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But it's sinking fast. It's one bar fight from being mentioned in the same alcohol-tinged breath as MiamiIt's one gun charge from being lumped with the rowdy likes of Florida State. It's one DUI from reaching the current rocky top inhabited by Tennessee. In recent years, all three teams suffered from a national championship hangover that has made their reputations pale and queasy. Since January, USC's head has been pounding. One Heisman Trophy winner's parents apparently violate NCAA rules. Another Heisman Trophy winner's father definitely violates NCAA rules. The heir to the quarterback throne is exonerated of sexual assault suspicions that arise after a night of alleged fake ID use and underage drinking. A former defensive lineman is charged with two misdemeanor counts of spousal battery and two counts of vandalism for an alleged incident that allegedly occurred while he was a Trojan. A defensive back tests positive for steroids, immediately quitting the team and taking his twin brother with him. Taken separately, none of these incidents are any different than the sort of stuff that happens with every football team. Lumped together, they are the beginnings of a trend. Occurring at a school that was 19 seconds from winning a third consecutive national championship last year, they are a scarlet and gold letter. In this era of phone cameras and chat rooms, sports greatness is achieved on a field, but sustained in a fish bowl. Right now, from agents to ingenues, USC is everyone's biggest potential catch. Is the incredible scrutiny and hasty judgments fair? No. Is it what every Trojan knowingly signs up for? Yes. "Guys have to realize, with all the glory comes a lot of responsibility," center Ryan Kalil said. And it is the responsibility of the program, from the parents to the coaches to the kids, to stop this silliness, and stop it now. If they don't, it will soon seep into recruits' living rooms and stadium broadcast booths and the national buzz. Once that happens, Tommy Trojan might as well show up wearing an eye patch, and poor Traveler will need blinkers. "The older guys around here who are used to doing things high class, we're now taking criticism for stuff that happens off the field, and we're tired of it," senior linebacker Oscar Lua said. "We want the controversy to end Monster Jam . We want to see it handled just like Coach Carroll's handling it, with an iron fist. "The veteran players indeed want it stopped. Prominent alumni who spoke to me this summer want it stopped. The parents who want nothing to stain their children's unique experience under Coach Pete Carroll, they want it stopped. And usually Carroll seems to be doing his best to stop it. Last spring, he shouted and cursed at a roomful of agents, warning them to stay legal around his players. Last week at his annual parents' meeting, Carroll and his staff spent nearly an hour talking about NCAA rules and regulations, asking each set of parents to sign a statement that they have read them. In every locker room meeting, every day, Carroll talks as much integrity as strategy. "We're cutting edge on this stuff, we're working it and working it," Carroll said. "I'm disappointed we have to deal with these questions, but we're working hard to do this better than anyone's ever done it before. "That has long been Carroll's mantra here, doing it better than anyone's done it before. In five years, this has made him arguably the best coach in college football. But, turns out, it also seems to be his biggest hurdle. Because, in order to do it better than anyone, the Trojans have done it different from anyone. In attitude and expectation, Carroll is essentially running an NFL team on a college campus. This is wonderful on Saturday, but increasingly problematic the rest of the week. When they are recruited, they are sold on using USC as a springboard to the NFL, witness Carroll's public pro tryout day last spring. When they show up for their first practice, they are told anybody -- even troubled freshmen -- can win a job just like in the NFL. When they mess up off the field, it rarely has a big impact in their playing time, just like in the NFL. "That's what we tell the younger guys here, the best guys play, just like the NFL," receiver Dwayne Jarrett said. The players are treated like men, which is fine until those moments when they can't help but act like the children they are. Carroll and the Trojans need to apply a tighter grip to those moments, lest they become a pothole that swallows up a program that has traveled a hard road back to national admiration and community pride. I was talking to David Baker, the respected commissioner of the Arena Football League and father of star tackle Sam. He was telling me a story about how, on the night of last January's Rose Bowl, his son showed up at the door of the Baker's Orange County home at 3 a. m. "He said he just wanted to stop by and tell me he was going to learn from the loss, and that he couldn't wait for next year," David Baker recalled monter jam . "That kind of maturity, that kind of attitude, I thought to myself, that's Pete Carroll talking monster truck show . And I couldn't imagine any parent who wouldn't want their son in that environment. "USC football has become a special place indeed. But everyone involved needs to fight on to keep it that way. *Bill Plaschke can be reached at bill. plaschke monster truck shows . Monster Jam tickets To read previous Plaschke columns, go to latimes /plaschke. Monster Jam - monsterjamonline . A former middle school principal who pleaded guilty to selling crystal methamphetamine from his office was sentenced to two to four years in state prison. 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and I don't feel in my heart that we have reached our potential yet. "Johnson won the season-opening Daytona 500 and then, over the first half of the season, was a model of consistency. He won two more races, at Las Vegas and Talladega . He's also finished in the top five seven times and in the top 10 in all but four of the first 20 races this year. Johnson has led the points nearly all season, and now holds a 97-point advantage over runner-up Matt Kenseth coming into today's 400-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Johnson qualified fifth Saturday behind pole-sitter Jeff Burton, whose lap of 182. 778 topped the 43-car field bigfoot monster trucks . It was the third pole this year for Burton, who's third in the points behind Johnson and Kenseth. Burton's teammate, rookie Clint Bowyer, qualified second to give Richard Childress Racing the front row for today's race. Under the series' chase format, the top 10 drivers in points after 26 races compete for the title over the last 10 races of the season big foot monster truck . There are only six races left to determine who will be in the chase . Among the drivers struggling to make it are four-time Cup champion and Brickyard winner Jeff Gordon (ninth in points), defending Brickyard winner and reigning Cup title holder Stewart (10th) and Earnhardt Jr. (11th) Monster Jam . All are fan favorites, yet one or more could miss a shot at the championship. When Stewart was asked if he thought that meant the chase format should be changed, he said: "Why, is it supposed to be guaranteed that we're supposed to be there? Just tell us the 10 guys you want in the chase and we'll try to get them to put that in there next year Monster Jam - monsterjamonline . ".