As the fans start to arrive in Lincoln and Lee Corso tries to figure out where Tom Osborne is, both teams are handling the press pretty well.

SC is focused on Nebraska and doesn’t care if they are #1 or not:

Terrell Thomas said, “You can’t control the rankings, and it doesn’t matter who’s ranked No. 1 or No. 2 right now. The season’s just started. We don’t worry about rankings.”

Nebraska is paying all the proper respect to SC, knowing that a win would cement the Return of Big Red.

Sam Keller on USC’s defense: “You just have to be mistake-free. You have to take what they give you. You have to be very smart. But you also have to be very aggressive. You have to take shots at them because they are very good.”

Only 29 hours to kick off; get your cocktails ready for The Musburger Drinking Game.