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LOS ANGELES -- Southern California shrugged off its dismal September with a stellar freshman quarterback and a revived defense.Sam Darnold passed for 352 yards and three touchdowns in his first home start, and USC emerged from its rough start to the season with a 41-20 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.JuJu Smith-Schuster caught seven passes for 123 yards and a career-high tying three TDs for the Trojans (2-3, 1-2 Pac-12), who emphatically avoided their first 0-3 start to conference play since 2001 with a blowout of the previously unbeaten Sun Devils (4-1, 1-1).When adversity hits, it reveals your character, USC coach Clay Helton said. The character of this team is something Im very excited about.USC racked up 34 consecutive points to take a 41-6 lead during the middle two quarters, and Smith-Schuster scored on catches of 5, 3 and 67 yards. Justin Davis had a 37-yard TD run among his 123 yards rushing for the Trojans.This is where the new season starts, Davis said. Whatever happened in the past is the past. We still have one of the best teams, and Im glad we could show what we can do tonight.Arizona State lost starting quarterback Manny Wilkins shortly before halftime when he was hurt while getting sacked by Rasheem Green. Wilkins watched the second half on crutches with a walking boot on his left foot, but coach Todd Graham provided no postgame information on the injury.After averaging 48.8 points in their first four games, the Sun Devils didnt reach the end zone against USCs inspired defense until Brady White threw a 13-yard TD pass to Raymond Epps with 8:37 to play.Im proud of our team for finishing hard, but we cant put ourselves in that situation, White said.BIG SAMDarnold was confident and exciting in front of the Trojans home fans, rushing for a 3-yard score while going 23 for 33 with no interceptions. A week after replacing Max Browne as the Trojans starter, the redshirt freshman quickly infused excitement into the Trojans inconsistent offense, showing off his big arm and elusiveness while going 23 for 33 with no interceptions.BIG PLAYUSC extended its lead to 34-6 when Smith-Schuster caught a short pass and crisscrossed the field while going to the end zone untouched early in the third quarter.THE TAKEAWAYArizona State: The Sun Devils came crashing back to reality with this embarrassment, and Wilkins long-term health could be an even bigger problem. They struggled to move the ball with either quarterback, and the defense was thoroughly overmatched -- not for the first time this season, either. Arizona State has work to do.USC: Just in time, the Trojans put together a comprehensively strong performance against a quality opponent. Their talent repeatedly shone through, and Darnold injected confidence and fun into a sometimes tentative team. 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Cheap Nike Air Max .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Linebacker Derrick Morgan missed a second straight day of practice for the Tennessee Titans with his injured left hamstring.Whether Morgan plays or not Sunday, the Titans know they must do a better job of pressuring Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford than they did against Minnesota journeyman Shaun Hill in the opener.The Vikings backup quarterback was not sacked by the Titans, who also didnt force any turnovers. Against the more explosive Lions offense, the Titans must find a way to attack Stafford, who was 31 of 39 for 340 yards with three touchdowns passes in a win at Indianapolis .Weve got to create turnovers, Titans linebacker Brian Orakpo said. Last week you saw two great defenses going at it, but what was the difference in the game was turnovers, and weve got to do a good job of getting some this week.Orakpo not only was held without a sack in the opener, he was not credited with a tackle either.Sometimes its like that, Orakpo said. You play on the edge and its like that. Youve just got to control and play your side. ... Youve got to control your side. Nothing really broke on my side. It is what it is. Sometimes its like that.Titans coach Mike Mularkey said getting turnovers and sacks have to be a priority for the defense.For the most part in the history of the NFL, turnovers dictate the outcome of games, Mularkey said. Sacks are right behind turnovers. If you want to look at teams that get sacks and dont, youll look at the win-loss column. That ratio is definitely a factor in the outcome of the game.A pointt the Titans know firsthand.ddddddddddddTennessee had three second-half turnovers against the Vikings and lost a 10-0 lead.Defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau said the Titans were getting a lot of pressure on the quarterback early.The biggest thing was we didnt turn the ball over for our offense, LeBeau said. We got a couple where we almost had the ball out. But almost doesnt count unless youre pitching horseshoes. We want to do better in that area.Doing better might prove difficult if Morgan is limited or doesnt play Sunday, though the Titans believe they are better equipped to handle his absence now than when he missed six games last year with a shoulder injury. They drafted Kevin Dodd with the No. 33 pick overall out of Clemson with David Bass likely to start at outside linebacker if Morgan is out.One of the things weve been very encouraged about this years defense is I think we have more depth, particularly in that position LeBeau said. David Bass had a lot of snaps last year filling in for Derrick and did a great job for us really. I feel really good about his ability to go in there and perform at an NFL level.We have a couple of draft choices (Kevin Dodd and Aaron Wallace) that we feel good about that are making great progress.Note: WR Kendall Wright was limited again to individual work with his injured left hamstring.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: