USC Learns Its Fate Today. Key Terms for Hokie Fans Are "Vacated" and "Forfeited."
by furrer4heisman on Jun 10, 2010 1:11 PM EDT
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PrintThe NCAA committee on infractions will hold a teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT (or High Noon if you live in LA) regarding the penalties it will level on USC. Early reports indicate a two-year postseason ban and the loss of about 20 scholarships.
The Trojans wins from the years Reggie Bush was on the team could also be affected. But for Hokie fans asking if Virginia Tech is now the winner of the 2004 game against USC, the answer will depend entirely on semantics. If USC is forced to vacate its wins from the 2004 season, then the Hokies still count the loss while USC can't count the win. But if those wins are forfeited, then it's a change in the result -- on paper.
None of that matters. The Hokies lost the game, 24-13, and USC eventually won the national championship so I'm not about to count the game as a win regardless of what terminology the COI uses. I'm just glad the NCAA actually made itself useful for once instead of twiddling its thumbs with regards to major programs like it usually does.
UPDATE: USC is being forced to VACATE its wins from the 2005 Orange Bowl against Oklahoma and the 2005 season. Its game against Virginia Tech was unaffected. They still won, people. That fact wouldn't have changed no matter what the NCAA had said.
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For everyone who remembers that game, Tech got completely screwed. We were winning and driving for another score when a 30 yard catch was negated by the worst offensive pass interference call I’ve seen outside of the Ohio St-Miami National Championship game. The drive ended and on the next possession Reggie Bush took the game over. I still think that Tech squad with Brian Randall at QB was the most complete team we ever had and had that call gone differently I don’t see us losing that stupid home game against NC State. Undefeated on our way to the National Championship game had that ref had his glasses on.
I don’t know how that affects us in the NC State game. We were not just flat all game long for no reason, it was because we went up against the best defensive line in the history of Hokie football opponents with 3-first round and one second round draft choices on their D-line. The reason they lost that game was because of our 10 sacks allowed. Even with a USC win I don’t think that changes. BUT, everything you said about the USC game was spot on.
by chicagomaroon on Jun 10, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Well it wasn’t a win, no, but it wasn’t a loss. USC ABSOLUTELY DID NOT WIN THAT GAME AND I WILL TAKE THAT TO MY GRAVE AND NEVER GIVE IN TO SOMEONE WHO TELLS ME OTHERWISE! Frankly there was no result on the field that night, because the officiating on that one call was the game.
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