Nate Hybl and Quentin Griffin lead the Sooners to their first ever Rose Bowl Game victory. Oklahoma would lead wire to wire thanks to great defensive play by Teddy Lehman, Jonathan Jackson, Brandon Everage, and company.
Quentin Griffin is one of my faorite players of all time. Never a negative celebration, always handing the ball back to the officials, helping opponents off the ground, heck he even turned down the opportunity to get into the record books at OU. He's a role model for all young athletes.
Washington State did beat USC earlier in the season, but the way the Trojans were playing at the end of that season, no one would have beaten them, no one. We have an expression about Washington State in the Pac 12. We say, "Washington State 'couged it' again." The Cougars are notorious for losing big games like this. I'm sure you guys enjoyed your visit to Southern California in the middle of Winter. It's a bit more expensive these days.
Mike Price broke all of Washington State's heart that year after he left. We had something good going and then he leaves it all behind, only to be fired at Alabama for being caught with a stripper. That was a heartbreaking yr for me as a cougar.
Landry sucked - I hated watching OU football when he was the QB. Such a beating with his garbage throws. Much better now with watching Baker the last 3 years now Kyler
I grew up right down the road from Hybl and played for his Highschool rival team so I played against him every year in high school and the weird thing is that he barely ever passed the ball in highschool...his team pretty much was a run heavy team but evidently his potential was noticed.
Man, I don't know how Sooner fans feel about Hyble, but I thought he was a pretty good QB. He made plays and was pretty accurate. And he won OU a Rose Bowl. You can't ask for much better. And Q was just a beast. Geart game.
Q will never be forgotten at OU. He is a great guy who was happy to just do his job and go home. It wasn't about recognition, celebration, or points. It was all about pride.
if my guess is correct, the change was made in 2004. When USC won it after the 2003 season, they trophy they received was similar to the one in this clip. The one Texas got after beating Michigan looked a whole different than this one.
at the time that you were writing this, OU beat Texas to start a string of THREE STRAIGHT VICTORIES. OU won the Big 12 that year, and your beloved shorthorns didn't even qualify for a bowl, coz they lost to Iowa State and Baylor. How do you like them apples.
@jsfranklinwsu yes he did, and I have no idea why. I still don't know why. Why couldn't he have announced that AFTER the game? I'm not taking anything away from OU, they were great that year too, but I expected WSU to play better
Over the last 15 years since that game was played, what is Oklahoma known more for? Losing to Boise State in the Orange Bowl, losing to USC 56-17 in the Rose Bowl, or just losing bowl games period? Just curious.
yeah its fucking bullshit how wsu coaches once they get a long good coach he leaves. dickerson did it and price did too. leach is gonna stay tho he is loyal
Shout out to mike 23151 haha texas forever were getting a new coach and bringing texas back yessir and gonna stomp ou like we did in 2013 @nd may alabama pummel yall like we roll tide lmao
Uh, Washington State beat USC this year, and OU made Wazzu look like a middle school team......logic ? Even if they did, it wouldn't count... USC, ya know, the best **college team money can buy...duh LMAO
