Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
The Bowl Championship Series announced Monday it has stripped Southern California of its football national championship in 2004, the final act in a saga tied to the ineligibility of former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush.
This marks the first time a football or men’s basketball championship has been vacated in major college sports since the polls began.
The Trojans beat Oklahoma 55-19 in the 2005 Orange Bowl to claim the title that season. Bush carried six times for 75 and had two receptions for 31 yards in victory.
Bush was later found by the NCAA to have received impermissible benefits during his playing career. Last summer, USC was banned from a bowl game for two years and given scholarship reductions as a result of the finding.
WRITTEN By Erick Smith, USA TODAY
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