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[HotWhiteWife]

 

[BBCinVT]

Didn't LSU win the National Championship game in 2003?

 

[HotWhiteWife]

Didn't LSU win the National Championship game in 2003?

Remembering The Day LSU And USC Split The College Football National Title​

2003 was a "Split" National Championship. Not that uncommon (nearly 30 times in the last 100 years)
Southern California was voted No. 1 in the AP poll and LSU No. 1 in the Coaches' poll for a share of the 2003 college football championship.
In 2003 Southern Cal lost one game, on the road at Cal, in Triple Overtime. LSU lost AT HOME to Florida.
Both won their Bowl Games.

The BCS was created to eliminate controversy of who is crowned national championship, but the system failed in the 2003 season. USC had one blemish, a triple overtime thriller at California in September, while LSU lost at home to Florida in October. Oklahoma was blown out in the Big 12 championship game, 35-7, to Kansas State. USC, then 11-1, finishing ranked No. 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, and LSU (12-1) ranked No. 2 and Oklahoma (12-1) No. 3, Oklahoma, somehow, surpassed both USC and LSU on the BCS computer and played LSU in the BCS Championship Game.

LSU went on to stifle No. 1 Oklahoma in the 2004 Sugar Bowl, 21-7, and claim the BCS title as well as the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll No. 1 ranking, as the poll was contractually obligated to select the BCS winner.

USC handled its business in the Rose Bowl, defeating a very good two-loss Michigan team, 28-14. AP voters made a statement and kept USC No. 1 in the poll, as it had before the BCS selections, and the 2003 national championship was therefore a split.

Despite a $31-million offer by Ted Waitt, CEO of Gateway Computers, to the NCAA for a game between LSU and USC, the dream battle never took place.

( Split Div-1 College Football National Championships have occurred nearly 30 times over the last 100+ years)

 

[allott]

So they haven't won a thing in 20 years....

 

[BBCinVT]

Sounds like LSU won the only game that counted. Don't think that USC can honestly claim the title in 2003 since they were left out of the championship game. Saying it's a "split" title is like saying "we were almost good enough"

 

[HotWhiteWife]

Didn't LSU win the National Championship game in 2003?

Remembering The Day LSU And USC Split The College Football National Title​

2003 was a "Split" National Championship. Not that uncommon (nearly 30 times in the last 100 years)
Southern California was voted No. 1 in the AP poll and LSU No. 1 in the Coaches' poll for a share of the 2003 college football championship.
In 2003 Southern Cal lost one game, on the road at Cal, in Triple Overtime. LSU lost AT HOME to Florida.
Both won their Bowl Games.

The BCS was created to eliminate controversy of who is crowned national championship, but the system failed in the 2003 season. USC had one blemish, a triple overtime thriller at California in September, while LSU lost at home to Florida in October. Oklahoma was blown out in the Big 12 championship game, 35-7, to Kansas State. USC, then 11-1, finishing ranked No. 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, and LSU (12-1) ranked No. 2 and Oklahoma (12-1) No. 3, Oklahoma, somehow, surpassed both USC and LSU on the BCS computer and played LSU in the BCS Championship Game.

LSU went on to stifle No. 1 Oklahoma in the 2004 Sugar Bowl, 21-7, and claim the BCS title as well as the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll No. 1 ranking, as the poll was contractually obligated to select the BCS winner.

USC handled its business in the Rose Bowl, defeating a very good two-loss Michigan team, 28-14. AP voters made a statement and kept USC No. 1 in the poll, as it had before the BCS selections, and the 2003 national championship was therefore a split.

Despite a $31-million offer by Ted Waitt, CEO of Gateway Computers, to the NCAA for a game between LSU and USC, the dream battle never took place.

( Split Div-1National Championships have occurred nearly 30 times over the last 100+ years)

Sounds like LSU won the only game that counted. Don't think that USC can honestly claim the title in 2003 since they were left out of the championship game. Saying it's a "split" title is like saying "we were almost good enough"

Sounds like LSU won the only game that counted. Don't think that USC can honestly claim the title in 2003 since they were left out of the championship game. Saying it's a "split" title is like saying "we were almost good enough"

Sorry, you're simply WRONG "AGAIN"...!!!
But thanks for playing...