usc trojans history
usc trojans history
For the last three seasons, USC Trojans football tickets have been the premier college football ticket in the nation. Nothing has changed, except some of the faces on the roster.
Trojan head coach Pete Carroll has put his stamp on the Southern California program, returning USC to its rightful status on top of the college football hierarchy. In the 2006-07 college football season, Carroll will have some new bodies on the field at the Los Angeles Coliseum, but that doesn't change the Trojans' expectations. Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush, who won the last two Heisman trophies, are now doing their thing in the NFL, but players like quarterback John David Booty and wide receivers Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith are trying to keep the Trojan Dynasty on top of the college football throne. And they’re doing a good job of it.
Booty hasn’t missed a step after sitting behind Leinart for two years, and Jarrett and Smith are making people forget about Dominque Byrd and Mike Williams. It makes you think that maybe it’s not the just the players that have made the Trojans so successful. Maybe it’s the coaches?
After a short and unsuccessful stint in the NFL, Carroll took over at Southern California. The former New York Jets head coach's impact wasn't felt immediately. It didn't take long, though. Soon, thanks to Carroll's contagious charisma, USC was winning again. Players like Heisman trophy winning quarterback Carson Palmer and current Pittsburgh Steeler Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu put the USC Trojans tickets back on the map. Leinart and Bush took them to a whole other level
USC has been to the last two BCS National Championship Games, and Carroll is shooting to cash the Trojans' ticket to a third. In 2004 FedEx Orange Bowl, USC, led by Leinart and Bush, ripped apart a vaunted Oklahoma Sooners team that featured its own Heisman trophy winner in quarterback Jason White. Last year, USC marched through the regular season, surviving scares from Arizona State and Notre Dame along the way, to reach the 2005 Rose Bowl. In one of the greatest games in college football history, the Trojans would get nipped by Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns.
USC is not about to let that happen again this year. They're out to prove a point that Pete Carroll and company doesn't rebuild; instead, they simply reload. Jarrett, Smith and Booty are Carroll's primary ammunition. But there's plenty of firepower on both sides of the ball for USC to make a run at another BCS National Championship.
The race for the crystal football has begun, and Southern Cal will again be a factor. There may some different faces in Carroll’s line-up but the talent level hasn’t dropped off a bit. The offense is just as explosive as it has been in recent year, and the defense just as stingy. The Coliseum will be in an uproar as the Trojans rally toward another PAC-10 title and possibly a ride to Glendale, Arizona for the 2007 BCS National Championship Game.
Hop on the Trojans’ horse with USC football tickets and hold on for a ride of a lifetime. It’s NCAA college football at its finest.
