USC players hungry, but not for the hype

LOS ANGELES -- USC players don't want to hear about expectations or narrowing windows of opportunity or preseason rankings. After being shut out of the postseason for sins of the past, they are now shutting out the noise that surrounds the much-hyped 2012 team. When the stern infractions were handed down two years ago -- which included a two-year bowl ban and scholarship reductions through 2014 -- several of the then-sophomores got together and made a pact that when they could return to the postseason, they would do so with a hunger.

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/60494/usc-players-hungry-but-not-for-the-hype-2

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