11.   Freshman tailback Dicenzo Miller left the game because of a dislocated left shoulder.

12.   Hackett mentioned freshman tailback Frank Strong and offensive linemen Jason Grain, Matt Welch and Travis Claridge as players who stood out.

13.   Harris, a redshirt freshman tailback, got a long look this spring when an injury slowed starter DeShaun Foster.

14.   Herman Ho-Ching, a freshman tailback from Poly, rescued the Ducks against UTEP with three fourth-quarter touchdowns.

15.   In recent weeks Lewis, a redshirt freshman tailback from Antelope Valley High, has begun rehabilitating his image.

16.   Incoming freshman tailback Chris Howard will not participate in more than one practice a day at the outset, because he is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery.

17.   MacKenzie is scheduled to be just the third true freshman tailback in USC history to start a football game.

18.   Most impressive was freshman tailback Ryan Roques, who returned from a sprained ankle.

19.   More eyes figure to be on true freshman tailback Malaefou MacKenzie, making his first start of his career.

20.   One of the expected changes is to use freshman tailback Sultan McCullough more to keep starter Chad Morton fresh.