALL CLUB. SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS RIGHT HERE NORTHWESTERN IS WHERE THEY ARE. THEY'VE GOT GOOD SPECIAL TEAMS. A GOOD PLACE KICKER, A GOOD PUNTER, GOOD DEFENSE, AND GOOD RUNNING GAME. AND VALENZISI, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE. KEITH: THIS IS WASHINGTON TAKEN DOWN RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. NO MESSING AROUND WITH THAT. DON HOLMES JUST DECKED HIM. BOB: GARY BARNETT WAS TELLING US THAT BEFORE THE SEASON IN SPRING PRACTICE, HOLMES, 53, AND PAT FITZGERALD, THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS IT TURNS OUT, WERE VERY CLOSE. AND IT WAS HOLMES WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ATHLETICALLY GIFTED AND FITZGERALD SEEMED TO BEAT HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ONCE HE GOT THE POSITION JUST KIND OF GREW IN IT. KEITH: OTTON'S PASS DOWN THE MIDDLE. MAKING THE CATCH, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. THAT'S A FIRST DOWN. BOB: HERE COMES THE BLITZ, THE PURPLE BLITZ FROM THE OUTSIDE. 33 IS COLLIER, THE STRONG SAFETY. AND HE GETS HIT BY -- THAT'S HOLMES INSIDE. KEITH: NOW WE HAVE NOT SEEN WACHHOLTZ YET IN THE BALLGAME. SO THE TWO QUARTERBACK SYSTEM AS SUCH HAS NOT BEEN EVIDENT TODAY. OTTON HAS GONE ALL THE WAY. KEITH: OTTON'S PASS AGAINST HOOKED TO THE LEFT SIDE. TYLER CASHMAN MAKES A VERY GOOD CATCH. HE'S A YARD SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN. BOB: JOHN KNOWS YOU PRETTY WELL. HE PROBABLY KNOWS WHO HE CAN TRUST AND WHO HE CAN'T. THERE'S A LOOK AT KYLE. HE'S GOT HIS HELMET ON. BEFORE HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HELMET ON. LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT BE GETTING READY FOR A LITTLE ACTION. KEITH: BALL IS UP AT THE 46-YARD LINE WHERE IT'S SECOND DOWN AND ABOUT 2 FOR THE TROJANS. KEITH: JOHNSON HAS A FIRST DOWN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THE NORTHWESTERN 32-YARD LINE. THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM SO TOUGH AGAINST A ZONE, HE JUST TURNED RIGHT BACK INTO THE CREASE AND HE'S A BIG TARGET AND HE'S GONE. EIGHT CATCHES FOR 124 YARDS. BOB: HERE HE IS RIGHT HERE. HE'S TRAILING. WATCH AS THE BLITZ IS GOING TO COME. CAN THE BLITZ GET THERE BEFORE YOU GET THE BALL OFF? DOUBLE MOVE INSIDE. ONE RECEIVER, THE TIGHT END CAME IN. THAT'S A TRAIL MOVE, VERY TOUGH TO COVER. KEITH: WASHINGTON. THEY PURSUE WELL. AND THE MAN WHO RAN HIM DOWN AND MADE THE TACKLE LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MIKE WARREN. KEITH: THE PASS IS COMPLETED TO THE TAILBACK, WASHINGTON. AND IT'S ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. AND LET'S CHECK IN WITH LYNN SWANN. LYNN: IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WACHHOLTZ HASN'T BEEN IN, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PERSONNEL ON THE TROJANS' SIDELINE. IF ONE OR THE OTHER GUY GOT HOT, JOHN ROBINSON TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT THE OTHER MAN WAS NOT GOING TO COME UP. IT'S THE HOT ARM OF OTTON KEEPING HIM IN THE BALLGAME AND KEEPING WACHHOLTZ ON THE BENCH. KEITH: PRESSURE COMING FROM BEHIND, IT'S ISMAELI. AND HE TAKES HIM DOWN ON THE SACK. THAT'S THREE SACKS OF OTTON. BOB: AND ISMAELI HAS DONE THIS ALL YEAR LONG, KEITH. IF THERE'S BEEN ONE GUY THAT'S BEEN A THORN IN EVERYBODY'S SIDE, IT'S ISMAELI, NUMBER THREE. WATCH AS HE COMES OFF THE CORNER. THIS IS THE SIXTH SACK OF THE YEAR FOR ISMAELI. HE'S A DEFENSIVE BACK. HE DOESN'T START, BUT HE MADE ALL BIG 10 SECOND TEAM, AND HE IS QUITE A FIXTURE IN THAT SECONDARY. KEITH: THAT'S WHY THAT LEFT TACKLE HAS GOT TO BE A DOMINANT PLAYER. BOB: MOST OF THE TIME HE'S GOING UP AGAINST A HALFBACK. KEITH: THE BLINDSIDE IS THE VULNERABLE SIDE FOR THE QUARTERBACK. BOB: HE'S CAUSED A LOT OF THINGS TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I MEAN, THE CAR-- THE TIRES ARE THE ATTERY-- EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH BAD TIMES. IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING-- AND YOU CAN SEE THEM CHANGE IF YOU CALM THEM DOWN, AND YOU EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO THEM WHEN MAYBE THEY WERE... FEING IN A POSITION OF POWERLESSNESS. ROBIN, COULD YOU CALL A CAB ? THAT'S A GREAT FEELING. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO SOMEBODY ELSE, I WANT TO GIVE THAT BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, REALLY. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION] KEITH: THEY'LL RUN IT WITH WASHINGTON. AND IT'S A BIG ONE, DOWN TO THE 11-YARD LINE. AND KEYSHAWN JOHNSON IS THE MAN THAT OPENED THE DOOR. BOB: NICE CALL MIKE RILEY, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. PREDOMINANTLY BEEN THROWING THE FOOTBALL. NOW YOU GET IT AT SECOND AND 17. LET'S SEE WHAT KEYSHAWN JOHNSON DOES WHEN HE'S NOT OUT ON A PASS. NOT BAD. GETS A BIG PIECE OF A GUY WITH A HIGH NUMBER ON THERE. DEFENSIVE END. KEITH: NO PLACE TO GO. THERE'S A LOSS ON THE PLAY. DANNY SUTR NUMBER 50 WAS THE MAN WHO WAS OVER THERE. AND IRONICALLY DANNY SUTTER AND ONE OF THE IOWA TACKLES WERE THE PEOPLE WHO FELL ON THE LEG OF PAT FITZGERALD AND BROKE IT IN THE IOWA GAME. BOB: SUTTER'S GOT A BROTHER THAT PLAYS A LITTLE FOOTBALL WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. KEITH: THE SUTTER FAMILY -- BOB: I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CALL THEM CLEVELAND BROWNS. KEITH: HE GOT IT. ALL SET ? YOU BET I AM. THANKS TO YOU. A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH JESSE I NOTICED SOMETHING. DANDRUFF. SO I TOLD HIM ABOUT HEAD & SHOULDERS. REGULAR SHAMPOOS JUST RINSE FLAKES AWAY. HEAD & SHOULDERS HELPS PREVENT FLAKES FROM EVEN FORMING. BECAUSE... KEITH: OTTO GRAHAM, YOU SAW HIS PICTURE FOLLOWING THAT OF ARA PARSEGHIAN THERE, OTTO IS HERE. BOB: YEAH, HE IS. WHAT A GREAT PLAYER HE WAS. KEITH: WE GO OFF TO VISIT WITH JOHN SAUNDERS. JOHN: THANKS A LOT. JOINED BY TODD BLACKLEDGE. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE IMPRESSED WITH THE QUARTERBACK AT U.S.C. TODD: YEAH, I SAW HIM THREE TIMES THIS YEAR. BRAD OTTON IS THROWING THE FOOTBALL WELL. JOHN: WE'LL SEE YOU AT HALFTIME. RIGHT NOW LET'S GO BACK TO KEITH. KEITH: ALL RIGHT, JOHN. HAPPY NEW HERE, Y'ALL. KEITH: THE BALL IS THROWN TO THE SIDELINES AND IT IS INCOMPLETE. BRIAN MUSSO COULD NOT REEL IN THE LOW PASS. AND AGAIN SCHNUR IS ON THE GROUND. BUT NOT WITH A LOT OF FORCE. THEY REALLY HAVEN'T ABUSED HIM SO FAR. THEY REALLY HAVEN'T GONE AFTER HIM SO FAR. HE'S 7-14 FOR 102 YARDS. I THINK THEY'D MUCH RATHER CONTAIN DARNELL AUTRY AND LET SCHNUR WANDER AROUND. BOB: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, KEITH. THE WHOLE EMPHASIS IS STOP THE RUN, FORCE SCHNUR TO BEAT YOU WITH PASSES. KEITH: SCHNUR'S PASS THROWN RIGHT TO THE NUMBERS OF DARNELL AUTRY. HE'S JUST OVER THE 30. THAT'S A PICKUP OF ABOUT FIVE YARDS. BOB: SCHNUR WAS NOT A HIGHLY RECRUITED QUARTERBACK. THE SCHOOL IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA. HE'S A REDSHIRT JUNIOR. HE'LL BE BACK. BUT HIS STRENGTHS ARE HIS GOOD DECISIONMAKING, HIS INTELLIGENCE, HIS LEADERSHIP AND HE'S VERY COMPETITIVE. KEITH: TOUCHDOWN FOR MCCUTCHEON, THE FRESHMAN. BOB: MUSSO IS GOING TO COME FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AND IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT NORTHWESTERN HAS LIVED BY ALL YEAR, IT'S THE TURNOVERS IN THEIR FAVOR. THIS BALL COMES OUT. IT WAS HARD TO TELL FROM THAT SHOT WHETHER HE WAS ON THE GROUND OR NOT. BUT MCCUTCHEON HAS THE SPEED TO TAKE IT IN. KEITH: HE WAS A RUNNING BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A VERY GOOD ONE. SON OF LAWRENCE MCCUTCHEON, GREAT PRO PLAYER. ADAM ABRAMS IN FOR THE EXTRA POINT TRY. AND IT'S GOOD. SO AN E ELECTRICRY FIGE PLAY, A TURNAROUND IN THE BALLGAME. KEITH: THE OLD ROSE BOWL IS STILL HUMMING OVER JUST WHAT HAPPENED. ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. BOB: HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT LAST PLAY. A GOOD THROW AND CATCH. THE QUESTION IS HIS KNEE DOWN BEFORE THE BALL IS LOOSE. KEITH: THERE IS AN OFFICIAL STANDING LOOKING RIGHT AT IT. HERE COMES MICHAEL PHILLIPS. THAT'S SAMMY KNIGHT PURSUING. IT'S VERY CLOSE. MCCUTCHEON IS NUMBER ONE. HE SCOOPS IT UP AND GOES DOWN THE SIDELINES. BOB: THE POINT IS THAT NORTHWESTERN HAS ONLY GIVEN THE BALL AWAY ON TURNOVERS 12 TIMES. KEITH: ADRIAN AUTRY FINDS SOME ROOM. HE IS OUT TO THE 35-YARD LINE. SO THE WILDCATS KIND OF SHOCKED, I'M SURE, BY JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHEN IT APPEARED THAT MUSSO HAD A FIRST DOWN AND A BIG GAIN. SUDDENLY THE BALL IS LOOSE AND GOING THE OTHER WAY. BOB: NORTHWESTERN IS NOT A TEAM THAT IS VERY GOOD AT COMING FROM BEHIND. THEY'VE ONLY BEEN BEHIND TWICE THIS YEAR. AT HALFTIME, THEY TRAILED ILLINOIS. AND THEY TRAILED IOWA. KEITH: SPLIT WIDE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE. TIME-OUT IS CALLED AND CHARGED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH 2:50 REMAINING TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. KEITH: HERE IS LYNN SWANN. LYNN: A LOT OF FOLKS TALK ABOUT NORTHWESTERN AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS TEAM IS FOR REAL OR NOT. AND I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. HOW YOU BUILD A PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP. THEY SAID THERE ARE FIVE THINGS WHICH MAKES NORTHWESTERN A LEGITIMATE PROGRAM. NUMBER ONE, RECRUITING TALENT, TRAINING, WEIGHT ROOM AND BUILDING THE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM, GOOD WORK ETHIC AND DISCIPLINE, HAVING A SYSTEM THAT WORKS WITH THE TEAM AND WRAP IT UP WITH A WINNING ATTITUDE. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DETAILS THAT GO IN THERE. THOSE ARE THE COMPONENTS THAT GARY BARNETT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO NORTHWESTERN. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE NOT JUST A FEEM FOR 1995. BUT THEY WILL BE A GOOD SOLID TEAM AS LONG AS HE STAYS THERE AND KEEPS IT GOING. KEITH: THEY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. BOB: NINE OF THE 11 STARTERS ON OFFENSE ARE BACK. THE KEY ONES ARE BACK. THAT IS AUTRY AND SCHNUR AND BATES THE WIDE RECEIVER. THEY ONLY LOSE THE CENTER AND RIGHT GUARD. BUT SOMETHING ELSE, KEITH, AND WHAT LYNN WAS SAYING IS INTELLIGENCE. IT IS MUCH EASIER TO COACH THE PLAYERS AT A NORTHWESTERN OR A STANFORD, WHERE IT IS TOUGHER TO GET IN, THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS AROUND. KEITH: NOTHING ON THAT PLAY. IT'S GOING TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AROUND THE 35-YARD LINE. HUDHAIFA ISMAELI MAKES HIS FIRST CLEAR SOLO OF THE DAY ON AUTRY. KEITH: THIS PASS IS AWAY. COMPLETE TO AUTRY AS SCHNUR JUST STOOD UP AND SCANNED THE FIELD AND THREW IT RIGHT TO HIM. HE WAS ALL ALONE. ABOUT A YARD SHORT OF HIS FIRST DOWN WHERE IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN FOR NORTHWESTERN. AND ABOUT TWO. SO HARTL COMES BACK ON THE FIELD. AND THE TWO COACHES, GARY BARNETT IS ON THE SHADOW SIDE. AND U.S.C. IS ON THE SUNNY SIDE. KEITH: THIS IS AUTRY LOOKING IN THE MIDDLE. AND SO FAR, THE TROJAN TACKLERS HAVE DONE PRETTY GOOD JOB OF WHAT JOHN ROBINSON WAS TALKING ABOUT, TO MAKE SURE YOU WRAP HIM. DON'T LET HIM HAVE ANY ROOM AT ALL. BECAUSE HE WILL JUST RUN OVER YOU IF YOU DON'T WRAP HIM UP. BOB: GOOD POINT. FOURTH AND 1. AND IT LOOKS LIKE BARNETT WILL PUNT IT AWAY. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT AUTRY, IT ISN'T EASY TO BRING HIM DOWN. USUALLY HE WILL BREAK A LOT OF TACKLES OVER THE COURSE OF A BALLGAME. KEITH: AND THEY CLOSE THAT DOOR. AND HE DID KICK IT AND RETURNED BY LARRY PARKER FOR ABOUT FOUR YARDS AND THE TROJANS WILL HAVE IT FIRST DOWN AT THE 27-YARD LINE. 1:25 TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. KEITH: I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD FIND BOTH OF THESE TEAMS HIGHLY REGARDED GOING INTO THE NEXT FOOTBALL SEASON. ANOTHER TEAM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND VERY HIGH IN YOUR NATIONAL POLLS OR EXPECTATIONS NEXT YEAR WILL BE TENNESSEE. KEITH: UNDERNEATH. THE PASS TO BARNUM. DECKED AT THE 31 BY GEOFF SHEIN, THE SENIOR LINEBACKER FROM GLEN CO-, ILLINOIS. -- FROM GLENCO, ILLINOIS. BUT IT WAS INTERESTING THE ATTITUDE OVER THE WEEKEND AND GOING INTO THIS BALLGAME BY THE TROJANS. THEY ARE THE HOME TEAM. BOB: THEY PRACTICED AT THEIR OWN FACILITY. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GET ON AN AIRPLANE AND GO ANYWHERE. KEITH: IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING. BRINGING UP THE QUESTION OF ECONOMICS. THE WILDCATS HAD TO COME OUT HERE FOR ADDITIONAL TEAM. NORTHWESTERN IS ON THE QUARTER SYSTEM. AND THE CAMPUS WAS LITERALLY SHUT DOWN. BOB: AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY ANYWAY. KEITH: FUMBLE. NORTHWESTERN GOT IT. SO THE WILDCATS GET A BREAK. AND THE PURPLE AND WHITE SIDE OF THE STADIUM STANDS AND CHEERS. LAVALE WOODS CAUSED IT UP. -- COUGHED IT UP. BOB: THEY HAVE DONE THIS ALL YEAR LONG. 32 TAKEAWAYS BY THIS PURPLE DEFENSE. AND THAT'S 52 IN THERE PULLING AT THE BALL. AND BAILEY IS ON IT. KEITH: IT IS CAUGHT BY BATES. CAUGHT BY BATES DOWN AT THE 12-YARD LINE AND TIME-OUT IS CALLED. THE WILDCATS WILL HAVE TWO LEFT. BOB: A NICE PLAY. BY SCHNUR. AND A GOOD CALL BY GREG MYER. YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT. NOW, THE DECISION IS DO YOU KICK THE FIELD GOAL WITH THE FIELD GOAL KICKER -- YOUR SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN IS HURT AND OUT OF THE BALLGAME. DO YOU GO WITH YOUR BACKUP WHO HAS MISSED A FIELD GOAL OR THROW ONE IN THE END ZONE? YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS. KEITH: THROW IT IN THE END ZONE. BOB: FIVE SECONDS, IF YOU RUN A PLAY YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME FOR A SECOND ONE. KEITH: HE SAID BEFORE THE PENN STATE GAME, THE KIND OF PEOPLE HE HAD PLAYING ON HIS FOOTBALL TEAM WERE RISK TAKERS. AND THEY WILL TAKE A CHANCE. HE HAS HIS KICKING TEAM COMING OUT. BOB: HE WILL TAKE RISKS. HE WILL NOT TAKE CHANCES. KEITH: HE WILL TAKE AT THAT RISK BUT NOT A CHANCE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. BOB: THE WHOLE KEY IS MOMENTUM. KEITH: AND THEY GET THE BALL, TOO. BOB: THE FUMBLE THAT WAS RETURNED BY U.S.C. FOR A TOUCHDOWN TOOK THE MOMENTUM AWAY. IF THEY CAN GET BACK ON THE BOARD WITH A FIELD GOAL HERE, GET A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM GOING INTO HALFTIME. KEITH: AND THEY GET THE BALL FIRST TO START THE SECOND HALF. KEITH: 29 YARDS. AND IT'S 10 POINTS NOW FOR NORTHWESTERN AS WE COME DOWN TO TWO SECONDS REMAINING. HE'S A PRETTY STEADY KICKER, THAT YOUNGSTER. THAT IS HIS FIRST FIELD GOAL, HOWEVER, INSIDE 40 YARDS. HE HAD TO STEP IN AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AND FILL THE TPWAP WHEN SAM VALENZISI HAD DONE -- THE GAP WHEN SAM VALENZISI HAD DONE ALL OF THE KICKING. HE HAS PICKED UP THE PIECES AND SAM IS HIS BIGGEST CHEERLEADER. SO IT IS 24-10 AS WE HEAD FOR THE CLUBHOUSE. AS BOB SAID, RIGHT NOW, MIGHT BE WEARING A PURPLE SHIRT BEGAN. AT HALFTIME, WE WILL RUN OVER THE SCOREBOARD WITH YOU AND ALSO SHOW YOU THE U.S.C. AND NORTHWESTERN MARCHING BANDS. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF EMPTY SEATS. THE PRESS BOX SIDE OF THE STADIUM IS BASICALLY PURPLE AND WHITE. BOB: THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME. THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE TEAMS THAT HAVE COME HAVE BEEN NEW TEAMS. FIVE DIFFERENT TEAMS HAVE BEEN FROM THE BIG 10 IN -- IN THE 1990'S AND FROM THE PAC-10, OREGON WAS HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. PENN STATE WAS HERE LAST YEAR. JUST REALLY SOME FRESH -- SOME NEW PEOPLE, FRESHNESS OUT HERE. KEITH: IT BRINGS A VITALITY. BOB: AND THEY STAY TO THE END. KEITH: A PENALTY FLAG. RYAN TYISKA CAUGHT THE BALL. THE CLOCK DID NOT START UNTIL THE BALL CAME DOWN AND WAS TOUCHED. THAT LEAVES ONE SECOND ON THE CLOCK. NOW THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG TO BE RESOLVED HERE. AND IT MAY WELL BE AGAINST THE WILDCATS. IT IS. YOU CAN CALL FOR A FAIR CATCH ON THE KICKOFF, YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT TYISKA DID. BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE HIM DO IT. BUT THERE WAS NORTHWESTERN PEOPLE ALL AROUND HIM WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO CATCH THE BALL. REFEREE: INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH WITH CONTACT. THAT'S A 15-YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. KEITH: THAT IS THE CALL. 15-YARD PENALTY. BIG PENALTY. BOB: YOU ARE RIGHT. IT GIVES THEM ONE PLAY TO SEND KEYSHAWN JOHNSON STRAIGHT DOWNFIELD TO THROW AN ALLEY OOP INTO THE END ZONE. KEITH: THE BALL IS NOW AT THE 42-YARD LINE OF NORTHWESTERN. BOB: THERE IS TYISKA. 34. KEITH: HE DID GET HIS HAND UP. YOU CAN FAIR CATCH IT. AND THAT WAS VERY QUICK THINKING BY HIM. KEITH: IT'S BEYOND THE END ZONE. AND THE HALF IS OVER. AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, KEITH: AND HUDHAIFA ISMAELI IS BACK THERE WITH ADRIAN AUTRY TO RECEIVE THE KICKOFF TO START THE SECOND HALF. KEITH: ISMAELI, STILL GOING, 40, UP TO THE 43-YARD LINE. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. BOB: OUTSTANDING. GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT RIGHT THERE. KEITH: DARNELL AUTRY FINDS THE CRACK AND CROSSES MID FIELD AND PUTS IT AT THE U.S.C. 48-YARD LINE, PICKED UP NINE YARDS ON THE CARRY BEFORE HE WAS BROUGHT DOWN. BOB: WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT NORTHWESTERN, KEEP ON TRUCKING. AUTRY RUSHED 12 TIMES FOR 43 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND DEFENSIVELY CAN FORCE TURNOVERS. THEY GOT THE ONE LATE. THEY WILL NEED SOME MORE TO WIN THIS BALLGAME. KEITH: AUTRY. FIRST DOWN, U.S.C., 41-YARD LINE. NO INDECISION ON THAT CARRY. JUST BOOM. BOB: TAKE A LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS AND SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING OFFENSIVELY. SCHNUR, KEITH: SCHNUR, INCOMPLETE. DIDN'T HAVE POSSESSION AS HE WAS TACKLED BY BRIAN KELLY JUST AS THE BALL ARRIVED. WE'RE TOLD THAT DARRELL RUSSELL'S DAD, WHO IS A COMMANDER IN THE NAVY, IS ABOARD THE U.S.S. AMERICA OUT OF THE ADRIATIC SEA TODAY AND WATCHING. HE WAS A RUNNING BACK AT NAVY IN THE 1970'S. HIS SON IS ON THE FIELD TODAY FOR U.S.C. KEITH: DARN AUTRY, TO THE MIDDLE. ONE YARD TO THE 40. AND A PENALTY FLAG. A LOT OF MOVEMENT ALONG THE FRONT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD. KEITH: IT IS OFFSIDE AGAINST U.S.C. DEFENSIVE MAN CAN BE PENALIZED EVEN THOUGH AN OFFENSIVE MAN MIGHT MOVE AFTER THE DEFENDER HAS TRANSAGREESED UNDER THE NEW RULES OR UNDER THE CURRENT RULES. BOB: NORTHWESTERN HAS HAD THE BALL SIX TIMES. THEY SCORED THE VERY FIRST POSSESSION IN 10 PLAYS. THE FUMBLE ON THEIR FOURTH POSSESSION RESULTED IN A TOUCHDOWN THE OTHER WAY. THEY GOT THE FIELD GOAL AFTER THAT TURNOVER ON THEIR LAST POSSESSION. KEITH: AUTRY MAY HAVE A FREE -- NO, ADRIAN AUTRY, NOT DARNELL, BUT ADRIAN, 32, AS HE RUNS FOR THE FIRST DOWN. AND I THINK HEUER GOING TO FIND THAT S.C. WAS PROBABLY IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE FOR THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE PLAY. IT MAY BE A PRER CALL. NO, OFFSIDES AGAINST U.S.C. THEY MADE TWO MISTAKES IN A ROW. AND THE CARRY WAS BETTER THAN THE PENALTY. SO THEY SHOULD TAKE THE CARRY. IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN, NORTHWESTERN, AT THE CALIFORNIA 29. DARNELL AUTRY NOW IS BACK. ADRIAN AUTRY GOES OUT. BOB: FIRST DRIVE OF THE THIRD QUARTER, VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DOWN. KEITH: THE TROJAN DEFENSE, RISING UP FOR THIS ONE, NUMBER 92. GOT THE PENETRATION AND GOT A PIECE OF AUTRY TO TAKE HIM DOWN. BOB: 92 IS KENELEY. WATCH HIM RUN OVER ONE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. A NICE PLAY BY MATT KENELEY. THREE-YEAR STARTER. NICE JOB. ACADEMIC KEITH: DARNELL AUTRY GETS OUTSIDE. CUT IT AROUND THE CORNER BEFORE SCOTT FIELDS GOT OVER AND GOT A PIECE OF HIM. HE PICKED UP ON THE PLAY ABOUT SEVEN. BOB: FIELDS IS AN INTERESTING STORY. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING BACK. HE HAD VISIONS OF GRANDEUR COMING TO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEISMAN -- HE WANTED TO WIN THAT. ENDED UP BEING SHIFTED FROM TAILBACK TO FREE SAFETY. NOW HE IS UP TO LINEBACKER. HE IS ONLY 200 POUNDS BUT PLAYING. AND HE'S THE SECOND LEADING TACKLER ON THAT TROJAN DEFENSE. KEITH: COMPLETE TO MUSSO. THIS TIME BRIAN PUTS IT AWAY AND TAKES IT INSIDE THE 10 WHERE IT'S FIRST AND GOAL, NORTHWESTERN. BOB: JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN. NORTHWESTERN JUST SETTING UP SCHNUR, NOT TURNING IT OVER. A LITTLE CROSSING ROUTE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE OUTLET. HE LOOKED DOWNFIELD. NOTHING WAS THERE. AND MUSSO BEAT HIS MAN AND PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN. KEITH: IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 9 FOR NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: AUTRY HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. TAKEN DOWN AT THE 12. DARRELL RUSSELL GETTING THE PENETRATION FOR THE TACKLE. BOB: A NICE PLAY BY RUSSELL. HE JUST -- THAT WAS A LITTLE MISDIRECTION PLAY. HE JUST GOT IN THERE AND SAID NOTHING DOING THIS TIME. KEITH: 11 1/2 MINUTES TO GO, THIRD QUARTER. SECOND DOWN AND 12 FROM THE 12. KEITH: SCHNUR THROWS DOWN THE MIDDLE. SHOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED OFF. BOB: HE WAS LUCKY TO GET THAT ONE BACK. AND HE KNOWS IT. KEITH: IT WAS INTENDED FOR GRAHAM, NUMBER 23, GOT HIS HANDS ON IT. JESSE DAVIS, IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH HIS HANDS. BOB: JESSE DAVIS. HERE IS DAVIS HERE AS HE WILL TRY TO HIT A RECEIVER COMING INTO THIS AREA. AS HE ROLLS OUT, WATCH DAVIS, THE DEFENSIVE BACK. HE SEES HIM ROLL, SLIDES, SLIDES. HE DIDN'T SEE DAVIS. THERE WAS A MAN BETWEEN HE AND DAVIS. DAVIS CAME INTO THIS BALLGAME WITH SIX TURNOVERS ON THE YEAR, FOUR INTERCEPTIONS, AND TWO FUMBLE RECOVERIES. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION] KEITH: THE BALL IS KNOCKED DOWN BY NUMBER 27 MICAH PHILLIPS. BOB: SAME THING, THAT BALL COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED OFF, TOO. WATCH SCHNUR LOOKING TO OUR LEFT. THAT DRAWS THE SAFETY OVER. HE'S LOOKING THERE THE WHOLE TIME. THE SAFETY COMING FROM OUR RIGHT SIDE, 27, THAT'S MICAH PHILLIPS. HE SAW HIM LOOKING THAT WAY THE WHOLE TIME AND WHEN HE STARTED TO THROW, HE WENT AFTER THE BALL. KEITH: SO THE TROJANS WIN THAT SCUFFLE AS THEY HOLD THEM TO THREE. xOhó>>.. KEITH: THOSE PICTURES COMING OUT OF THE GOODYEAR BLIMP EAGLE. 1996 IS THE 71ST CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT A GOODYEAR BLIMP HAS BEEN FLYING OVER MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS. 71 YEARS. HI, GUYS. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. NICK AND GLENN. KEITH: THEY'VE GOT IT AT THE 47-YARD LINE! JOSH BARNES COVERS IT. AND IT'S PICKUP TIME. BOB: THE COACH OF THE YEAR, GARY BARNETT. HE'S TRYING TO FIRE HIS TROOPS UP A LITTLE BIT. FIVE YARDS, 10 YARDS, YOU CAN HAVE IT NOW. COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE MUCH BETTER AND THE TROJANS WERE NOT READY FOR IT AT ALL. KEITH: NO, THEY WERE NOT IN ANY SENSE READY FOR IT. BOB: NICE KICK, TOO. NICE KICK BY GOWINS. COULDN'T EXECUTE IT ANY BETTER. KEITH: THIS IS AUTRY. AND HE'LL GET IT ACROSS MIDFIELD TO THE U.S.C. 49. A PICKUP OF ABOUT THREE. BOB: THAT WAS A BIG DEFENSIVE STAND FOR THE TROJANS, ONLY HOLDING THE WILDCATS TO THREE POINTS. BUT YOU COME RIGHT BACK, YOU GET AN ONSIDE KICK AND NOW YOU CAN TAKE IT DOWN FOR MORE. JUST AN OUTSTANDING CALL AND EXECUTION. KEITH: AUTRY IS SO QUICK ONCE HE SEES THE CRACK. HE IS REALLY THROUGH IT IN A HURRY. AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 39. BOB: TAKE A LOOK. STARTS TO GO WIDE. HE STARTS OUTSIDE. THE LINEBACKER COMES OUTSIDE. THAT'S NUMBER FOUR. WHEN HE STARTED OUTSIDE, HE SAYS I'M GOING OUTSIDE. HE STOPPED AND WENT BACK INSIDE. KEITH: AND DREXLER WILL HAVE IT INSIDE THE 25. AND IT'S ANOTHER NORTHWESTERN FIRST DOWN. BOB: AUTRY SET UP THE RUNNING GAME, ESTABLISHED THE RUNNING GAME TO SET UP THE PASSING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S ONLY THE NINTH PASS THIS YEAR THAT DREXLER, THE TIGHT END, HAS CAUGHT. KEITH: BIG AS A HOUSE, 6'6", 258. BOB: YOU KNOW WHY HE'S IN THERE. KEITH: OF COURSE. TO GET A TACKLE. KEITH: A LITTLE PIECE OF SUGAR FOR THE BIG OLD BLOCKING BACK. HE'LL TAKE IT DOWN TO THE 19. AND THERE'S ONE OF THE WILDCATS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. THAT'S RYAN PADGETT. RYAN PADGETT SHAKEN UP. BOB: YOU CAN ILL AFFORD TO LOSE RYAN. HE WAS BOB: LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE INJURY. RYAN PADGETT RIGHT HERE IN THE PURPLE. LEFT ANKLE OR LEFT KNEE IS GOING TO COLLAPSE UNDER HIM AS THE RUNNING BACK AND THE TACKLER, THEY ALL JUST KIND OF WHIPLASH BEHIND HIM. HE'S A SENIOR. AS I MENTIONED, HE MADE THE ALL BIG 10 TEAM. PETERSON IS IN FOR HIM. KEITH: THEY TOOK HIM RIGHT TO THE CLUBHOUSE. SO I DON'T THINK HE'LL SEE PADGETT ANY MORE. THERE HE GOES. KEITH: AUTRY INTO THE CROWD AND WILL PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY. AND LET'S CHECK IN WITH SWANNY. LYNN: KEITH, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS HIS LEFT ANKLE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. AND THE ROSE BOWL DOESN'T HAVE X-RAY EQUIPMENT. BUT NORTHWESTERN BROUGHT IN A LOW-GRADE FLOROSCOPE AND THEY BROUGHT IT IN TO CHECK OUT ANYTHING BELOW THE HANDS AND ANKLE. IF I GET THE INFORMATION, I'LL GIVE YOU THE UPDATE. KEITH: I THINK WHEN THEY WERE BACK THERE FOR THE PENN STATE GAME, THAT HIS RIGHT ANKLE WAS HURT. KEITH: BALL IS PITCHED OUT TO THE LEFT SIDE AND AUTRY MAKES A DIVING TRY. DOESN'T COME UP WITH IT AND THERE'S A PENALTY FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD. IT'S THROWN BACK DOWN THERE IN THE SECONDARY. BOB: DEFENSIVE HOLDING. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN. KEITH: AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. DID YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT RAINED ON A ROSE BOWL FOOTBALL GAME SINCE 1955. BOB: I KNOW I PLAYED HERE IN 1967 WITH THE BOILERMAKERS AND I KNOW IT DIDN'T RAIN. I'LL TELL YOU, IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. MUSSO IN THE SLOT, NUMBER 22, LET'S CHECK THIS OUT. YEAH, RIGHT THERE. EXACTLY. GOOD CALL BY THE BACK JUDGE. HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WAY IN THE BACK. AND HE LOOKS AT THE TIGHT END OR THE SLOT. KEITH: SCHNUR SAW IT. HE'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN. SO THE TROJANS MAKE A BIG MISTAKE. THEY GIVE NORTHWESTERN THE BALL FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 9. BOB: SAMMY KNIGHT, HE WAS THE GUILTY PARTY. KEITH: TOUCHDOWN, DARNELL AUTRY. BOY, THERE'S SOME GOOD BLOCKING ON THAT RIGHT SIDE TO GIVE HIM THAT LITTLE ALLEY DOWN THE SIDELINES. BOB: KEITH, THE THING I LIKE IS THE PATIENCE. WATCH HIM. HE LETS HIS GUYS DO THE WORK. NOTHING THERE, NOTHING THERE. OK, NOW HARTL, A GREAT BLOCK BY HIS FULLBACK, 46. A LOT OF BACKS WOULD HAVE JUST RUN UP THE BACK AND TRIED TO PUSH THE PILE. HE WAITED, HE WAITED. THINGS DEVELOPED FOR HIM AND THEN HE WENT. KEITH: GOING FOR TWO. BOB: WHEN DOW GO FOR TWO? WHEN TO GO FOR TWO, IT'S 24-19. THEY'RE DOWN BY FIVE. TRYING TO MAKE IT TWO SO YOU'LL ONLY BE DOWN BY THREE. KEITH: THE PASS THROWN AWAY. MISSED IT. HE MISSED HIM. HE HAD BEAZLEY. I THINK HE HAD BEAZLEY, AND HE JUST DIDN'T HIT HIM. AND SO THE SCORE REMAINS KEITH: IT'S TAKEN BY CHRIS MILLER. AND HE IS LEVELED BY BARRY GARDNER. KEITH: THE BALL IS TO TYLER CASHMAN THE TIGHT END. AND HE HAS ABOUT FIVE YARDS. BOB: SAME M.O. THEY ARE COMING OUT THROWING. FOR U.S.C., WE SAID A ROSEY DAY FOR ONE OF THE QUARTERBACKS. OTTON HAS BEEN THEIR GUY. 252 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. DEFENSIVELY, STOP THE RUN. THEY HAVE DONE THAT WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF. NOW, FOUR YARDS PER CARRY. KEITH: AND JOHNSON, ONCE HE GOT PAST THAT FIRST MAN, RODNEY RAY, HE WAS ON HIS WAY. AND THE SAVE BY ERIC COLLIER, THE STRONG SAFETY. BOB: THIS KID IS SO GOOD. TALL. 6'4". OVER 200 POUNDS. HE CAN RUN AFTER HE CATCHES THE BALL. HE CAN JUMP. GOOD LEAPER. I REALLY LIKE THIS KID. HE WAS THE PAC-10 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN. 90 CATCHES THIS YEAR DURING THE SEASON. KEITH: RUN IT. THEY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH ON THE GROUND ALL DAY AS DEION WASHINGTON CARRIES IT. THE PENALTY FLAG. DROPPED RIGHT ALONG THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. JOHN MICHELS AT NUMBER 77 STANDING THERE LISTENING. HOLDING, TROJANS. SO THEY'RE MAKING SOME BIG MISTAKES. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE AN INJURED WILDCAT DOWN ON THE FIELD. I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBER. BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TROJANS AND SEE HOW THEIR POSSESSIONS IN THE FIRST HALF WENT. THEY HAD THE BALL SIX TIMES. THEY SCORED ON THEIR FIRST AND THIRD POSSESSION. THEY FUMBLED LATER ON. AT THE ALSO GOT A DEFENSIVE SCORE WHEN DAYLON MCCUTCHEON PICKED UP THAT FUMBLE AND RAN IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. MAN HURT ON THE LAST PLAY. HE CAME OFF THE FIELD AND DID NOT WANT TO COME OFF. KEITH: IT GOES TO JOHNNY MCWILLIAMS WHO BROKE FROM THE TIGHT END POSITION WHILE CASHMAN WAS IN WHAT THEY CALL THE H-BACK POSITION. AND 7:10 TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER, 24-19, U.S.C. LEADING NORTHWESTERN. NOW THE TROJANS ARE LOOKING AT SECOND DOWN AND 10. THEY GAINED 10 ON THAT PLAY. BOB: FIRST AND 21. THEY ARE THROWING THE BALL. THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO RUN IT AT ALL. THEIR ATTITUDE IS THROW DEEP. WE CAN STRETCH THE ZONES AND THEN COME BACK UNDERNEATH. NORTHWESTERN DEFENSIVELY, SECOND HALF, PLAYING MORE BLITZING. KEITH: HERE IT COMES. JUST COULDN'T QUITE GET BACK'LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. AND DANNY SUTTER THE LINEBACKER. BOB: I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY WILL GIVE THE SACK TO. BUT ISMAELI IS A DISRUPTOR. THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR OF PENN STATE CALLS THIS DEFENSE AND THE SECONDARY LIKE A PUNCH OF PIRANHAS. WHEN THEY START COMING AFTER YOU, THEY START COMING AFTER YOU FROM EVERYWHERE. HE ALSO HAS THREE FUMBLE RECOVERIES AND TWO FORCED FUMBLES. KEITH: THE BALL IS ON THE 44-YARD LINE. IT IS THIRD AND 11. KEITH: HE'S GOT IT. HE'S GONE. GOOD-BYE, TOUCHDOWN, TROJANS. KEITH: ONCE HE BROKE PAST THE FIRST CONTACT, THERE WAS NOBODY HOME, NOTHING BUT TAIL LIGHTS AND A T.D. BOB: HE'S A MAN AMONG BOYS. ISMAELI, NUMBER THREE, IS ON HIM. NICE MOVE. THE TAIL LIGHTS IN THE MIRROR. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I LIKE THAT. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS MAN IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THIS FIELD TODAY. AND HE IS LIKE A MAN AMONG BOYS. 10 CATCHES FOR HIM? KEITH: FOR 199 YARDS, WHICH IS A ROSE BOWL RECORD. AND THE CONVERSION FOR THE EXTRA POINT. 6:08 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER, 31, U.S.C., AND 19, NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: TRAVELERS TRAVELING DOWN THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROSE BOWL, THAT GETS THAT SIDE OF THE STADIUM UP. THE TOUCHDOWN DIDN'T HURT. BOB: HOW DO YOU THINK ARA IS FEELING RIGHT NOW? KEITH: HE HATES THAT WHITE HORSE. KEITH: ISMAELI IS ACROSS THE 25 TO THE 26. BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK FROM BEHIND THE OFFENSE ON THAT TOUCHDOWN. IN MOTION IS JOHNSON. ISMAELI, NUMBER THREE, AND BLITZ, SIX GUYS ARE COMING. EVERYBODY IS MAN COVERED IN THE SECONDARY. THAT'S THE SAME PLAY THEY RAN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. BOTH GUYS COMING BACK TO THE INSIDE. ISMAELI DOVE FOR THE BALL AND DIDN'T MAKE IT. A BIG FIRST HALF, OTTON, GET BEING THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. KEITH: AND WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY D'WAYNE BATES. HE HAD TWO TROJANS HANGING ALL OVER HIM. THEY LOST CONTACT WITH HIM, LOST SIGHT OF THE BALL AND HE MADE A GREAT PLAY. BOB: THAT'S A GOOD CALL, KEITH. KEITH: AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG BACK WHERE HE THREW THE BALL. SO IT MAY BE A LATE HIT ON THE QUARTERBACK. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THAT FLAG AND BRING IT ALL THE WAY UPFIELD. BAD NEWS FOR U.S.C. PERSONAL FOUL. BOB: TAKE A LOOK FROM THE GOAL POST CAM FROM BEHIND. A LITTLE FAKE. AND A FAKE REVERSE. NOW, THAT'S ALLOWING THE RECEIVER TO GET DOWN THERE. LOOK. GOOD COVERAGE. DOUBLE COVERAGE. BUT BATES JUST WANTS IT MORE THAN THOSE TWO BACKS. SUPPOSED TO COME OFF LIKE IT'S A REVERSE OR RUN AND TAKE OFF RUNNING. BUT DAVIS IS 23 AND KELLY, 42. THEY WERE THERE. BUT BATES MADE THE PLAY. KEITH: YOU ADD ON THE PERSONAL FOUL FROM THE 28-YARD LINE WHERE BATES WAS PUT DOWN, AND NORTHWESTERN OWNS THE FOOTBALL, FIRST DOWN AT THE U.S.C. 13-YARD LINE. KEITH: AUTRY TO THE 10. BOB: I THOUGHT THE CALL BARNETT MADE EARLIER, KEITH, THAT ONSIDE KICK, WAS A HUGE CALL. BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T WORK, AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOOK THE BALL THE OTHER WAY, THE GAME COULD HAVE BEEN OVER. BUT HE'S MADE A LOT OF CALLS THIS YEAR. AND MOST HAVE BEEN RIGHT. THE CONSENSUS NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR. KEITH: HE'S BEEN ON THAT CUTBACK. AUTRY IS AT THE 7-YARD LINE. GOES JUST INSIDE THE 4. THEY GET A FIRST DOWN. BOB: THE STRETCH PLAY. IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYBODY BLOCKING MAN-ON-MAN AND JUST RUN TO THE SIDELINE WITH YOUR MEN. KEITH: NOW THEY GET THE BIG FULLBACK IN THERE, MIKE MCGREW TO TEAM UP WITH HARTL. THIRD DOWN AND 4. AND IT'S A SHORT FOUR. BOB: SHORT FOUR. KEITH: HERE HE GOES. RIGHT TO THE GOAL LINE. FIRST AND GOAL. THEY DON'T GIVE HIM THE SIX. THE MINUTE YOU SAW MCGREW STILL GO IN MOTION, THAT PUT TWO FULLBACKS IN FRONT OF AUTRY. BOB: AND HARTL WAS THE ONE THAT GOT THE KEY BLOCK. THE FULLBACK IS ALREADY GONE. WATCH 46. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF HIM. HE REALLY SEALS TO THE INSIDE. BUT THAT'S A NICE RUN. BOTH FULLBACKS, GIVE IT TO YOUR BEST BACK, STRETCH HIM WIDE. THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF JANUS AND JOHNSON AND CHABOT AND PETERSON DOING A NICE JOB. KEITH: A QUARTERBACK SNEAK. SCHNUR. AND NO STRIPED SHIRT ARMS HAVE REACHED TOWARD THE HEAVENS YET AS THEY ARE TOWARD HALLELUJAH LAND DOWN THERE FOR THE WILDCATS. NO CELEBRATING YET. BOB: TETERING TOWARDS HALLELUJAH LAND. KEITH: THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN. KEITH: THE QUARTERBACK SNEAK. THIS TIME, HE HAS HIS TOUCHDOWN. KEITH: YOU'RE SEEING A REASON HERE WHY NORTHWESTERN IS 10-1. WHY THEY'RE RANKED THIRD IN THE NATION. BOB: THEY DON'T GIVE UP AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, GARY BARNETT. KEITH: THE EXTRA POINT TRY FOR BRIAN GOWINS. PAUL BURTON, THE PUNTER, HOLDS IT. THE HOLD IS GOOD, THE KICK IS TRUE, AT 2:58 TO PLAY, THE LAST FOUR NORTHWESTERN POSSESSIONS, THE WILDCATS HAVE GONE FIELD GOAL, FIELD GOAL, TOUCHDOWN, TOUCHDOWN. AND IT'S 31-26. BOB: WHAT A MESS THERE, HUH? LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS A KEY PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF THAT REALLY GOT NORTHWESTERN STARTED. AND HAD IT NOT WORKED, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAD RECOVERED, THEY HAD A SHORT FIELD GOING THE OTHER WAY. BUT THIS IS THE THING THAT GOT THEM STARTED. AGAIN, THEY'RE BACK WITHIN FIVE POINTS. AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS STOP KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. I MEAN, THEY WANT TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK AND OTTON IS HOT TODAY. THEY CAN'T DO IT WITH JUST FOUR GUYS, SO THEY'RE BLITZING. BUT THAT MEANS SINGLE KOFRN ON JOHNSON. KEITH: IT IS A FINE LOOKING SUNSET. OVER HERE AT THE ROSE BOWL, IT'S THE GOALEN GOAL ON THE OLD SAN GABRIELS. KEITH: CHRIS MILLER WILL NOT RETURN IT. SO THE TROJANS BEGIN FIRST DOWN AT THEIR OWN 20. THERE ARE THE SAN GABRIELS UP BEHIND THE ROSE BOWL. A GREAT PLACE TO WATCH FOOTBALL. NOT A BAD SEAT IN THE HOUSE. BOB: AND THE FIELD IS IN SUCH GREAT SHAPE. LOOK AT WHAT KEYSHAWN HAS DONE. 10 RECEPTIONS. 199 YARDS, A TOUCHDOWN. THAT'S A ROSE BOWL RECORD. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR IN THE BOWL GAME, WERE THEY IN THE COTTON BOWL, I THINK? HE HAD A LOT OF CATCHES IN THE GAME LAST YEAR. KEITH: AND THERE'S A PENALTY FLAG DOWN. I THINK THE TROJANS HAVE MADE ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE HERE. THEY GOT AHOLD OF SOMEBODY AND HUNG ON. HOLDING, U.S.C. KEITH: JOHN DOING A LITTLE LECTURING ON THE SIDELINE. REFEREE: THAT'S A 10-YARD PENALTY. KEITH: HERE'S WHY. LYNN: NUMBER 75 IS BACK ON THE FIELD. THEY LOOKED AT HIS ANKLE. IT'S A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN. IT'S AN INJURY HE SUSTAINED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THEY'VE PUT A BRACE ON IT. HE IS TESTING IT AND WANTS TO GO BACK IN. KEITH: PENALTY FLAG. BOB: THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. KEITH: CERTAINLY WAS. YOU THINK IT'S ILLEGAL CATCHING OF THE BALL. IF IT WAS KICKED BY ONE OF THE WILDCATS, IT'S A LEGAL CATCH. BOB: OTTON WAS GOING DOWN AND JUST THREW THE BALL FORWARD. THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN CAUGHT IT, WHICH IS IT LEGAL. KEITH: UNLESS ONE OF THE WILDCATS HIT THE BALL. KEITH: IT'S ILLEGAL. BOB: ILLEGAL TOUCHING, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. PRESSURE'S GOING TO COME FROM THE LEFT SIDE. LITTLE TWIST IN THERE BETWEEN THE TWO TACKLES. THAT'S 95, THAT'S RICE IN THERE THAT GETS ON HIM. OTTON JUST TRIES TO TOSS IT FORWARD. KEITH: RICE HAS BEEN A BULLDOG ALL DAY. HE HASN'T GIVEN AN INCH. NUMBER 95, BIG SENIOR, 275 POUNDS. BOB: RICE HAS STARTED 26 STRAIGHT GAMES. KEITH: WOODS GETS TO THE 7. IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND 23. DON HOLMES AND RAY ROBEY COMBINING FOR THAT TACKLE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, NORTHWESTERN, IF THEY CAN PIN THEM BACK HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS WITH PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION. AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING FOR THEM, LOOK OUT. KEITH: AND IT IS TIPPED. IT IS INTENDED FOR WASHINGTON. AND HE CAN'T GET TO IT AFTER IT'S TIPPED. AND SO THEY WILL HAVE TO PUNT IT FROM THE END ZONE. BOB: A BIG DEFENSIVE SERIES RIGHT THERE. FOR THOSE OF YOU AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE NOT SEEN NORTHWESTERN PLAY THIS YEAR, I THINK YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASON WHY THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD. THEY WERE DOWN BY 17 POINTS AND HAVE NOT GIVEN UP. KEITH: ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE NORTHWESTERN 43-YARD LINE. THAT'S A 50-YARD PUNT WHEN THEY SORRY NEEDED IT. 1:35 TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER. 31-26. AND THE WILDCATS WHO STARTED THIS HALF WITH THAT BALL FIRST DOWN AT THEIR OWN 43, SITTING RIGHT IN THE SAME POSITION. BOB: HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT NORTHWESTERN IN THE SECOND HALF HAS DONE. KEITH: AUTRY -- GOT HIM. LOST A YARD. IFEANYI MAKING THE TACKLE. HE'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET TODAY. KEITH: AND THE JOB IS HANDLED ALL RIGHT BY NUMBER 42 BRIAN KELLY. BUT A PRETTY GOOD GAIN ON THE PLAY AS HE PUTS IT ON THE S.C. SIDE OF THE FIELD AT THE 49. AND IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND TWO. BOB: THIS IS A NICE, SAFE PLAY. YOUR RECEIVERS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN HERE. BUT THE MAN YOU WANT TO GET IT TO IS AUTRY. SCHNUR TAKES FIVE STEPS, LOOKS AT THE TWO RECEIVERS, DUMPS IT. NOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAIN GUY OUT THERE ONE-ON-ONE ON THE CORNER. KEITH: MCGREW WILL HAVE A FIRST DOWN AS THEY FINALLY WRESTLE HIM OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE TROJAN 38. TAKING WHAT THEY CAN GET. NICKEL AND DIME HERE. ONCE IN A WHILE, A QUARTER. BOB: THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE PLAY THEY SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON. BOTH FULLBACKS COME OVER TO THIS SIDE. THIS TIME PLAY ACTION AND DUMPED IT TO ONE OF THE FULLBACKS. KEITH: RYAN PADGETT RETURNS TO THE FIELD. THEY STRAPPED HIM UP AND THE BIG GUY WHO WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR IS BACK OUT THERE. KEITH: ADRIAN AUTRY WILL PICK UP TWO YARDS AT BEST. ADRIAN IS FROM LONG GROVE, ILLINOIS. 189-POUND REDSHIRT FRESHMAN. BOB: KEYSHAWN SAYING WE'VE SCORED 31 POINTS IN THREE QUARTERS AND WE'RE STILL IN A DOG FIGHT HERE. WHO ARE THESE GUYS? THAT'S ONE PROBLEM BACK IN THE BIG 10, KEITH. KEITH: FIVE-POINT DIFFERENCE. AND WE'LL RETURN FOR THE FINIS KEITH: AND NOW TO THE PUNCTUATION PERIOD OF WHAT HAS BEEN TO THIS JUNCTURE ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES IN RECENT COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY. THE TURN AROUND OF FORTUNE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. KEITH: MUSSO FINALLY THROWN DOWN AT THE 13. BOB: IT'S LIKE A WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN. MUSSO IS GOING TO COME IN MOTION ACROSS THE FORMATION. NOW WATCH AS ALL THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN IN PURPLE SHIRTS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP. LOOK AT THIS, IT'S A LITTLE SCREEN. NOW WATCH AS MUSSO HOLDS ONTO THE BALL. THAT'S PHILLIPS WHO MISSES A TACKLE. HERRIN MISSES A TACKLE. KEITH: A BIG PLAY BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY DARRELL RUSSELL AS HE TAKES DARNELL AUTRY DOWN BACK AT THE 17. BOB: DARRELL RUSSELL HAS BEEN A FORCE FOR THIS CONFERENCE SINCE HE CAME INTO U.S.C. AS A FRESHMAN LAST YEAR. SIX STARTS LAST YEAR. 340 POUNDS. AND JUST -- KEITH: 320. BOB: HE MAY HAVE HAD HIS PRE-GAME MEAL. KEITH: THROWS HARD. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. IT WAS INTENDED FOR BATES. INCOMPLETE. WE GO TO SWANNY. LYNN: EVERYONE KEEPS THINKING THAT HERE IS A FOOTBALL TEAM THAT WANTS TO STAY CLOSE. THROUGHOUT THEIR 10-GAME WINNING STREAK THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN BEHIND TWO TIMES GOING INTO THE THIRD QUARTER, AGAINST MICHIGAN AND AGAINST ILLINOIS -- EXCUSE ME -- GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS. THEY CONTINUING TO PUT PRESSURE ON PEOPLE. JOHN ROBINSON SAID WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WAS GET ON TOP OF THIS CLUB AND NOT KEEP IT CLOSE. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE THREATENING TO SCORE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN. KEITH: S.C. HAS MADE THE MISTAKE THAT GOT THEM IN THIS FIX. KEITH: DARNELL AUTRY INSIDE THE 10 TO THE 9. PENALTY FLAG, YOU MAY HAVE A FACE MASK. KEITH: YEP. SO U.S.C. REALLY SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE OLD FOOT. BOB: NICE CALL ON THIRD DOWN. ISRAEL IFEANYI IS UP THE FIELD ON THIS PASS RUSH. A LITTLE DRAW PLAY. THERE IS THE FACE MASK RIGHT THERE. PHILLIPS GOT HIS HAND OFF IT. PHILLIPS MISSED THE TACKLE THIS TIME HE USED THE FACE MASK TO BRING HIM DOWN. KEITH: IFEANYI GOT UP THE FIELD AND JUST WENT RIGHT INSIDE OF HIM. BOB: THIS IS A LOOK AT THE THIRD QUARTER, WHAT WENT ON IN THE THIRD QUARTER. TOTAL YARDAGE, 164 FOR THE WILDCATS, THE TROJANS -- 56 OF THAT WAS ON ONE PLAY. KEITH: IT GOES TO DARNELL AUTRY. HE POUNDS HIS WAY IN THERE FOR THE FIRST DOWN. IT WILL BE A FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE WILDCATS. KEITH: U.S.C. WITH A TOTAL OF 10 PENALTIES AND SEVEN IN THIS HALF. BUT ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S EIGHT PENALTIES IN THIS HALF. OFFSIDES. BOB: THEY JUMPED. ONE OTHER THING THEY TALKED ABOUT, THIS NORTHWESTERN TEAM, BEFORE, WHEN THEY WERE LOSING THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE WAS NO IDENTITY. REFEREE: OFFSIDES ON THE DEFENSE. BOB: NOW, 1995, THEY ARE LIKE A FAMILY. SUCCESS. THEY TRUST EACH OTHER. THEY BELIEVE. IT'S A FUNNY THING. BUT WHEN YOU TRUST EACH OTHER AND BELIEVE, GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND HANGING TOGETHER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE HELM. KEITH: DARNELL AUTRY. TOUCHDOWN. WATCH OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FLAG. AUTRY HAS 28 CARRIES, 99 YARDS, AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS. BOB: WELL, KARDOS, IS 78, CHABOT IS 61. THE TIGHT END THERE, 83 IS DREXLER. HARTL IS 46 WHO GETS THE CRUSHING BLOCK. AND I'LL TELL YOU, AUTRY JUST WAITS FOR IT TO DEVELOP AND HAS BELIEF AND PATIENCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THERE. AND NORTHWESTERN IS GOING FOR TWO. KEITH: THEY'VE HAD FIVE POSSESSIONS AND SCORED ALL FIVE TIMES. THE LAST FIVE POSSESSIONS. BOB: I WONDER WHAT HE SAID AT HALFTIME. HE GOT THEM FIRED UP SOME WAY. THAT CALL THAT HE MADE AFTER THE FIRST SCORE, THE ONSIDE KICK WAS A GUTSY CALL. KEITH: DOWN THE MIDDLE, GOOD -- NO GOOD. DIDN'T HOLD IT. THE BALL WAS DRILLED IN AND THEN CAME OUT. DREXLER COULD NOT KEEP A HANDLE ON IT. AND SO THE SCOREBOARD HAS GIVEN IT TO HIM. BUT THE SCOREBOARD IS WRONG. 32-31. BOB: HE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ONE. PHILLIPS GETS OVER, GETS HIS HAND IN THERE AND STRIPS IT. THAT MAY BE A BIG MISSED TWO-POINT CONVERSION. AUTRY. A THEATER IMAGINE AT NORTHWESTERN, AN ASPIRING ACTOR. -- MAJOR AT NORTHWESTERN, AN ASPIRING ACTOR. HE MET CHARLTON HESTON AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. KEITH: MARVIN POWELL III WAGS THE YOUNG MAN THAT STEPPED IN THERE AND PICKED UP THAT LOW, SHORT KICK AND RETURNED IT. KEITH: UNDERNEATH. A GAIN OF ABOUT FIVE, MAYBE SIX YARDS, TO THE TAILBACK, DEION WASHINGTON. JOHN WAYNE, DUKE WAYNE WAS ADVERTISED AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT ACTUALLY, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, HE WAS NOT REALLY THE DUKE YET, HE WAS KNOWN AS MARION MORRISON. KEITH: SECOND DOWN AND 4. WASHINGTON, TRIPPED UP. NUMBER 95, MATT WEISS HAD THE PENETRATION, TOOK THE FEET AWAY. SO THEY'RE CLUTCHING AND GRABBING. KEITH: NESS A GROUP THAT PLAYS VERY, VERY WELL TOGETHER AS A -- THIS IS A GROUP THAT PLAYS VERY, VERY WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM. A BREAKDOWN OF THE QUARTERS. KEITH: AND THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE AS THE TIGHT END, TYLER CASHMAN, MADE A BIG PLAY, INTERCEPTION AND A RETURN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THE EPIC STRUGGLE BETWEEN U.S.C. AND UCLA IN 1967. BOB: JUST A NICE THROW AND CATCH. KEITH: OTHER SCORES. FROM GAMES ABOUT THE COUNTRY TODAY. AND THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. INVOLVING THE TEAMS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE CONFERENCES. KEITH: FROM THE 47. THE BALL IS BATTED DOWN. INTENDED FOR JOHN ALLRED. BOB: EVERY TIME WE CALL DONNIE HOLMES' NAME YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PAT FITZGERALD, THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WHO BROKE HIS LEG IN A COUPLE OF PLACES. NOT PLAYING TODAY. AND HOLMES IS FILLING IN ADMIRABLY FOR HIM IN THAT POSITION AS YOU LOOK AT FITZGERALD. KEITH: JOHNSON GOES THE OTHER WAY. AND CHRIS MILLER WITH THE FIRST DOWN AT THE NORTHWESTERN 40. ERIC COLLIER, THE STRONG SAFETY WAS COMING. AND GOT A PIECE OF HIM. HE GOT IT AWAY. BOB: HERE'S COLLIER HERE, KEITH. HE'S GOING TO PUT THE PRESSURE. LOOK AT THIS GROUP OF THREE THAT HE'S THROWING TO. COLLIER GETS THERE. JUST DOES NOT GET THERE QUICK ENOUGH. WHEN YOU HAVE THREE RECEIVERS RUNNING RIGHT THERE, JOHNSON IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO WORRY ABOUT. KEITH: OTTON GETS IT AWAY. THE THROW IS BEHIND TIGHT END JOHNNY MCWILLIAMS. AND HE DROPPED IT. BOB: THAT TIME, OTTON HAD TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE FROM THE BLITZ. AGAIN, OTTON IS HAVING A GOOD DAY, KEYING. -- KEITH. AND IF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A COMBINATION OF THE TWO QUARTERBACK SYSTEM, OTTON HAS PLAYED AND PLAYED VERY WELL. JOHN ROBINSON HAS USED THE TWO QUARTERBACK SYSTEM ALL YEAR. I AGREE WITH IT. KEITH: THE PASS IS DROPPED BY CASHMAN. SO MCWILLIAMS DROPPED ONE THAT WAS THROWN BEHIND HIM. NOT A VERY GOOD PASS. BECAUSE OTTON WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND HAD TO MOVE. AND THAT TIME, CASHMAN HAD IT BUT HE HAD A LOT OF COMPANY AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOME DAYLIGHT. BOB: THE THROW WAS BEHIND HIM BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT OTTON WAS PUT UNDER. KEITH: IN PASSING YARDAGE, THEY ARE AT 368. IN RUSH YARDAGE, THEY ARE AT 10. BOB: LOOK AT THE PRESSURE RIGHT HERE. FROM THE FAR SIDE IS ISMAELI. KEITH: JOHNSON HAS IT. KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WILL GET A MARK INSIDE THE 30. AND THAT'S A FIRST DOWN. ISMAELI WAS RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF JOHNSON. A TALL, TOUGH, LANKY GUY. BOB: IF YOU KEEP BLITZING LONG ENOUGH, THEY'LL FIND HIM. HERE IS JOHNSON. GO AHEAD AND RUN IT. I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING. THE TWO MEN WILL LOOK FOR HIM. STOP IT RIGHT HERE. THESE TWO KNOW THAT THIS IS JOHNSON. AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR HIM. THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THERE QUICK ENOUGH. KEITH: 11 CATCHES, 210 YARDS. HE OWNS THE ROSE BOWL RECORD. KEITH: THE BALL IS SLAPPED DOWN AS OTTON TRIED TO THROW A LITTLE SOFT LOB TO PARKER COMING ACROSS. JUST DIDN'T PUT ANY AIR UNDER IT. MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE TIRED, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ON HIS BACK A LOT. CASEY DAILEY, PLAYING DEFENSIVE END FOR NORTHWESTERN IS OUT OF LAVERNE, CALIFORNIA. BOB: A LOCAL GUY. AS YOU LOOK AT WACHHOLTZ, HE HAS NOT BEEN IN. HE'S WELL RESTED. KEITH: WASHINGTON WITH THE BALL. AND SKIP RIGHT, SKIP LEFT. AND SKIP LEFT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE. IF HE JUST KEPT SKIPPING RIGHT, HE HAD SOME ROOM. SOMETIMES IT HELPS YOU AND SOMETIMES IT DEFEATS YOU. BOB: AND A YEAR AGO, HE WAS WORKING AT DISNEYLAND. NOT A SUMMER JOB BUT A VACATION JOB OUT THERE. HE WORKED IN THE JUNGLE CRUISE, HE SAID. HAD TO WEAR A COSTUME SIMILAR TO INDIANA JONES. KEITH: HE DOESN'T GET THE BALL UP IN THE AIR. AND HE IS AGAIN PUT FLAT ON HIS BACK BY THE PRESSURE. BOB: MAYBE DAILEY OR SOMEBODY KNOCKED THAT BALL IN THE AIR. KEITH: IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. BOB: LOOKING LEFT ALL THE WAY. MOVING, JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE COVERAGE ON JOHNSON. DOUBLE COVERAGE. COLLIER. THERE YOU GO. DOUBLE COVERAGE AND MAYBE TRIPLE COVERAGE. KEITH: PLUS A LITTLE HOLD. THIS IS A 46-YARD FIELD GOAL TRY, THE LONGEST EVER BY ADAM ABRAMS, 41. KEITH: GOOD! KEITH: THERE IT IS. IT'S BEEN A GORGEOUS DAY. WE'RE READY TO GO NOW. KEITH: ISMAELI ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 38-YARD LINE. BOY, HAS HE HAD SOME TOUGH RUNS ON KICKOFF RETURNS. AND HERE'S A PENALTY FLAG. THE REFEREE THREW IT. KEITH: PERSONAL FOUL, NORTHWESTERN. THAT'S SURPRISING. IT WILL BE FIRST AND 25. LYNN: NUMBER 42, TUCKER MORRISON, WHEN HE GOT ON THE GROUND, HE KICKED HIM. THE OFFICIAL WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM TO FLAG HIM. KEITH: THE TROJAN DEFENSE IS SWARMING THEM IN HERE. AND IFEANYI IS THE MAN WHO MAKES THAT DEFENSIVE PLAY. AND THE LOSS IS BACK FROM THE 23 TO ABOUT THE 21. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND 11, 11 1/2. THE CLOCK RUNNING. 8:35 TO PLAY IN THE BALLGAME. U.S.C. 34-32 LEADING NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: THAT PASS IS DRILLED AT THE 32-YARD LINE TO D 'WAYNE BATES. IT IS NOT YET A FIRST DOWN. THEY'RE A LOT CLOSER TO IT NOW. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND ABOUT 2. BOB: BATES HAS HAD HIMSELF A FULL DAY TODAY, TOO. KEITH: YEAH, HE'S CAUGHT SEVEN BALLS FOR 135 YARDS. BOB: SCORED EVERY TIME THEY'VE HAD THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF. KEITH: CONTACT BEFORE THE BALL WAS SNAPPED. IF SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE NINE PENALTIES IN THE SECOND HALF FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IF WE READ THAT RIGHT. BOB: MORE THAN ONE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JUMPING, KEITH. AND THAT TELLS ME IT'S DAVIS. AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN HAVE A CADENCE THAT IS NONRITSDS MATIC RIGHT THERE AND YOU USUALLY GET THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST AND THOSE TWO GUYS ARE THE CLOSEST TO THE QUARTERBACK BECAUSE THEY HEAR YOU, THE INFLECTION AND THE TIMING BETWEEN THE HUTS. YOU CAN USUALLY GET THEM. AND HE'S USING IT AT GOOD TIMES. KEITH: THE BALL IS CAUGHT BY BEAZLEY. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AT THE U.S.C. 47-YARD LINE. BOB: BEAZLEY HAS NOT CAUGHT MANY PASSES ON THE SEASON. HE CAME IN WITH ONLY EIGHT. NORMALLY IN THERE FOR HIS BLOCKING. KEITH: HE HURT HIMSELF ON THAT PLAY. BOB: HE DID. KEITH: SO THE WILDCATS MOVE IT AGAIN. BOB: TALKING ABOUT THAT NONRHYTHMIC CADENCE, SCHNUR HAS BEEN PULLING THEM OFFSIDES. KEITH: THEY GET AUTRY OUT OF BOUNDS AT ABOUT THE 43 OR SO. SCHNUR IS 20-31 NOW ON THE DAY FOR 313 YARDS. BOTH QUARTERBACKS WITH OVER 300 YARDS. BOB: SCHNUR, THAT'S PROBABLY HIS CAREER DAY, TOO. THEY DON'T THROW THAT MUCH. THEY DON'T WANT TO THROW THAT MUCH, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. KEITH: DARNELL AUTRY HAS 30 CARRIES FOR 100 YARDS. BOB: AUTRY IS USED TO THAT. HE'S AVERAGING 32 CARRIES A GAME. KEITH: INTERCEPTED. DAVIS DOWN TO THE NORTHWESTERN 30-YARD LINE. SCHNUR HAD HIS MAN BUT ON THE RUN COULDN'T CLIFR THE BALL. BOB: GOING TO TRY TO GET IT TO THE RECEIVER RIGHT HERE GOING ACROSS THE FIELD. AS HE ROLLS OUT THIS WAY, THE SAFETY BACK HERE IS GOING TO COME GET IT. ROLLS OUT, HE LOOKS BACK, STOP IT RIGHT HERE. HE'S OPEN, BUT HE OVERTHROWS IT. AND THE DEFENSIVE MAN RIGHT BEHIND HIM COMES TO PICK IT OFF. JESSE DAVIS WHO HAS PICKED OFF SIX TAKEAWAYS ALREADY GETS HIS SEVENTH FOR THE TROJANS. KEITH: RUPS IT DOWN TO ABOUT THE 25 FOR SIX YARDS. BOB: THIS IS SCHNUR'S FIRST INTERCEPTION, FIRST BIG MISTAKE OF THE DAY. NOBODY IN HIS FACE. HE CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY. HE JUMPS UP HIGH. SOME GUYS, LIKE DAVIS, ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. HE'S A FIFTH YEAR SENIOR. HIS FIFTH INTERCEPTION ON THE YEAR. KEITH: SECOND DOWN AND 4 FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THE NORTHWESTERN 25. KEITH: NOT MUCH THERE. THE PENETRATION WAS BY NUMBER 68 FOR THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS, MIKE WARREN. THE GOODYEAR BLIMP, ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING SYMBOLS IN SPORTS IN THIS COUNTRY, PROVIDING THE AERIAL PICTURES TODAY FOR THE ROSE BOWL AND OUT OVER THE ROSE PARADE THIS MORNING. GLENN AND NICK WERE UP EARLY. KEITH: BARNUM HAS A FIRST DOWN. BOB: NICE PLAY BY OTTON. KEITH: SO TERRY BARNUM ONE MORE TIME STEPS UP TO MAKE A CLUTCH CATCH ON THE PASS THAT WAS DELIVERED UNDER DURESS. BOB: GOT THE TWO LINEBACKERS BLITZING. HERE'S BARNUM COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. WHEN HE SEES THE LINEBACKERS BLITZING, HE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL OUT QUICKLY. A FREE RELEASE BY THE BACK. SAFETY'S GOT TO COME OUT AND COVER. NOBODY ON HOLMES. HE HAD TO THROW IT. GOOD PLAY. KEITH: WASHINGTON RUNNING THE RIGHT SIDE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THE NORTHWESTERN DEFENSE HAS DONE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN THE RUNNING GAME OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BOB: WAIT A MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE SHUT IT DOWN. I DON'T THINK JOHN ROBINSON AND MIKE RILEY AND THOSE GUYS CHOSE TO RUN. THEY CAME OUT THROWING. KEITH: YOU'RE AT A POINT WHERE YOU NEED TO RUN TO POSSESS THE BALL. BOB: BUT YOU NEED TO SCORE SOME POINTS, TOO. YOU'RE ONLY AHEAD BY TWO POINTS. KEITH: WASHINGTON COULDN'T GET LOOSE. NUMBER 52 HAD HIM BY THE NECK. TIM SCHARF TOOK HIM DOWN. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIRD DOWN AND 5 WITH 4:07 TO PLAY IN THE GAME. KEITH: OTTON. DID HE GET IT? I GUESS IT'S GOOD. IT'S KEYSHAWN JOHNSON. BOY, HE HAMMERED THAT THING INTO HIM, DIDN'T HE? ROCKET. !!( BOB: JOHNSON RIGHT HERE. THE DOUBLE COVERAGE RIGHT BEHIND HIM. HE WILL JUST GO UNDERNEATH AND SWING BACK TO THE OUTSIDE. GO AHEAD AND RUN IT. TWO GUYS. THAT'S JUST GOOD -- IT'S -- YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. KEITH: WASHINGTON DOWN THE LEFT SIDE TO THE 2. OUR ATTENDANCE TODAY IS 100 100,102. AND THEY'VE SEEN A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL GAME. SECOND DOWN AND GOAL. THE BALL AT THE 2. 34-32, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE CLOCK RUNNING WITH 3:10 TO PLAY. NORTHWESTERN WITH TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING. BOB: WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NUMBER ONE, STOP THEM. NUMBER TWO, STRIP THEM. KEITH: WASHINGTON OVER THE TOP, TOUCHDOWN. KEITH: THE EXTRA POINT TRY AT 2:55 TO PLAY IN THE GAME. ADAM ABRAMS. KEITH: GOOD. IT'S 41-32. KEITH: THE GAME CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE BIG 10 AND PAC-10 HAS BEEN A GEM. DARNELL AUTRY IS OUT NOW WITH ISMAELI. THE DEEP PEOPLE TO RETURN THE KICKOFF FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. KEITH: THE BALL IS SCOOPED UP AND RETURNED BEYOND THE 40 OUT TO THE 42 BY JOHN BURDEN. BOB: PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND, WHY SQUIB KICK? THAT WASN'T THE IDEA. THE IDEA WAS TO KICK IT LOW ON THE GROUND, BOUNCE, BOUNCE, DOWN AROUND THE 10-YARD LINE, 5-YARD LINE TO MESS UP A RETURN. THAT BALL DID NOT GO AS FAR AS JOHN ROBINSON AND THE COACHING STAFF WANTED. IT TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD FOR NORTHWESTERN. KEITH: IT IS INCOMPLETE. OFF THE HANDS OF BEAZLEY, NUMBER 86, ACROSS THE MIDDLE. KEITH: PRESSURE COMING. HE GOT IT AWAY. DIDN'T HE GET IT AWAY? THE BALL ROLLING UP MID FIELD. THE REFEREE WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM. AND HE WILL NOT APPARENTLY GIVE HIM AN INCOMPLETE PASS. IFEANYI WAS ON THE BALL. BOB: NOW HE SAYS -- KEITH: IT WAS AN INCOMPLETE FORWARD PASS. IT SEEMED VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT HE TRIED TO THROW IT. BOB: RANDY CHRISTAL, THE REFEREE, RIGHT BEHIND HIM, DID NOT SIGNAL ANYTHING. KEITH: IFEANYI WAS TOURMETING HIM. BOB: I GUESS YOU CAN -- YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT BEING A FORWARD PASS. MORE ARM COMING FORWARD. BUT I THINK HE WAS JUST PUMPING IT. KEITH: YOU HAVE TO RUN IT. HE GOT A FIRST DOWN OUT OF IT. SO THE YOUNG MAN FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN FOR THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS AS HE PUTS THE BALL ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIDE OF THE FIELD AT THE 46-YARD LINE. KEITH: THE PASS IS COMPLETE TO DARNELL AUTRY, TO THE 40. THEY STILL HAVE 2:09 TO PLAY IN THE BALLGAME. KEITH: WORKING IN THE MIDDLE. IT IS AUTRY. AND THE BIG SOPHMORE IS CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM. IF SO, THAT'S A BREAK. BOB: IT STOPS THE CLOCK. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN IT. KEITH: THEY WILL NOT HUDDLE. THEY WILL JUST GO. KEITH: AND GOT HIS FIRST DOWN. NO, IT IS NOT COMPLETE. WAVED IT OFF. WHO WAS IT, DARNELL AUTRY WAS THE MAN TRYING TO MAKE THE CATCH. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY SANDWICHED. HE COULDN'T PULL IT IN. SO IT'S FOURTH DOWN. BOB: PASSING SITUATIONS, NORTHWESTERN IN THE BIG 10 WAS LAST IN THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS. IT'S JUST -- IT'S NOT AN AREA THEY ARE STRONG IN. THEY LIKE TO AVOID IT. THEY CAN'T AVOID THIS. JOHN ROBINSON IN HIS FOURTH ROSE BOWL AS A HEAD COACH. KEITH: AND WILL TAKE IT TO THE 31-YARD LINE. SO THEY GO TO THE BIG GUY. AND AUTRY, WHO CARRIED THE BALL A RECORD 355 TIMES THIS PAST SEASON GAINED OVER 100 YARDS IN EVERY SINGLE GAME OF THE SEASON. KEITH: SCHNUR, THROWS TO AUTRY. AND THEY WILL TAKE HIM DOWN TO ABOUT THE 26. KEITH: SECOND DOWN AND 5. DARNELL AUTRY COMES OUT FOR A LITTLE REST. KEITH: AND IT'S CAUGHT BY BATES! HE LOOKED DOWN THE MIDDLE THE WHOLE TIME AND THEN CAME BACK. BATES MADE THE CATCH. BUT THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG UP ON THE 33-YARD LINE. HOLD THE PHONE. IT'S AGAINST NORTHWESTERN. BOB: LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE OFFENSIVE LINE, NUMBER 78 IS KARDOS. RIGHT THERE ON THE OUTSIDE. HE GOT HIS ARM OUT THERE. SCHNUR THREW THAT BALL TO THE OUTSIDE. KARDOS. BUT THERE WAS A RECEIVER TO THE INSIDE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THAT WAS MORE WIDE OPEN. KEITH: THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING WITH IT. BUT INSTEAD WENT TO BATES IN THE CORNER. BOB: NORTHWESTERN, AS FAR AS PENALTIES WERE CONCERNED, WERE NOT PENALIZED VERY OFTEN. THEY WERE LIKE THE FEWEST PENALIZED TEAM IN THE BIG 10. KEITH: THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING. ONE MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE GAME. 41-32. BOB: THAT WAS A BIG HOLDING PENALTY THERE. KEITH: BATES IS OUT OF BOUNDS. HE MADE THE CATCH, ALL RIGHT, BUT HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. SO AN INCOMPLETE FORWARD PASS. THE CLOCK STOPS AT 41 SECONDS TO PLAY. 41-32 U.S.C. BOB: IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR FOR JOHN ROBINSON AND THE TROJANS. THEY WON THEIR FIRST SIX. THEY WON -- THEY WON EIGHT-11. THEY FINISHED 8-2-1 BUT LOST TO NOTRE DAME AND LOST TO UCLA. AND THERE IS NOT A PLAYER ON THIS TEAM, THE TROJAN TEAM, THAT HAS EVER BEATEN UCLA OR UCLA. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO AT LEAST WIN A ROSE BOWL. KEITH: WELL, THEY WERE 6-0. THEY WENT TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND JUST GOT TROUNCED. AND THEN CAME BACK TO TIE WASHINGTON TO WIN THE CONFERENCE. AND THEN LOST TO UCLA. BOB: DIDN'T PLAY WELL AT OREGON STATE. KEITH: THIS WAS SORT OF A REDEMPTION GAME FOR THEM. THEY PLAYED VERY WELL. I WOULD SAY THIS, THAT THIS CINDERELLA CAN DANCE. BOB: THIS CINDERELLA CAN DANCE. AND THE BIG 10 KNOWS IT. AND NEXT YEAR, KEITH, IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE NORTHWESTERN COACHES, IS THIS AN ABERRATION OR ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS? THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY GOOD NEXT YEAR. AND -- BUT I DON'T THINK THE ROAD WILL BE EASY FOR THEM. EVERYBODY IN THE BIG 10 WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEM. KEITH: THEY WON'T SURPRISE ANYBODY. KEITH: AND HE HIT THE UPRIGHT. NO GOOD. I MEAN, 35 SECONDS TO PLAY, IT HITS THE UPRIGHT. BOB: WELL, IT'S OVER. AND BARNETT KNOWS IT. KEITH: WELL, IT WAS A GOOD ONE. MOST ENJOYABLE. ALL U.S.C. HAS TO DO NOW IS JUST STAB IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, MAYBE EVEN RUN A COUPLE TIMES. AND WE'LL GO HOME. BOB: A GREAT YEAR. KEITH: THIS FELLOW IS A CLASS ACT. BOB: IT WAS A GREAT YEAR. BOB: NO LONGER THE BIG TWO AND THE MIDDLE EIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF TEAMS IN THE BIG 10 THAT ARE CAPABLE OF WINNING THAT TITLE. KEITH: THIS FELLOW HERE IS A CLASS ACT. BOB: JOHN ROBINSON HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS. HE HAS COME BACK. HE HAS EITHER WON THE TITLE OR FINISHED SECOND THE THREE YEARS HE HAS BEEN HERE. KEITH: AND SO THE FINAL SECONDS WILL TICK AWAY. AND THIS GAME WILL GO INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS WITH THE FINAL