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- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season abstract "The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate.At season's end, three major conference teams finished the regular season with one loss, with only two spots available in the BCS National Championship Game. Three non-BCS teams also finished with one loss, TCU, Boise State and Miami (OH), stirring the debate of the BCS being unfair to mid-major teams. USC had lost a triple overtime thriller at California on September 27, LSU lost at home to Florida on October 11, and Oklahoma, which had been #1 in every BCS rating, AP and Coaches' Poll of the season, lost to Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game, 35-7 on December 6. Although USC, then 11-1, finished ranked #1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, with LSU (12-1) ranked #2 and Oklahoma (12-1) #3, Oklahoma surpassed both USC and LSU on several BCS computer factors. Oklahoma's schedule strength was ranked 11th to LSU's 29th and USC's 37th. Oklahoma's schedule rank was 0.44 to LSU's 1.16 and USC's 1.48. As such, despite the timing of Oklahoma's loss affecting the human voters, the computers kept Oklahoma at #1 in the BCS poll. LSU was ranked #2 by the BCS based on its #2 ranking in the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, 6 of 7 computer rankings (with the remaining one ranking them #1), and strength of schedule calculations. USC's #3 BCS ranking resulted from it being ranked #1 the AP and Coaches Poll, but #3 in 5 of 7 computer rankings (with the 2 remaining computer rankings at #1 and #4) and schedule strength, though separated by only 0.16 points. LSU defeated Oklahoma in the 2004 Sugar Bowl, securing the BCS National Championship, as the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll is contractually obligated to vote the winner of the BCS National Championship Game #1. Meanwhile, when AP #1 USC beat Michigan in the 2004 Rose Bowl, the AP voters kept USC in the top spot, and USC secured the AP title.On January 9, 2004, Ted Waitt, CEO of Gateway Computers offered the NCAA $31 million for a national championship game between USC and Louisiana State. The NCAA did not consider the offer, leaving the year without an unarguable national champion.Army became the first team in Division I-A NCAA football modern history to finish the season 0-13.The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award sponsored by ESPN chose USC coach Pete Carroll as their award recipient, while the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, voted on by an association of sportswriters, chose LSU Coach Nick Saban.The Orange Bowl game was noteworthy in that Miami and Florida State previously had scheduled to play each other on Labor Day in 2004. Playing in the Orange Bowl ensured that their next meeting would be each of their very next games and their first of the 2004 season.Texas was also affected by the BCS controversy. Oklahoma's late loss kept Texas from appearing in one of the BCS games. Had Oklahoma won the Big 12 championship, the two at-large teams would have been Ohio State and Texas. But with the loss, Kansas State received the Big 12 bid and Oklahoma one of the at-large bids, leaving #5 Texas on the outside looking in. Texas lost to Washington State in the Holiday Bowl.Two Independent schools joined conferences in 2003. South Florida left to join Conference USA as its 11th member, while Utah State left the Independent ranks to join the Sun Belt Conference as its 8th member.".
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- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season bowlEnd "2004-01-04".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season bowlStart "2003-12-16".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season champions 2003_LSU_Tigers_football_team.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season champions 2003_USC_Trojans_football_team.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season championshipBowl "2004".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season championshipLocation Mercedes-Benz_Superdome.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season championshipLocation New_Orleans.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season hasPhotoCollection 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season heisman "Jason White, Oklahoma QB".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season imageCaption "Gameplay during the BCS National Championship Sugar Bowl for the 2003 season".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season numberOfBowls "28".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season numberOfTeams "117".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season preseasonAp 2003_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team.
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season team "Navy Midshipmen".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season team "North Texas Mean Green".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season title "Navy".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season title "North Texas".
- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season year "2003".
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- 2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season comment "The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate.At season's end, three major conference teams finished the regular season with one loss, with only two spots available in the BCS National Championship Game.".
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