It Coulda Been The Granddaddy of Them All

Without the BCS, here's your most recent Rose Bowl matchups during the six-season conference championship streak for USC:

2008: #1 Ohio State v. #6 USC, for the national championship.
2007: #1 Ohio State v. #7 USC, for the national championship.
2006: #1 USC v. #3 Penn State, for the national championship.
2005: #1 USC v. #13 Michigan, for the national championship.
2004: #1 USC v. #4 Michigan, for the national championship.
2003: # 2 Ohio State v. #7 Washington State, possibly for the national championship, if Miami had slipped up in the Orange Bowl.

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[SoCalHal]

Damn, that would probably have meant three straight undisputed national championships for USC, too.