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Whicker: USC offensive coordinator Tee Martin has already faced pressures that his QB pupils will never encounter

The USC quarterback who follows Cody Kessler will be schooled by the Tennessee quarterback who followed Peyton Manning.

So let’s not talk to Tee Martin about pressure.

Manning has a campus street named after him. The speed limit is 16 mph, because he wore 16. He was a walking statue in Knoxville. The next quarterback’s reputation depended on winning a Heisman Trophy and/or a national championship. That’s all.

“I had tunnel vision,” Martin said. “I told the coaches I didn’t want a roommate. I moved out of my apartment that summer, to the dorms, because I wanted to be able to walk across the street and watch film.