USC Trojans Football

The event will feature celebrity athletes and USC friends, as well as a post-tournament dinner--Carson's Cookout--that includes awards and auction.

Joining Palmer, USC's 2002 Heisman Trophy winner who now starts at quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, will be a number of current and former pro athletes. They include A.J. Feeley of the Miami Dolphins, John Lynch of the Denver Broncos and former Trojans Sam Cunningham, Matt Cassel , John Jackson and John Allred. Former USC and Boston Red Sox outfielder Fred Lynn will also participate.

For more information and to register, contact Lilia Aguirre, Kring & Chung, LLP, 38 Corporate Park, Irvine, CA 92606, 949.261.7700 (laguirre@kringandchung.com).

Southern California's defending national co-champions left no doubt as to whom the college football champion was in 2004. The 12-0 Trojans led both major polls throughout the regular season, then trounced unbeaten No. 2 Oklahoma 55-19 in the FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 for their 13th victory. USC Trojans Football Tickets can be found above. And there really good seats. Junior quarterback Matt Leinart, winner of both the Heisman Trophy and the Walter Camp Award, passed for 332 yards and an Orange Bowl record five touchdowns as USC won its 22nd consecutive game and confirmed its 10th national title.

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Auburn fans were disappointed that the Tigers (12-0 in regular season), winner of the SEC and victor over Virginia Tech 16-13 in the Nokia Sugar Bowl, had to settle for a final No. 3 ranking behind USC and Oklahoma. Utah fans, however, were delighted to see their Utes (11-0 in regular season) not only make it to a BCS bowl but clobber Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Mountain West champions finished with a No. 5 national ranking.

The nation's other major unbeaten team, Western Athletic Conference champion Boise State (11-0), fell to Louisville (10-1 in regular season) 44-40 in the highest-scoring Liberty Bowl game ever. The Cardinals, in their last year in Conference USA before heading to the Big East, had led the nation with a 49.8 scoring average, while Boise State had averaged 49.7.

Utah and Auburn shared the national Coach of the Year awards, Urban Meyer of Utah winning the Football Writers award and Tommy Tuberville of Auburn taking the Football Coaches award.

Oklahoma may have finished with a disappointing loss in the Orange Bowl, but quarterback Jason White, the 2003 Heisman Trophy winner, won the 2004 Maxwell Award as well as the Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas quarterback awards.

The Outland Trophy went to another Oklahoma player, offensive tackle Jamaal Brown, while defensive end David Pollack of Georgia won the Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award along with the Chuck Bednarik Award.

• Virginia Tech won the Atlantic Coast Conference title in its first year in the league. The Hokies beat out another Big East "defector," Miami (Fla.) for the championship.
• Bobby Bowden of Florida State raised his all-time bowl record to 19-8-1 as the Seminoles defeated West Virginia 30-18 in the Gator Bowl. The victory moved Bowden into the No.1 spot with a bowl winning percentage of .696.
• Navy had its best season since the Roger Staubach-led team of 1963, going 9-2 in regular season and then defeating New Mexico 34-19 in the newly named Emerald Bowl.
• Fresno State edged Virginia 37-34 in overtime in the MPC Computers Bowl (formerly the Humanitarian Bowl) when Paul Pinegar threw the game-tying TD pass with 11 seconds left, then passed 25 yards to Stephen Spach for the game winner in overtime.
• Connecticut made its first bowl appearance a winning one with a 39-10 win over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl.
• Texas rallied for 17 points in the 4th quarter to edge Michigan 38-37 in the Rose Bowl on Dusty Mangum's 37-yard field goal on the final play of the game. Mangum made two field goals and 4 extra points in the game.