Here's a bonus lookahead list for USC football this fall.

In order, we present the top five "payback'' games on the Trojans' dance card.

1) Stanford: Last year's home loss to the 41-point underdog Cardinal must be revenged -- in Palo Alto and against improved Stanford. Carroll and Co.'s occasional "playing-not-to-lose'' gameplan surely will be junked for this one.

2) Oregon: Loss at Eugene on a final-drive interception cost slow-starting USC a spot in last year's BCS title game. A worse loss, in fact, than the one to Stanfrod, as it turned out.

3) Oregon State: Back in Corvallis on a Thursday night in September, this USC team surely will recall what happened here two seasons ago. Hard to win when you play only the final 30 minutes.

4) UCLA: Last time in Pasadena against the underdog Bruins, brutally unprepared Trojans lost a spot in the BCS title game -- and possibly a national title. With ex-OC Norm Chow on the other sideline, it shouldn't happen again.

5) Tie: Ohio State and Notre Dame: Doesn't everybody want to pay these two back for something? As the No. 3 team on ESPN's "most-hated'' college football teams roster, Trojans get shots at No. 1 ND and No. 2 OSU at home. 'Nuff said..

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