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USC-Texas the highlight of impressive bowl season

By Beano Cook
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

A great game must fulfill this criterion: It must mean something to at least one of the teams involved. A super game must mean something to both teams, and that's what we had in Texas-USC. With Texas trying to win its first national championship in more than three decades and USC trying to establish football immortality with a third straight national title, the backdrop of the Rose Bowl certainly raised expectations for the game. What made the game great was the performances by both teams in ...

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