NCAA hearing may have greater impact on USC’s past than future
On Oct. 1, 2005, a 95-degree day in Tempe, Ariz., No. 1 USC found itself trailing Arizona State 21-3 at the half. The Trojans rallied, rolling off five second-half rushing touchdowns to win 38-28. Soon-to-be Heisman winner Reggie Bush secured his team’s 26th straight victory on a 34-yard dash with 3:44 left. The game typified the aura of invincibility that hovered over Pete Carroll’s Trojans during that time.
This week, however, a group of USC officials will return to Tempe under far less pleasant circumstances. Following a nearly four-year investigation, the school will finally appear before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions to address allegations that Bush and his family received hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra benefits from a group of aspiring sports marketers.
SI.com
2/23/10
