The same violations that already cost Reggie Bush his Heisman Trophy and kept Southern California from being bowl eligible in the 2010 and 2011 seasons, have now led to the Trojans being stripped of its 2004 national title by the Bowl Championship Series.

The BCS has been debating the move since the NCAA sanctioned USC last season, but the decision was delayed while USC appealed the ruling. That appeal was denied two weeks ago by the NCAA.

It marks the first time ever that a consensus major college football champion has been stripped of its title.

Furthermore, the BCS will leave the title vacated leaving them without a national champion for the 2004 season.

While some Auburn and Utah (both teams went undefeated) fans are clamoring that they should be crowned national champions, the whole situation seems like a moot point. The Trojans dominated Oklahoma in one of the worse thrashing in BCS history that year. For the players and fans of USC that night, that game and that season will live forever in their minds.  You can’t take away those memories.

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