I was a high school junior watching this broadcast from my home in Indiana, when we had an electrical outage just after halftime. I found the game on the radio and followed the rest the old fashioned way. That's why it was a new experience the first time I saw this on video, and watching it always brings back memories.
I will also say, the editing in this has problems. Missing is the crazy first half ending, where USC voluntarily gave up three points on a field goal to take a first down on an OSU penalty, then when they didn't convert on the next third down, missed a "sure thing" close in field goal kick. That was pivotable and it should have been in here. And there was room, because the video inexplicably repeats a sequence of three or four plays in the fourth quarter. Somebody was asleep on that. Still I appreciate seeing this video. Thanks for your effort.
Total and complete DOMINATION. OSU scored a field goal in the first quarter and then the Trojans embarrassed them for the rest of the game. How bad was it? The Trojans spent most of the fourth quarter subbing reserves and running out the clock in the face of the #5 team in the nation. I miss the Peter Carroll era.
This remains one of the most epic butt kickings in the college bowl history. Oklahoma had absolutely zero chance against the Trojans. Even the mindless media said that these two teams were even odds. Ha!
Barkley was the only good player on Penitentiary State. Sorely was so overrated. So was their whole team. I think USC got bored with such an inferior team and let that D3 team back in. Fight On! Penn State just sucks.
Jim Tressel is such a joke. Announcer: What do you need to do to get back in this game? Tressel: Well we need to stop having penalties…. Dude you’re getting BLOWN OUT! You are unprepared and overmatched. Your penalties aren’t the issue! SC is kicking your rump. What you need to do is get back on the plane and get as far away from this USC team as you can. And guess what? We are coming to the Big 10 and will DOMINATE THIS PATHETIC OVERRATED TEAM ALL OVER AGAIN!
USC absolutely destroyed The Ohio St.. When SC was dominant and ruled college football. Buckeye fans probably want to forget about this game, but I sure dont.
1:02:45 Boswick stating that the BCS can only take 2 teams for the National Championship. Thank goodness CFB NCAA has brought the playoffs recently. If they had playoffs back in those days. How much more bowl action 🏟️ could had been. Crazy 🤪
This is, no was one of the best rivalries of all time!!! Period!!!! UCLA has had three decent years, but they chase the coaching staff off. It wasn't there fault nobody came to the games. They should play at So-Fi. The kids can walk to the stadium. Maybe it makes too much sense.
Karl Dorrell was the best secret weapon USC ever had when he coached the Bruins. One look at his career sees a troubled migrant coach who never lasts long in one place. Always over his head. Named "coach of the year" for CU when he went 4-1 in the covid year in yet another attempt to puff him up.
8:59 rip 🪦 Kevin Ellison #4 USC safety he died years ago. Due to mental illness. His position at my High School. Athletic advisor 🏫 in 2016 he taught some strength training techniques. And I use to lift weights beside him.
