The defenses are similar but the points of emphasis are different. We each do something a little different.

[All of these efforts point to one key statistic.] Turnover margin has been our No. 1 emphasis since I've been at USC, ... We feel that as you keep it going, you're going to be hard to beat.

Both those guys are very similar athletically and we haven't had that here. Nowadays defenses are getting really complicated, and you can't block them all the time. So you have to have somebody who can take off and get a big first down for you.

We are very excited about him. You wonder about the learning curve because they throw a lot of defenses at you, but he is focused in there. (Offensive line coach Steve Haywood) has done a good job helping him learn things and I think that has helped him get considerable playing time with that first group.

Bill and Hillary (my emphasis) are looking at polls that show them (only) 7 or 8 points ahead of Jeanine...

He had half their points in every quarter (in the last meeting). The emphasis was not to stop him, but to make him work hard for his baskets and tire him.