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.
Damn, that would probably have meant three straight undisputed national championships for USC, too.
Posted by: SoCalHal | January 02, 2008 at 22:41