It seemed like it was just yesterday since the USC Trojans had that upset loss against unranked Stanford. That got me thinking.
Ever since the Trojans won that national championship in 2004, there always seems to be some kind of obstacle each year from allowing them to win a second one. Let’s go back from the beginning.
With a high powered Trojans offense and an uptight defense in 2004, the USC cruised its way through 2004 onto the national stage. The Trojans started off the season No. 1 and never looked back. With its closest victory coming against an unranked Stanford team 31-28…hmm maybe that should’ve taught them something.
Anyway, the Trojans man-handled an undefeated Oklahoma team 55-19 on the biggest national stage of college football. Even though Auburn had gone undefeated that year in the SEC, the Trojans were still matched against Oklahoma. I guess the Trojans caught a lucky break there.
Ever since then, there seemed to be a spirit haunting the Trojans, keeping them away from that national championship. It all started with Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns in the year 2005.
In the year 2005, the Trojans again went through the season undefeated going 12-0 overall and 8-0 in the PAC 10. Thing is, they had a much tougher opponent this time against Texas. No doubt that they were gonna blow them out like they did to Oklahoma in 2004.
Being the most talked about game across the national, Texas came into the game with a chip on their shoulder while USC had two Heisman loaded players: Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush.
Vince Young proved to the nation that he should have won the Heisman by taking it in for a TD with less than three minutes left to play in the 4th
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