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LSU ‘Onepeat’ taunt aims for a real dynasty The taunting of the University of Southern California over its failed bid to win its second consecutive NCAA national title this year just won’t end. Now, people can go to Onepeat.com and vote for one of several billboards that have been created to provoke USC. The concept that gets the most votes will be put on a board near the USC campus, paid for by donations from Louisiana State University fans. The concepts are from Sullivan-St. Clair, an independent shop in Mobile, Ala. Agency president Rich Sullivan volunteered to do the work pro bono after reading about the effort on AdFreak several weeks ago. LSU fans were offended when the media began hyping this year’s Rose Bowl game as USC’s chance to win its third straight national title, even though LSU received the championship trophy after the 2003 season. (Sportswriters favored USC, which won the 2004 trophy but lost to the University of Texas in the Rose Bowl this past season.) The billboard is so popular in Louisiana that a company in Baton Rouge has offered to remove its own ad and give the space to the Onepeat movement. —Posted by Jim Lovel

January 27, 2006 | Permalink

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Right before I read this blog I read a better one...it had this link posted in response to this waste of an ad campaign. Anyone who knows the area around USC knows that a billboard in South Central can't be THAT expensive.

http://www.foraworthycause.com/

LSU fans may want to donate to their own natural disaster cause.

Posted by: usc alum | Jan 27, 2006 10:25:33 PM

The core curriculum at USC actually includes Whining, Bitching & Moaning 101.

Trust me, I have a BA in Poor Losing from there.

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Posted by: eu mesma | Jan 29, 2006 12:26:52 AM

2 titles in a row, not a dynasty... but the other schools would not have minded 2 period.

Posted by: earl | Jan 29, 2006 9:52:16 PM

One title in a row, Earl. Just one. LSU was BCS champion in '04, USC in '05, Texas in '06.

Posted by: Bob | Jan 30, 2006 9:27:27 AM

As for the "foraworthycause" comment, it is worth meantioning that Onepeat.com has already raised more than twice as much money as that site for chairty.

So much for the moral high ground there.

In any case, anyone who knows the situation here realizes that the amount of money we are talking about isn't even .01% of whats needed and pales in comparison to the more than 100 billion of federal aid already given.

Its labor, not money thats needed now.

Posted by: Volvagia | Feb 23, 2006 5:54:04 PM

This is so misleading. How is everyone unaware that all LSU won in 2003 was the coaches' poll national title? That crystal ball is not "the" national title. It is "a" national title and always has been.

The BCS is an effort to unify the titles. The reason why people complain that the BCS has failed is because it didn't unify the titles in 2003. There was a split title like so many times in the past. Saying that the coaches title is now the only title is not true. That's onepeat's whole point and it's utterly wrong.

Posted by: Sanjiv Pumple | Feb 23, 2006 7:33:03 PM

Everyone seems to forget that SC was ranked #1 in both the AP and Coaches Poll at the end of the regular season. Not LSU and definitely not Oklahoma. They came in at the #2 and #3 spots. So, if USC had been given a spot in the BCS National Title game, like everyone else with an ounce of common sense would think, SC just might have beaten LSU, or OU, in the Sugar Bowl. How soon all of you ignorant "Bayou Bengal" fans forget that SC was essentially bent over, screwed and told by the BCS to go play in the Rose Bowl to a much lesser, although then ranked #4 Michigan team.

Here's to the Trojans back to back national championships AND consecutive Heisman trophy winners. It must've been a tough two years NOT being a Trojan. Fight on.

Posted by: Trojan Alum | Mar 7, 2006 5:27:16 PM

Trojan Alum:
"SC was essentially bent over, screwed ....by the BCS "

Welcome home

Posted by: Auburn Alum | Mar 12, 2006 9:09:33 PM

"Everyone seems to forget that SC was ranked #1 in both the AP and Coaches Poll at the end of the regular season."..Trojan Alum....

Those #1 rankings were only PART of the equasion. Even with that help from the press and the coaches, they still could not get into the championship game...just not strong enough.

"This is so misleading. How is everyone unaware that all LSU won in 2003 was the coaches' poll national title? That crystal ball is not "the" national title. It is "a" national title and always has been."..Sanjiv Pumple

With a name like that, it really does not deserve a comment, but this has to be said.

The Crystal Ball IS the National Title. Whether the University of Spoiled Children like to admit it or not, it's currently the way it's done. There has to be a single title...and not one that can be decided at USC's whim. Your team is a one title dynasty in 2003, and a Rose Bowl loving cup winner in 2003. Nothing more.

"LIVE WITH IT", as your fans are so fond of telling others.

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