'REWIND' SHOW HAS DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT.

Byline: - Tom Hoffarth

Did you see Arizona State coach Dirk Koetter apologize to USC quarterback Matt Leinart for the late hit delivered by the Sun Devils' Robert James in the first quarter of Saturday's game?

Not if you watched ABC's regional telecast. But it was definitely some of the compelling stuff of the weekly ``USC Rewind'' on FSN West 2 that debuts each Tuesday night.

As this, as well as the ``UCLA Rewind'' that airs Monday nights, begin to hit their stride, they've become one of the can't-miss weekly shows for local college football fans looking for more than just a half-hour rehash of the previous week's game.

``The premise of each show is that when you think about how much goes into a game, with so many more dramatic elements, we try to pick out 20 plays that were the backbone of the actual game and then elaborate with different camera angles and edit in reaction from coaches and players,'' explained coordinating producer Mark Walton, a USC film and television school grad who oversees the Trojans' show and actually shoots much of the game footage himself.

``We want to show what captures the essence of what it feels like on the field.''

The key to pulling this off also involves a labor-intensive edit turnaround in a limited time frame. Dave Sobel, who coordinates the UCLA show, has a much shorter window. But post-game locker room footage he has obtained from his crew for the last two Bruins games showing an animated Karl Dorrell should dispel any notion that he's a coach who can't be inspiring.