LOS ANGELES (AP) After seven straight Pac-10 titles, disappointment just doesn't stick to Pete Carroll. Not even when he's preparing for the final games in a season that won't end with an eighth league championship.

While fretting fans spent the bye week dissecting the No. 24 Trojans' (7-3, 4-3) mistake-filled season and worrying about their prospects in the crosstown showdown against UCLA on Saturday, Carroll went back to work in his own inimitably energetic style.

When he isn't breaking down film, counseling players or running from drill to drill in practice, he's recommending Foo Fighters songs on his Twitter account or recruiting the Southland with zeal. His staff attempted to inspire the Trojans in recent days by showing them Kobe Bryant's recent behind-the-backboard shot and a famed YouTube video of water buffaloes battling lions, with each clip attached to a motivational lesson. (MORE)