** FILE ** USC's head coach Pete Carroll prepares his team for their upcoming Rose Bowl game against Michigan, in this Dec. 28, 2006 file photo in Los Angeles. After a season of chasing, Southern California is again the team being chased. And that's just the way coach Pete Carroll and the Trojans like it. For the third time in the past four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, file)