The feeling among the University of Texas faithful all week had been respect for what the University of Southern California had done over the past 34 games, a winning streak in which the Trojans had won back-to-back Associated Press national championships, back-to-back Heisman Trophies, and approached being labeled a dynasty. (Full article: 1067 words)

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