The main thing that USC did was claim to be national champions, without ever playing in the game. And all the west coast media got behind them, trumpeting their mythical championship.

Even though the school agreed to the BCS and the formula to determine a championship, when they saw they had some publicity behind them -- they tried to discredit LSU's claim. They had USC players on TV saying why they were the "real" champions, and the media just gobbled it up.

Later, when USC legitimately (albeit illegitimately, since it was later forfeited) won the BCS championship in 2004, the next year they said they wanted to Three-Peat. As if LSU's BSC championship didn't even exist. Once again discrediting LSU's win and trying to say their AP championship was the "real" championship and LSU's didn't count.

And Cheaty Pete and Eddy O went along with that garbage, lock-step and file. Meanwhile, they cheated their asses off and destroyed their former school, and now Cheaty Pete continues to get popped in the NFL and Eddy O is the coach at LSU.

Oh, sweet irony....

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Posted by Gray Tiger

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Posted on 3/2/17 at 4:48 pm to CowTownReb

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Posted by Korin

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Posted on 3/2/17 at 4:50 pm to CowTownReb

The best thing about Carroll was him saying with a straight face that he had no idea USC was about to get sanctioned and he would've stayed otherwise.

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Posted by Carville

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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:54 pm to CowTownReb

If LSU had a Coach with some balls back then, he would've gotten on ESPN and cried for support like he did 8 years later.
Oh well, probably too much to ask, the guy couldn't even make kids, the impotent bastard.

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Posted by 1BIGTigerFan

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Posted on 3/3/17 at 6:40 am to CowTownReb

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The main thing that USC did was claim to be national champions, without ever playing in the game. And all the west coast media got behind them, trumpeting their mythical championship.

Even though the school agreed to the BCS and the formula to determine a championship, when they saw they had some publicity behind them -- they tried to discredit LSU's claim. They had USC players on TV saying why they were the "real" champions, and the media just gobbled it up.

Later, when USC legitimately (albeit illegitimately, since it was later forfeited) won the BCS championship in 2004, the next year they said they wanted to Three-Peat. As if LSU's BSC championship didn't even exist. Once again discrediting LSU's win and trying to say their AP championship was the "real" championship and LSU's didn't count

I couldn't have said it better myself...