Here are your true and well deserving National Champions in my opiunion.
USC over Michigan 28-14
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A capacity crowd helps the Rose Bowl seem all decked out in red, white and blue before the start of Thursday’s USC-Michigan game.
(Gary Friedman / LAT)
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USC quarterback Matt Leinart, the Rose Bowl most valuable player, scores the clinching touchdown in fourth quarter after catching a pass from wide receiver Mike Williams.
(Gary Friedman / LAT)
Leinart accounted for four touchdowns, and a punishing Trojan defense dominated No. 4-ranked Michigan as USC won the Rose Bowl and proclaimed itself worthy of a national title with a 28-14 victory before a sellout crowd of 93,849.
“There is no doubt in my mind that we are No. 1,” said Leinart, dismissing the BCS title game that will be played Sunday in the Sugar Bowl. “We dominated a great Michigan team and we are the best team in the nation.”
USC, ranked No. 1 in both the Associated Press media and the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ polls, cannot officially claim a share of its ninth national championship until late Sunday when results of the final AP poll are announced.
No team that entered a bowl game ranked No. 1 in the AP poll, and won, has failed to maintain its ranking in the final poll.
The winner of the Sugar Bowl, designated as this year’s BCS title game, will, by contract, be considered the BCS champion.
But that did not matter to USC, which felt it rightfully won its first national championship since 1978.
(courtesy of LA Times