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USC offers us much proof on the No. 1 case.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Mitch Albom
PASADENA, Calif. _ Well, it sure was nice of USC to invite Michigan out for a game of pitch and catch. But when the California kids start throwing to their own quarterback, it's time for Midwesterners to go home.
There goes your No. 1 team, folks, the high-flying Trojans, and you should get no argument from the defeated Wolverines. Pete Carroll's maroon and gold may not get to hoist a BCS national championship trophy, but its hands should be all over it _ the way they were all over Michigan on New Year's Day.
There were the hands of senior receiver Keary Colbert _ the less famous of the Southern Cal pass catchers _ who snared two touchdowns with Wolverines draped on his ankles.
There were the hands of the USC defender who blocked a Michigan field-goal attempt, and the USC defender who knocked a fourth-down pass out of the air _ one that seemed certain to be a Michigan touchdown.
There were the hands of MVP quarterback Matt Leinart, the USC sophomore who not ...
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