One final addition to the Rose Bowl victory, from Salon's King Kaufman:
Salon.com | King Kaufman's Sports Daily
So the Trojans are denied a second straight championship. Not a third. USC and its fans have been talking a lot about a “three-Pete” -- as in Pete Carroll, you see -- because the Trojans were No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll in 2003.
But the 2003 national champion was LSU. The Bowl Championship Series is a lousy system, but it's the system USC signed up for. You can't agree to play for a championship under one set of rules, then, when you don't win the championship, say, “Well, we won the championship under these other rules.”
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