USC Trojans -- how dooo you do!

Not much time to write this, but congratulations to the best football team that I have seen (from my own eyes) in the 22 years I have been covering football, high school or college (and NFL too, even though I have yet to see an NFL game). USC fell behind early, but came on strong later on and put the game in the refrigerator as the late great Chick Hearn of the Lakers (and formerly of the Trojans) once said. Matt Leinart had the performance of his life: five touchdown passes and no interceptions. Bush didn't do much, but White, Jarrett and Byrd did, and Dominique Byrd made a spectacular catch in the 1st quarter...a one-handed grab to tie the game for SC, and from there, the Trojans went on a 31-3 run through the first half, and in the second half SC outscored the Sooners 14-7.

Great game... Pete Arbogast, the voice of the Trojans, probably called the game of his life. He is one of the best broadcasters around, and don't be surprised if he wins awards in the coming weeks ahead. It took him over 15 years from his first SC broadcast (in 1989) to make it to the big show and to call the National Championship game. Great job, Pete.

Again, hats off to the entire coaching staff, the players, broadcasters, media... everybody associated with USC. I am about to finish my fifth year (maybe my last year here, we'll see) in SoCal, and since coming here in 2000, I have seen three NBA championships won by the Lakers, a World Series championship in 2002 won by the Anaheim Angels, a Rose Bowl win by USC last year, and now SC's National Championship... not to mention the Los Angeles Galaxy winning the MLS championship, and the Dodgers winning the NL West. Ladies and gentleman, the city of Los Angeles is the city of champions. And I hope that soon the NFL will be back here.