Teams 2003 Orange Bowl
prior bcs, new year s day pairings never have occurred. rose bowl features champions of big ten (in 2002, ohio state buckeyes) , pac-10. however, because buckeyes had finished no. 2 in bcs, set play in 2003 fiesta bowl national championship against miami (fla.)
the orange bowl had next pick after fiesta bowl pairing, , no. 3 (#5 bcs) iowa chosen. rose bowl had next bcs selection. next, best available team choose no. 8 (#7 bcs) oklahoma, won big 12 championship game, play pac-10 winner washington state in 2003 rose bowl. when came time orange bowl , sugar bowl make second pick, both wanted usc. however, bcs rule stated if 2 bowls want same team, bowl higher payoff has option. orange bowl extended at-large bid number 5 ranked trojans , paired them at-large number 3 iowa in big ten/pac-10 rose bowl matchup in 2003 orange bowl. rose bowl committee executive director mitch dorger not pleased results. left sugar bowl no. 14 bcs florida state, winner of atlantic coast conference. notre dame @ 10–2 , no. 9 in bcs standings invited 2003 gator bowl. kansas state @ no. 8 left out.
university of iowa hawkeyes
the hawkeyes tied big ten conference championship ohio state. however, iowa , ohio state did not play each other. also, iowa had lost 1 game, 31–36 in-state rival iowa state.
usc trojans
on october 5, in 300th game usc on live television, washington state cougars defeated usc trojans 30–27 in overtime. cougars scored 1:50 left play force overtime. cougars , trojans ended tied first place in pac-10, cougars won tie-breaker virtue of head-to-head competition victory. final game of season had been moved december 2 washington state @ ucla. thought bruins team playing rose bowl. 52–21 loss usc put bruins out of contention , trojans , cougars in. washington state defeated ucla 48–27 in rose bowl stadium advance rose bowl game. final game ucla head coach bob toledo, fired following game.
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