Which USC football team deserves to be crowned the king of all the Trojan teams ever?
Ben Kercheval of CBS Sports attempted to answer that question on Tuesday, not just for USC, but for every Pac-12 program.
His conclusion: 2005.
No, that’s not a typo.
Kercheval fully acknowledges the reason readers my tilt their head at that, but explains that what USC was that year as a whole matters more than the way the season ended, in heartbreak against Texas.
“They were riding a 34-game winning streak,” he wrote. “They were up their eyeballs with NFL-caliber talent, two Heisman winners (RB Reggie Bush and QB Matt Leinart), and multiple All-Americans.