Original sentence: However, USC was left out of the BCS championship game after finishing third in the BCS behind Oklahoma and LSU.Leinart and the Trojans won their final eight games and finished the regular season 11-1 and ranked #1 ranking in the AP and coaches' polls.On September 25, the Trojans played Stanford University.The Trojans started Leinart's junior season with victories in their first three games.The Trojans went to the Rose Bowl and played University of MichiganMichigan
Edited sentence: 9 Notre Dame in South Bend.However, in one of the biggest controversies in college football history, USC was left out of the BCS championship game after finishing third in the BCS behind Oklahoma and LSU.In a move that surprised many, however, Leinart held a press conference in which he declared that he would be staying at USC for his senior season to try and help the Trojans claim a third consecutive championship.Including ASU, Leinart and the Trojans reeled off victories in their final eight games to finish the season 11-1 and earn the #1 ranking in the AP and coaches' polls (a position that had been held all season by Oklahoma before they lost their conference championship game to the Kansas State Wildcats).Leinart started his junior season with his Trojans ranked No.Leinart's stock could not be higher at the end of the 2004 season, and many NFL analysts believed Leinart would turn pro and become a possible #1 pick in the draft.Still, the Trojans were 5-0 before they were scheduled to meet No.The Trojans instead went to the Rose Bowl to face Michigan.The Trojans' offense was powerful, statistically ranking among the greatest of all time, but Leinart and Co.The season started with three more victories to push the USC winning streak to 12 before Leinart faced the biggest obstacle of his career to that point at Stanford on September 25.With nearly the entire offense returning, the Trojans were ranked #1 again and were an overwhelming favorite to win another championship at the beginning of the 2005 season.With the Trojans down 31-28 after Irish quarterback Brady Quinn scored with two minutes left, Leinart gave the most definitive performance of his entire college career.began developing a habit of falling behind in the first half of their games before exploding in the second half, a trait exemplified by their road games against Oregon and Arizona State