USC ran the ball right up our gut last night, giving us a sour taste of the medicine we once dispensed.

The emerging and electrifying tailback Stafon Johnson (144 yards) averaged 13.1 yards a carry, and his counterpart C. J. Gable (69 yards) averaged 17.2 as U.S.C. outgained Nebraska, 313-31, on the ground.

“I have not seen holes that big since I have been here,” said USC sophomore Stafon Johnson, who rushed for 144 yards. “My eyes got real big when I saw them. Our line is great.”

“I don’t think there was any question we could run the ball at any time,” USC Coach Pete Carroll said. “We didn’t have to throw the football at all.”

The loss Saturday was Nebraska’s eighth in a row against a top-10 foe, and the points surrendered the most allowed at home since a 61-7 loss to Minnesota in 1945.

[via The Washington Post and The New York Times]