Game brings back some great college memories. Highlights gave me goosebumps. Watched the game at the Redwaive

nostalgia. i will always remember this historic game. Really thought Fresno State was going to win. wow. during this season no one had ever stepped up to USC they were the Alabama of our time. I was a sophomore in highschool. and this was theee biggest highlight of 2005 college football midseason in the valley, thank the user for posting this. I clearly remember watchin this at my dads co workers house. USC were like the Patriots with Lienart , Bush , white. they broke school records on this game in terms of stats and yardage. No other college fb team had ever given up points and yards until the faced Fresno State.

@stancurry6265

2 жыл бұрын

I was a sophomore in high school as well for this. Was actually there. Maybe one of the best, and def the best live football memory for me from the golden era of CFB

@garlandbarry9243

Жыл бұрын

I was a senior, and I had applied to USC so I watched this game. I loved the heart of Fresno State. Ironically I ended up going to Nevada so, I saw way more Fresno State than I would have liked.

@reubenblanco3021

2 ай бұрын

⁠Fresno st always played SC with a lot of heart, if only the Trojans could match their intensity then they would have been blowouts.

@wendellmathis34

2 ай бұрын

I thought we had em’. I was ready to run it back as soon as the clock struck 0:00

Looking back in hindsight, this game was an early warning alert that USC was set up to lose the upcoming National Championship game to Texas. The USC defense had been poor all season. This game showed that if a team had an offense that could keep up with USC, they had a chance to win. The Notre Dame game had already exposed this obvious weakness on USC. Texas took full advantage of that weakness and robbed USC of the opportunity to make history by winning three consecutive National Championships in College football.

@derrickwright5728

11 ай бұрын

Yeah when they played Texas they were deer in headlights cause he (VINCE YOUNG ) was a scrambling qb and with an ARM USC NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE in the pac 12.

@kenallard8728

3 ай бұрын

The next week against a more talented UCLA team the USC defense stepped up. Held No. 12 UCLA to 6 non-garbage-time points. UCLA scored another 13 in the final four minutes of the 4th. That UCLA team had Maurice Jones-Drew and Marcedes Lewis... hardly slouches.

@Nick_Simpson007

18 сағат бұрын

@@derrickwright5728as good as these SC teams were people don’t realize that 05 team was statistically the worst defense under Pete Carroll and it showed against Vince Young. They could’ve had 2 more guys out there and I don’t think they’d be able to stop him.

Fresno stood to toe with the giant till the clock hit zero a lot teams Tht season couldn't even do Tht Arizona state couldn't even do Tht and they were up at halftime by two tds so Tht Fresno state team had a lot of heart never gave up Tht night they played to really win Tht game

@Jokey_ThaBossNoTownMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Yes They did.. if Pintager wouldn't have screwed up with them INTs..We would of beaten the #1 team and undefeated for 3 years straight years.. and not to mention USC were Destroying Team every game.. Fresno State.. came to play and almost had. Another upset on the USC Trojans..again like in the 1992 Freedom Bowl Fresno State Beat USC 24-7..All in all GREAT FU**EN GAME..

@MrRiddler6

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jokey_ThaBossNoTownMusic i can only imagine how far fresno st. would of climbed if they would of won that game not to mention #3 miami lost the week as week. i personally think they would of been in the top 10

@reubenblanco3021

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jokey_ThaBossNoTownMusic yeah but Pintager also made some good throws to keep the dogs in the game, at the end of the day the better team is the one that leads the overall series .

@fernandoj406

Жыл бұрын

you are right. That years SC rolled over everyone.

@philthydeagle6042

Ай бұрын

Being a Fresno State fan for decades... We always start great and go to shit the rest of the season. Losing the rest of the games after this game most likely still would have happened. We were there for the liberty bowl game and it was horrendous play calling 🤣

Is it just me or does it seem like the tackling was ALOT better back then than it is now? In both in the nfl and ncaa

@afridgetoofar1818

9 ай бұрын

Back then you could tackle without fear of being flagged for targeting

The line in the stand for Pat Hill's program. Fresno State was never the same after this game. I was a junior living on campus at the time. Watched this with about 50 folks in the Atrium. When Wendell Mathis scored right after Bush's fumble, we REALLY started to think "man, Fresno State might take down the dynasty". But Pinegar made one too many awful throws, the last one costing us a chance at a historic upset.

@bulldogsbob

5 жыл бұрын

We are recovering now with Tedford.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

4 жыл бұрын

@dennnis2781 No. But thanks for sharing.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

4 жыл бұрын

@@bulldogsbob I have a bad feeling Tedford's gonna be like DeRuyter was...once his own guys come in, they aren't as strong.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelacosta1085 Yeah...like the conference title game last year. Good call. FOH.

@MrBEJAK

4 жыл бұрын

Clifton Smith would have made a difference in this game.

Petros still plugged wit Fox, congrats to him on Longevity

A bunch of NFL guys in this game for both teams.

First usc game I ever watched when I was 6, became I fan ever since and bush is my fav college running back of all time lol greatest football game of all time

@LegalizeRanch69

8 жыл бұрын

*7

@bigkfromtx9526

8 жыл бұрын

+mason villa now u 15

@LegalizeRanch69

8 жыл бұрын

+Korede Folorunso 17

@bigkfromtx9526

8 жыл бұрын

Oh

@Shahmar

7 жыл бұрын

Lol...Greatest football game of alltime? Ok kid.

This was literally the first game I ever saw of Reggie Bush. I wanted to know what the hype was about and I was early in my love of football. Most dominant running back performance I ever seen. He literally seemed unstoppable. I was so swayed I completely dismissed Adrian Peterson as even close to his talent(which was stupid). But still to me the best college rb ever seen.

@anthonyg.4785

4 жыл бұрын

Adrian Peterson was quite talented as well & certainly had a better pro career than Bush. I agree that Bush at the collegiate level was a force but again, he had a lot of offensive talent that surrounded him, more so than Adrian Peterson at OU.

@nsona31

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony G. Idk about that one. The big 12 defenses were still trash even back then in addition to the bulk of the talent residing in Texas and Oklahoma.

This brings back great memories

i was at this game live and i was heartbroken when Fresno State lost that game. it was not a fun trip back home

Rewatching this game I’m celebration of Reggie getting his Heisman trophy back!

@foxfire1112

10 күн бұрын

lol me too. I loved this era I was a senior in highschool and USC was top

Remember watching this game with my dad in the backyard.. such good times for college football out West

I remember this game 🔥🔥🔥Hats off to Fresno State from the WAC

As a usc fan, this was the only game i worried about that year.

@adriansmith5279

4 жыл бұрын

And you guys play that "Bush Push" Notre Dame Game that year!

@reubenblanco3021

2 жыл бұрын

@@adriansmith5279 well that was Charlie’s greatest win a loss to SC and similarly this was Fresno STs greatest win that yr a close loss to SC .

Just about the most strategic interesting games I have ever seen.

Fresno State was the toast of college football after this game for almost beating this great SC team - but they seemed to let the publicity go to their heads and would amazingly go 1-11 over their next 12 games. And their program would never get anywhere near this level again.

@bulldogsbob

3 жыл бұрын

This game broke Pat Hill program was never the same under him after it.

@michaelrodriguez9685

3 жыл бұрын

I remember...exactly right

@mrseaofweeds9946

Жыл бұрын

Fresno State always blows it when they get highly ranked. Those Pat Hill teams were heartbreaking at times.

Anyone missing USC football right now?

1. This was the game film which helped UT win the BCS National Championship. Make SC chase Vince Young all over the place with RPO's. 2. Pat Hill's teams always played hard. Saw Fresno at the 2001 Silicon Valley Bowl against Michigan State (Go Green!). TJ Duckett and Charles Rogers went off. Those were Nick Saban's leftovers. And studs. 3. Barry Tompkins was the voice of late night college football on the East Coast. Especially the 2nd halfs after coming home from the bar with a case of Natty Light for after hours. The cherry on top of college football Saturdays. Thanks Barry and Petro! 4. The first weekend I got to watch after coming home from my 14 month deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. My new Lazy Boy. In my new mancave with my 48 inch screen HD television. God Bless America!

@wandabutler2593

4 ай бұрын

Roger's and duckett sucked

@Riles3152

6 күн бұрын

@@wandabutler2593 Rogers was a UNANAIMOUS All-American and Biletnikoff award winner. Duckett was a 2x All-Big Ten 2nd team selection. Maybe you should stop watching football if you think they "sucked", because you clearly didn't understand what you were watching.

@Riles3152

6 күн бұрын

Barry Thompkins and Petros Papadakis were criminally underrated. Almost always enjoyed listening to those 2 and they usually got to call good games.

I was 10 years old watching this game late night pac-10 football

Nice. Thank you for the video. 🙂

Thanks for sharing

Miss the old FSN score bar.

The best team money could buy

@ Edward Richardson-Reggie Bush was a candidate for the Heisman the year before he won when Vince Young wasn't. Vince Young did not have a big enough body of work that Reggie Bush had. Vince Young had 2 to 3 games that season where he got off to a slow start versus Reggie Bush only having 1 game in two season where had a slow start. Vince Young has an average season the year before. Now, Vince Young was super talented, after all you have to look at it this fact too; Vince was not a finalist/All-American and did not have Heisman number in 2004 , but Reggie Bush did and was an All-American that helped lead his Heisman winning Quarterback win the national championship. Vince Young was super talented and he should have stayed at least one more season because had he stayed Troy Smith would not have won the Heisman that next year. Love it or hate it Bush earned that Heisman that year. Had Vince Young stayed Texas would've had another title and solidified his case for the Heisman that year. Look at the numbers!!!

Thornsx2, thank you for uploading these usc games. Do you have any other games from 03, 04, or 05? I would greatly appreciate it if you could upload Oregon usc 2005 and/or any game you have from 2003. Thanks

I was at this game, Fresno just never went away

1:50:16 - "Right up the gut, Mathis! Touchdown!"

Cannot believe the commentator when announcing the starting D for SC saying "there are just no holes in it". Must of been another D I watched get lit up most of that season including this game..particularly compared to the 02,03, and 04 editions.

@randydubin7118

10 жыл бұрын

Well, you have to understand that the guy who said that is a homer (he went to SC), so............

@thedeadpoetspen

9 жыл бұрын

Randy Dubin that D laid the foundation for what was one of the best defenses in college football history though. I agree that pertros goes into homer mode quite a bit though.

@apeters38

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I think USC LB depth was weaker. They lost starting OLB Dallas Sartz who in my opinion was a very underrated player and leader of the defense. His backup Thomas Williams also was lost for the season meaning Brian Cushing who should have been 3rd string was forced into the starting lineup. Don’t get me wrong he was talented and played well for them but losing Dallas and Williams hurt their depth. Dallas Sartz was good enough to get drafted by the Washington Football team in the 4th round after coming back for a redshirt season the following year. When you lose a starter on your defense that’s good enough to get drafted that’s a big blow even for a program like SC who had a lot of future NFL players on their roster.

I like watching this video. it was such a great game. a couple of stops on Bush and Fresno would have won. could have should have right? well 2022 we are going back again this time we have a time thats gonna light up the score board.

One of the most fun games at the Coli ever. And Petros is a USC legend. Fight On! ✌🏻

Can't wait for September 17th😈

SC's defense was suspect. Not a championship caliber unit.

@Papawill13

4 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, that is because they lost All American DT Shaun Cody All American DT Mike Patterson All American MLB Lofa Tatupu All American OLB Matt Grootegoed From the 2004 Squad. No team can lose 4 All American at the DT, MLB, and OLB positions and not be suspect.

@apeters38

3 жыл бұрын

Papawill13 don’t forget OLB Dallas Sartz who was very underrated as a starter was also injured in the first or second game of the season vs Hawaii. He was a captain and great leader. He was a good tackler decent rusher and pretty good in coverage being a former safety in high school. Losing him hurt SC’s defense. Thomas Williams was Dallas backup he also got hurt so Brian Cushing was a 3rd stringer who had no choice but to be put into the lineup. SC’s LB depth was definitely dealt a blow.

2:12:58 ✌️❤️💛Rey Mauluga 58# freshman on the HIT and clay Matthews 47# Celebrates with him

I was a die hard Reggie Bush fan.

Fight on! University of South Central

@realnga10

4 жыл бұрын

It’s Southern California not south central

If usc DBS were a little but faster they would have had a decent defense they would have beaten Texas in the title instead of being up by 12 with 5 mins to go and the usc defense let vince score rediculous

@brycemorrison4350

10 жыл бұрын

yeah their defense was not nearly as good as the year before.

@arthurdmiranda

10 жыл бұрын

Yea there defense is the reason why usc lost that 3rd straight national title. The offense got them up by 12 with 5 minutes to go and the defense just gave up. Smh 

@chaisesamargis3149

5 жыл бұрын

Actually no its not there was sequences in Tht game Tht caused a loss Reggie bush Tryin to flip it to his teammate when he shouldnt have we had the lead n momentum in scoring position to go up 3 scores and Reggie tried to much instead of just be tackled Texas d couldn't stop us and Reggie fucked us n then the refs missing the call when Vince knee was down before he tossed the ball to his rb for a td can't blame it on defense there was just sequences Tht lost us the game

Now just imagine if Fresno State had the resources and loop holes like how all these big schools imagine how good they’d be.

@Sportsgeek1991

6 жыл бұрын

johnny martinez u mean Fresno state can't offer houses to recruits? Well that's no fair lol

@johnnymartinez3745

6 жыл бұрын

jesse saenz I’m talking bout the cricked side of ncaa

Goddamit I love this shit.

That look of disdain. That was not lets go have a beer kinda look.

❤️💙🐶 #GoDogs #VforValley 💚

@realnga10

4 жыл бұрын

Mata Leão y'all trash. You couldn't even beat us first game of the 2019-20 season

@sergiobejar1190

3 жыл бұрын

@@realnga10 what Jersey do you wear or what position do u coach saying it like u are somebody that matters

This game pretty much gave Reggie Bush the Heisman.

Yeah we lost but we made history.

Mark talked about this game today on the herd

Both teams can take on Alabama

Congrats to Reggie Bush getting his HEISMAN trophy back‼🦾🎉🏈

Thank you uploading this. Fresno State would have won this game save for USC using an illegal paid player (Reggie Bush), Wait, we did win the game as USC ended up having to forfeit all the games Bush played in.

@reubenblanco3021

4 жыл бұрын

NO you fuckin LOST, Bush was not an illegal player they got screwed by the ncaa because his agent was unethical. just be thankful to stay competitive in the WAC

@reubenblanco3021

3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Reynolds salty about a win ?

👍👍👍👍

It's 2020 has Fresno stop Reggie Bush yet???

@philmfwalker1611

Жыл бұрын

He get his trophy back?

This game broke Pat Hill he was never the same after this game and the program lost it's swagger after.

2:04:23 reminiscent of the Pete Carroll call against the Patriots

Miss the days when the west coast actually gave a F about their college football programs.

Because I'm Japanese-American, I HATE Rudy Carpenter! I LOVED this one Thanksgiving game, where Rudy Carpenter got beaten up and LITERALLY bloodied by USC defenders!!

of course its a Texas longhorn that refuses to edit out the DVR skips

USC was playing below Fresnos ability to make it a game. Half of the USC players during the game were nodding off. Fresno made it a game only because USC let them. In the end, USC gets the boring win.

Bush was a monster

I remember watching this game as a kid and thinking that Reggie Bush wasn't human. This is one of the better games of the last 20 years that never gets talked about or mentioned. An all-time great USC team got pushed to the brink by a senior laden Fresno St team with 0 NFL talent.

@bulldogsbob

2 жыл бұрын

Not true numerous Bulldogs on this team went to the NFL.

Dont you get the joke yet?

USC definitely got caught looking ahead

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

4 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. Fresno State was equipped to play them offensively. They didn't get cute, they had physical receivers and a great o-line. Pinegar's interceptions doomed Fresno State, not USC.

17:52 2021 social justice warriors be like, “Look it’s a racist black man!”

Lol 42

The game that won Reggie Bush his Heisman Trophy THAT SHOULD'VE GONE TO Vince Young BUT he got the last laugh by beating Reggie Bush & USC in the Rose Bowl for the national championship #truth

@Gaucho97

10 жыл бұрын

Yet SC would have won if Bush was on the field for 4th and 2.

@edwardrichardson9543

10 жыл бұрын

Gaucho97 I think USC gave the ball to LenDale White he was supposedly "Thunder" to Reggie Bush's "Lightning"

@michaelmore2luv

8 жыл бұрын

+Gaucho97 and if he didn't lateral the ball

horns down

Bulldogs!

You MUST know this about me, to understand where, when and how I grew up: Born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Washington, Oregon and Oregon State fan. I HATE Pat Hill!! How DARE a White guy be a complainer to the referees! White people have NO right to act like that! I also hate Fresno State, because they beat up Washington, Oregon and Oregon State. Now, if Pat Hill coached Washington, Oregon or Oregon State, I would LOVE him. I'm ordering a FRESNO STATE 13 VINEGAR jersey.

Reggie bush a bust.

@Ariez___

9 жыл бұрын

A bust with a super bowl ring? Makes sense ..

@bonkcaesar9849

9 жыл бұрын

Valor_Ariez Yea makes perfect sense....Reggie Bush wasn't a big piece of that Superbowl winning team

@Ariez___

9 жыл бұрын

Bonk Caesar tell that to the saints that year he was an essential part that year

@bonkcaesar9849

9 жыл бұрын

Valor_Ariez 70 Rushing Attempts for 390yeards and 47 receptions for 335yards...yea he wasn't that important when they won the superbowl

@Theycallmekenney

9 жыл бұрын

bust? yet he's been in the league for 10 years #idiot

did you guys know Reggie Bush was ineligible that year and his Heisman Trophy was revoked and all their there wins became the losses so Fresno State won this game

@orlandersimms4614

7 жыл бұрын

he wasnt ineligible smart ass and he gave his Heisman back get your facts straight before you talk

@chaisesamargis3149

5 жыл бұрын

They did Tht boulshit because his parents accepted gifts so they punished him instead of his parents and the ncaa was after USC cuz they didn't want USC to be the top dog so tried to find anything

@Jokey_ThaBossNoTownMusic

5 жыл бұрын

FUCK REGGIE BUSH.. ended up being a Truck in the NFL

@kharilane1340

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jokey_ThaBossNoTownMusic Trucks don't have 11 year careers in the NFL!!! Reggie did, which proves his belonged in the league!!!

@danmyers9372

4 жыл бұрын

You better go back and check the recorded books dudes. The University of Spoiled Children had to forfeit all the games Bush played in.

I watched this it was hysterical any defense and gsu would have won any