Just seeing Charles White just passed away. And as a young man, i remember that phantom TD, that obviously w/replay would've been overturned. Bo was bitter over that blown call forever! RIP Charles:(
RIP, Charles White. I adored him as a kid, despite being a Michigan fan. His 'phantom TD' broke my heart. Watching this 44 years later, I also see that on USC's first touchdown, #85 should've been called for a false start!
Life long SC fan. No doubt White fumbled before scoring. These two teams were REALLY good. SC started with one TE and Michigan shifted the DL strong. SC went to dbl TE and balanced their ass up.
I remember watching this game at my apartment in Los Angeles. Shortly before halftime, there was an earthquake somewhere between 4 and 4.5 on the scale. Not real strong but it shook the building a little. Then Curt Gwdy came on the air and announced "We've just had an earthquake". Not much was made out of it.
@@nathaniellathy6559He was fast but wasn’t that damn fast. Kill two people, take a shower, pack a suitcase, call a cab and get to the airport in 20 Mins???? Come on let’s be real. Plus it wasn’t like Nicole and Ron Goldman was just quickly Murdered. They was butchered. Plus OJ would have tracked all the blood in the house.
very controversial td in this game by #12 rb c.white of usc as he clearly fumbled before leaping over the top into end zone and michigan recovered the ball, but the refs didn't see it and signaled td. there was replay for tv viewers but not on the field really cost Michigan the game!
USC still wins. They literally stopped trying to score up 17-3 because Michigan could not move the ball. But I remember watching this game rooting for USC thinking that’s a fumble. The ref was a big ten guy but must have been a OSU fan lol.
It wasn't like only one team had refs and the other had instant replay to contend with. It could have happened to either team. TBH, I'm a huge Raiders fan and so many fans are salty about the "tuck rule game" against the Patriots. But I've never felt bad about it. My thought is if a team loses because of a bad call, they didn't play well enough to win and deserved the loss. I hate instant replay. Sports are played by men and should be ruled in the field by men, not a camera. It ruins the flow of games and leaves nothing memorable. That is obviously just my opinion, but that is what I really think.
U.S.C. was always a tough match-up for the Big Ten champions in the Rose Bowl. What about the losses to Stanford, to UCLA, and to Washington by the Buckeyes and the Wolverines in that decade? I can't help but wonder if the Big Ten champs simply didn't take the Pac-8/10 champs very seriously unless it was the Cardinal and Gold of U.S.C. that they were playing (case in point [maybe] -THE Ohio State Buckeyes beat UCLA - badly - IN L.A. early in the 1975 season but lost the Rose Bowl to the same team a few months later).
Rick Leach was a far better passer than most knew. Great scrambler and a great athlete. I always believed that the Michigan (and Ohio State teams for that matter) lost the majority of the Rose Bowl games was because of their lack of "balance" (lack of a passing attack). If the Pac-10 representative had any advantages in these games it was due to being the "Home team" and perhaps a little more size.
NOT TRUE THEY LOST BECAUSE WHERE ALWAYS PLAYING IN OTHER TEAM BACK YARD LETS SEE THOSE SO CALLED GREAT WARM WEATHER DYNASTIES COME TO THE SO CALLED MIDWEST IN AN OPEN STADUIM IN JANUARY!!!....
@@xbiggs67x that's an lousy excuse. The Rose Bowl was played in 75 degree weather on a grass field. In other words perfect weather. There was no excuse for the Big Ten to have such a lousy record in the Rose Bowl. Remember alot of Midwesterners moved out to California in the 50s thru the 70s. If the weather is perfect it benefits the better team usually. If it is inclement weather it usually helps the inferior team keep the game close.
I hate the Wolverines with every single fiber of my being but they got SCREWED on that so-called "phantom touchdown" call (then again, with the way the defenses were playing in that game would they have gotten far with a first and 10 at their own 1 or 2 yard line?).
And tell me. How about the Touchdown Pass Rick Leach threw after the “Phantom Touchdown”? Did you not notice that Leach was Beyond the Line of Scrimmage when throw the Football?
@@Jiltedin2007 I believe you need to go see your eye Dr soon too? The Ball was snapped at the Trojans 44, Leach scrambles and throws around the 46 when he landed. That would be 2 yrds behind the Line of scrimmage. Now how big was that Charles White phantom TD?
Why some questionable plays in college & pro football are now considered reviewable? Remember the call on Charles White's touchdown...it was clear as a bell that he fumbled before he broke the goal line's plane, & the officials called it a 'touchdown'. If that happened in this day & age, Michigan coach Bo Schembeckler would've thrown the challenge flag. Instead, in 1979, he was relegated to saying to the officials from the sidelines: "You All Need Glasses!!!" No doubt about it...Charles White got away with that bogus play!!!
I've been a Michigan fan my whole life. In fairness we don't know WHAT would have happened if the referee got the call correct. Perhaps USC gets a safety a minute later. Or maybe USC doesn't go to a softer zone coverage as much in the 2nd half, and which lead to Michigan's 45 yard TD pass to make it 17-10.
@@brucemolett9843 That's true. On that play Leach was running for his life. I probably s/have said they played more 'field position/milk the clock' football with their 14 point lead. Similar to how they played UCLA a month and a half earlier. A game that was a virtual carbon copy of this one.
6:09: everyone knows about the phantom TD, but on USC's other TD, we have the right tight end false starting - no call! What a joke! this officiating was atrocious
Yeah Michigan is holding every play ...and pushing off Ronnie Lott..and Clay Matthews....guess they had to try to level the playing field due to SCs clear talent advantage....those are future ndl hall of famers and all pros .the whole team....can't say that bout the wolverines tho...anyways...it always went like this...um plays SC in rose bowl...SC wins game ..either OSU or um...rarely one oh the other pipsqueaj slow farn boys ...northwest Illinois Wisconsin...( except in 89..leroy hoard was a beawt
If you needed to get one yard to win the game, and you knew absolutely nothing else about the situation (where you were on the field, who you were playing, what kind of defense, what type of field, etc.) I would choose Charles White to get that yard. Not Bush, Garrett, Allen, etc. When the chips were all the table in big games, late in the game, and SC needed to make yardage and first downs, Charles White got the ball. And they would win.
@@AteOnoy From an Alabama fan's prospective......I suppose that is true. Watching a bigger far more powerful team push you around the field all afternoon is something that would be easy to forget. (Hell even Paul Bryant knew the truth and said as much).
@@ynp1978 Doesnt change the fact that Bama is still and always will be 1978 AP National Champions. Not a damn things you Bama haters can do to change that. So suck it up and move on.
Heisman winner Charles White was a flop in the NFL . I don't know why the Browns drafted him . USC was a dynasty team back then . They had tremendous blocking for White , often 20 yards down the field too . NFL is a whole different game . More flexible and improvisational . White couldn't do that . If he didn't have the blocking , he sucked . He wasn't very fast either .
@@ynp1978 correct . That was a "one of" year for him in his ten year nfl career. He rushed for around 1400 yds. rest of his career two seasons at 300+ yards, and the rest under that. wasn't used as a receiver or on special teams that much. correct be if wrong but his Rams coach was John Robinson, same head coach he had a USC . Cleveland drafted him in 1980 in the first round . sorry if i didn't make it clear but imho my main point he was a terrible draft pick at the time for the browns . there have been a good number of Heisman trophy winners who didn't work out in the nfl .
@@oldnewfutureschool5624 No I agree with your statement pretty much. And yes Robinson was his coach at USC. Another thing you touched on that is certainly right is the fact that his blocking at USC was....really beyond great. There are people that think USC's 1979 team had the greatest and deepest O line in college football history! Future NFL Hall of Famers Anthony Munoz and Bruce Matthews. 1979 Lombardi Trophy winner Brad Budde and fellow #1 draft picks Keith Van Horne,Don Mosebar and Roy Foster! Hell I could gain yards behind that blocking! lol
@@ynp1978 great points and players' info you bring out . lol, i too, who walks with a cane could probably gain a few yards , maybe a td here and there, etc behind that blocking , lol !
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@@lloydkline1518 Ohio State is 9 and 7 in Rose Bowls, second most victories behind only USC. Laugh Laugh. Ohio State all time 3 and 4 vs USC in Rose Bowl. Also beat them in Cotton Bowl in 2017. All time record 4 and 4 vs USC in Bowls. Not that bad. Better than Michigan in both areas.
What a pleasure to hear Curt Gowdy do one more Rose Bowl game again! Fun to relive those games.
Just seeing Charles White just passed away. And as a young man, i remember that phantom TD, that obviously w/replay would've been overturned. Bo was bitter over that blown call forever! RIP Charles:(
❤️ late Charles whites , great Heisman trophy 🏆 winner , Billy Sim & Charles white holding Heisman trophy 🏆 sports illustrated magazine late 1970s
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RIP, Charles White. I adored him as a kid, despite being a Michigan fan. His 'phantom TD' broke my heart. Watching this 44 years later, I also see that on USC's first touchdown, #85 should've been called for a false start!
Charles white great sweetheart of a guy
Life long SC fan. No doubt White fumbled before scoring. These two teams were REALLY good. SC started with one TE and Michigan shifted the DL strong. SC went to dbl TE and balanced their ass up.
Woody Hayes was fired just three days before this game for punching an opposing player on the sidelines for intercepting a pass.
I saw that game it was against Clemson I believe.
@justafuable unfortunate that he got axed because I believe the buckeyes would of beat USC the following year in the Rose Bowl
I remember watching this game at my apartment in Los Angeles. Shortly before halftime, there was an earthquake somewhere between 4 and 4.5 on the scale. Not real strong but it shook the building a little. Then Curt Gwdy came on the air and announced "We've just had an earthquake". Not much was made out of it.
Unsung hero of the game for USC was punter Marty King.
Kept Michigan in terrible field position most of the game.
Phantom Touchdown.Lucky for USC.No replay back then
At the 19:38 mark where Charles White fumbled & the referees called it a touchdown. 😡 White has died at dementia at 64 years old.
OJ was a great commentator👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Great running back.Poor role model
@@nathaniellathy6559 He was innocent👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
@@allengreene9954 😆🤣😂😹
@@nathaniellathy6559 It’s true.
@@nathaniellathy6559He was fast but wasn’t that damn fast. Kill two people, take a shower, pack a suitcase, call a cab and get to the airport in 20 Mins???? Come on let’s be real. Plus it wasn’t like Nicole and Ron Goldman was just quickly Murdered. They was butchered. Plus OJ would have tracked all the blood in the house.
Wow Rick leach was talented but the way he sometimes lost the ball or throw dangerous passes.
Must have nearly given Bo a heart attack !
Final Score: Michigan 10, USC 10, Referees 7.
it feels creepy listening to commentator oj simpson
“We must be livin right out here”
RIP Charles White
Would a 4-3 or 5-2 produced a Michigan shutout of USC?
I don't remember this game. All the Wolverines bowl losses kind of blend together, there's been so many.
very controversial td in this game by #12 rb c.white of usc as he clearly fumbled before leaping over the top into end zone and michigan recovered the ball, but the refs didn't see it and signaled td.
there was replay for tv viewers but not on the field really cost Michigan the game!
funny thing was that it was a big 10 official that called an obvious fumble a TD
Rabbi Ingber and OJ (USC) called it a fumble
USC still wins. They literally stopped trying to score up 17-3 because Michigan could not move the ball. But I remember watching this game rooting for USC thinking that’s a fumble. The ref was a big ten guy but must have been a OSU fan lol.
It wasn't like only one team had refs and the other had instant replay to contend with. It could have happened to either team.
TBH, I'm a huge Raiders fan and so many fans are salty about the "tuck rule game" against the Patriots. But I've never felt bad about it. My thought is if a team loses because of a bad call, they didn't play well enough to win and deserved the loss. I hate instant replay. Sports are played by men and should be ruled in the field by men, not a camera. It ruins the flow of games and leaves nothing memorable. That is obviously just my opinion, but that is what I really think.
@@Biggdoom344 I disagree. Michigan actually had more total yards and moved the ball better all game. The Phantom TD was the deciding play in the game.
U.S.C. was always a tough match-up for the Big Ten champions in the Rose Bowl. What about the losses to Stanford, to UCLA, and to Washington by the Buckeyes and the Wolverines in that decade? I can't help but wonder if the Big Ten champs simply didn't take the Pac-8/10 champs very seriously unless it was the Cardinal and Gold of U.S.C. that they were playing (case in point [maybe] -THE Ohio State Buckeyes beat UCLA - badly - IN L.A. early in the 1975 season but lost the Rose Bowl to the same team a few months later).
michigan in bowl games. some things never change
Curt Gowdys last Rose Bowl broadcast
@Cavalcade of Fred Couples Actually O.J was in the booth with Enberg and Olsen the next year too!
Curt Gowdy trying very hard to defend an indefensible call. White lost the ball between the 2-3 yard line.
The non-fumble is at 19:40
Rick Leach was a far better passer than most knew. Great scrambler and a great athlete.
I always believed that the Michigan (and Ohio State teams for that matter) lost the majority of the
Rose Bowl games was because of their lack of "balance" (lack of a passing attack). If the Pac-10 representative
had any advantages in these games it was due to being the "Home team" and perhaps a little more size.
NOT TRUE THEY LOST BECAUSE WHERE ALWAYS PLAYING IN OTHER TEAM BACK YARD LETS SEE THOSE SO CALLED GREAT WARM WEATHER DYNASTIES COME TO THE SO CALLED MIDWEST IN AN OPEN STADUIM IN JANUARY!!!....
Rich leach was a quarterback magician 🎩
@@xbiggs67x it tough playing on grass football field it was ucla& usc home football field
Balance of power tilted toward Big 10 in 90s
@@xbiggs67x that's an lousy excuse. The Rose Bowl was played in 75 degree weather on a grass field. In other words perfect weather. There was no excuse for the Big Ten to have such a lousy record in the Rose Bowl. Remember alot of Midwesterners moved out to California in the 50s thru the 70s. If the weather is perfect it benefits the better team usually. If it is inclement weather it usually helps the inferior team keep the game close.
Oh my God.. Did OJ Simpson just say living right??
I don't remember if referees ever conferred and reversed a call back then. Could they have called off the White TD?
JOHN ROBINSON ,
SC owns UM ...SC won like 4 outta 5 rbs vs them ....
I hate the Wolverines with every single fiber of my being but they got SCREWED on that so-called "phantom touchdown" call (then again, with the way the defenses were playing in that game would they have gotten far with a first and 10 at their own 1 or 2 yard line?).
And tell me. How about the Touchdown Pass Rick Leach threw after the “Phantom Touchdown”? Did you not notice that Leach was Beyond the Line of Scrimmage when throw the Football?
You're wrong. I just checked.
Should have been a tie game at least.
@@Jiltedin2007 I believe you need to go see your eye Dr soon too? The Ball was snapped at the Trojans 44, Leach scrambles and throws around the 46 when he landed. That would be 2 yrds behind the Line of scrimmage. Now how big was that Charles White phantom TD?
Why some questionable plays in college & pro football are now considered reviewable?
Remember the call on Charles White's touchdown...it was clear as a bell that he fumbled before he broke the goal line's plane, & the officials called it a 'touchdown'.
If that happened in this day & age, Michigan coach Bo Schembeckler would've thrown the challenge flag. Instead, in 1979, he was relegated to saying to the officials from the sidelines:
"You All Need Glasses!!!"
No doubt about it...Charles White got away with that bogus play!!!
Hated Michigan then.Knew they were robbed 😤😒
I've been a Michigan fan my whole life. In fairness we don't know WHAT would have happened if the referee got the call correct. Perhaps USC gets a safety a minute later. Or maybe USC doesn't go to a softer zone coverage as much in the 2nd half, and which lead to Michigan's 45 yard TD pass to make it 17-10.
No sports had video replay review for 20 years.
@@stephaniegormley9982 How does going to a "softer zone coverage" facilitate allowing a 45 yard TD bomb ?? That's just silly logic.
@@brucemolett9843 That's true. On that play Leach was running for his life. I probably s/have said they played more 'field position/milk the clock' football with their 14 point lead. Similar to how they played UCLA a month and a half earlier. A game that was a virtual carbon copy of this one.
6:09: everyone knows about the phantom TD, but on USC's other TD, we have the right tight end false starting - no call! What a joke! this officiating was atrocious
Yeah Michigan is holding every play ...and pushing off Ronnie Lott..and Clay Matthews....guess they had to try to level the playing field due to SCs clear talent advantage....those are future ndl hall of famers and all pros
.the whole team....can't say that bout the wolverines tho...anyways...it always went like this...um plays SC in rose bowl...SC wins game ..either OSU or um...rarely one oh the other pipsqueaj slow farn boys ...northwest Illinois Wisconsin...( except in 89..leroy hoard was a beawt
....anyways ..it wasn't like SC wouldn't have stuffed em back if they woulda gave UM the ball on the one ....um got one td the whole day
Pfffftt
Michigan just couldn’t execute. Dropped and overthrown passes.
Where was Ohio state football???; I thought rosebowl was part of Ohio state football team schedule????? like usc football schedule
Michigan didn't play their best game. The 2 interceptions by Leach hurt, but Michigan actually had more total yards than USC. The Phantom TD was huge.
If you needed to get one yard to win the game, and you knew absolutely nothing else about the situation (where you were on the field, who you were playing, what kind of defense, what type of field, etc.) I would choose Charles White to get that yard. Not Bush, Garrett, Allen, etc. When the chips were all the table in big games, late in the game, and SC needed to make yardage and first downs, Charles White got the ball. And they would win.
the year USC went to Birmingham and whipped Bama 24-14 and still Bama got the AP natl champ...what a joke.
They should not have lost to ASU 20-7. On New Years Day if #2 beats #1 it doesnt matter what #3 did.
@@AteOnoy Unless of course #3 beat #2 on their home field by 10 points earlier in the year. Head to head proved who the better team was.
@@ynp1978 what happened on New Years Day in 1979 was more important than what happened in the 3rd game of the regular season in September.
@@AteOnoy From an Alabama fan's prospective......I suppose that is true. Watching a bigger far more powerful team push you around the field all afternoon is something that would be easy to forget. (Hell even Paul Bryant knew the truth and said as much).
@@ynp1978 Doesnt change the fact that Bama is still and always will be 1978 AP National Champions. Not a damn things you Bama haters can do to change that. So suck it up and move on.
Wolverine tears taste so sweet.
Buckeye denial is as pure as the Nile
Bo looks bitterly disappointed.
Love Bo but those Michigan teams should have won at lest two national titles when he was coach.
Voters could have given him 3 Nattys
Heisman winner Charles White was a flop in the NFL . I don't know why the Browns drafted him . USC was a dynasty team back then . They had tremendous blocking for White , often 20 yards down the field too . NFL is a whole different game . More flexible and improvisational . White couldn't do that . If he didn't have the blocking , he sucked . He wasn't very fast either .
Actually White had a great season in 1987 with the Rams...led the NFL in rushing and was All Pro! But overall he didn't live up to his college days.
@@ynp1978 correct . That was a "one of" year for him in his ten year nfl career. He rushed for around 1400 yds. rest of his career two seasons at 300+ yards, and the rest under that. wasn't used as a receiver or on special teams that much. correct be if wrong but his Rams coach was John Robinson, same head coach he had a USC . Cleveland drafted him in 1980 in the first round . sorry if i didn't make it clear but imho my main point he was a terrible draft pick at the time for the browns . there have been a good number of Heisman trophy winners who didn't work out in the nfl .
@@oldnewfutureschool5624 No I agree with your statement pretty much. And yes Robinson was his coach at USC. Another thing you touched on that is certainly right is the fact that his blocking at USC was....really beyond great. There are people that think USC's 1979 team had the greatest and deepest O line in college football history! Future NFL Hall of Famers Anthony Munoz and Bruce Matthews. 1979 Lombardi Trophy winner Brad Budde and fellow #1 draft picks Keith Van Horne,Don Mosebar and Roy Foster! Hell I could gain yards behind that blocking! lol
@@ynp1978 great points and players' info you bring out . lol, i too, who walks with a cane could probably gain a few yards , maybe a td here and there, etc behind that blocking , lol !
Didn't he also have drug issues when he played in the N.F.L.?
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WE WANT ANSWERS YOUR LYING ,
GO BUCKS MICHIGAN SUCKS TOO
I just watched the 1976 Rose Bowl. Wendell Tyler just scored on BuckNuts again.
GO BUCKS USC SUCKS
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That's really too bad that Michigan lost....again.
That's rich given sparty's recent failures.
Ohio state lost to usc football again the rosebowl 1980;;; laugh laugh,
Usc football ithough rosebowl was part their schedule :;:;; I though ohio.state football rosebowl was part of their schedule???? Laugh; laughs
2 years later Michigan got it done against Washington
@@lloydkline1518 Ohio State is 9 and 7 in Rose Bowls, second most victories behind only USC. Laugh Laugh. Ohio State all time 3 and 4 vs USC in Rose Bowl. Also beat them in Cotton Bowl in 2017. All time record 4 and 4 vs USC in Bowls. Not that bad. Better than Michigan in both areas.