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What If Reggie Bush Hadn't Pushed Matt Leinart Over the Goal Line at Notre Dame?

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The 2005 USC Trojans went 12-0 during a dominant regular season, extending one of the longest—and since partially vacated—winning streaks in college football history to 34 games. The Trojans won those 12 games by an average margin of 28.7 points, more or less spending three months in cruise control en route to an amazing BCS Championship Game against Texas.

There was one game they almost lost, though. Were it not for the controversial "Bush Push" at the end of the come-from-behind win at Notre Dame, that national championship game probably never happens, and perhaps we don't have a vacated Heisman Trophy.