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Rested USC visits Nebraska to complete home-and-home series

Sep 15, 2007 - 11:51 AM No. 1 USC (1-0) at No. 14 Nebraska (2-0) 8:00 pm EDT

LINCOLN, Nebraska (Ticker) -- John David Booty and Southern California certainly should not be too tired for their meeting with Nebraska this weekend.

Booty and the rested top-ranked Trojans visit the 14th-ranked Cornhuskers on Saturday to complete a home-and-home series of marquee programs.

Last year, USC downed Nebraska in Los Angeles, 28-10, as Booty threw for for 257 yards and three touchdowns. This will be the Trojans' first visit here since 1969, and they lead the all-time series, 2-0-1.

Two weeks ago, USC opened its season with a ho-hum 38-10 home victory over Idaho. A Heisman Trophy candidate, Booty passed for three TDs in the triumph.

While the Trojans got a week off after their season-opening win, Nebraska followed up its 52-10 rout of Nevada by visiting reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion Wake Forest last Saturday and escaping with a 20-17 triumph.

New starting quarterback Sam Keller, an Arizona State transfer, was intercepted at the Nebraska 10 midway through the fourth quarter. But cornerback Zackary Bowman picked off a pass in the end zone three plays later, and the Cornhuskers held on.

A top-ranked team last visited Memorial Stadium in 1978, when No. 4 Nebraska edged No. 1 Oklahoma, 17-14.