Ladies and gentlemen, your 2006 Pac-10 Champions.
Astrogirl was strangely confident the entire game, saying, "You know they're going to win, they're the Trojans!"
Just a new generation of them, actually.
There have been greater games and prettier games. None more satisfying, really, since that 55-19 beat-down of Oklahoma two years ago.
And I'll tell you something else. I woke up this morning all full of justifications and fulminations about why the Trojans (if they beat the Irish and Bruins) belong in Glendale. And then I sat down and realized, you know? I . . . I was going to type "I don't care," but no, that isn't it. It's not that I don't care, it's that I can't stand for distractions like these to take away from the accomplishments of the team, much like will-he-or-won't-he took away from Matt and the guys two years ago.
We'll crap about the BCS another day--including the revolting development that the BCS has turned the Rose Bowl into the consolation game. Today is the day to salute a bunch of kids who were asked to fill the shoes of rock stars (Leinart, Bush, White, Bing, Justice, Lutui) and found themselves equal to the task.
University of Southern California. 2006 Pac-10 Champions.
It never, never, never, never, never gets old.
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I think a broad spectrum of people (not counting Michigan and Notre Dame fans and those whiners out in the SEC) would agree that if USC wins the next two games, they should get a shot at Ohio State. And even those who don't agree will have to concede that USC can still gain points, while Michigan (to their misfortune, obviously), can't win any more games. I think Pete Carroll has more than a healthy respect for the grand tradition of the Rose Bowl, and he showed a tremendous amount of class by emphasizing that fact when USC won that split national championship by going to the Rose Bowl and beating (somewhat ironically) Michigan.
My congratulations also go to Jim Tressel and the Buckeyes. Very few teams know how hard it is to stay undefeated AND #1 for so long. For all the grief USC has taken the last few years, the team has done a remarkable job maintaining their poise and classiness under supreme pressure.
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