Split National Title My Ass

Matt Leiner should spell his last name with a "W," but that was still an impressive ass-kicking he laid on Oklahoma last night.

The Chicago Sun Times headline sums it up pretty well.

USC Sticks It To White, Peterson

January 5, 2005
BY JEFF LATZKE

MIAMI -- [Oklahoma quarterback] Jason White trudged to the sideline, pulled off his helmet and put on a set of headphones. Whatever his coaches were saying to him couldn't have been much consolation.

White flopped in the BCS title game for the second consecutive year, and freshman phenom Adrian Peterson didn't do any better in the Orange Bowl as Oklahoma absorbed its most-lopsided loss since Bob Stoops took over as coach.

With its stars shut down, the second-ranked Sooners hardly had a chance after scoring on their opening drive Tuesday night, and No. 1 USC romped 55-19.

''Nothing you can say outside of 'We just got whipped,''' Stoops said.