LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Sarkisian and his assistants went recruiting on the morning after No. 17 Southern California's stunning 17-12 loss to Washington.
The coach realizes his selling job is a bit tougher, both in high school kids' living rooms and his own locker room.
The talent-stacked Trojans (3-2, 1-2 Pac-12) are essentially out of the national title picture after that ugly loss at the Coliseum, and a trip to mighty Notre Dame looms next week.
"I feel bad about it," Sarkisian said Friday. "I'm hurt about it. My job is to try to figure that out, to get the best out of our players every time we take the field.