ok, a few things......
#1 - folks, get your heads out of your asses - USC won the National Champtionship 2 years in a row..BCS/AP, it doesn't fricken matter. There were co-national champions that year, get over it and move on...it's like 2nd graders fighting on a playground.
#2 - This had nothing to do with the recruitment of Reggie Bush to USC - please be informed before you post in a thread
#3 - USC had 2 potential QB's going into camp this fall - one of them was just suspended from school and is being charged with sexual assault.
#4 - Leinhart's dad, as well as Leinhart and Jarrett, his roomate, should have at least checked with USC to make sure their rent arrangement was legal under NCAA rules, but again, it had nothing to do with recruiting or getting these players to play at USC.
I think these incidents will be little more than a slap on the wrist for USC, as they should be, they were completely outside of the football team's knowledge/influence.
As for the conference hating, the fact of the matter is that the Pac 10 has not been a strong football conference over the past 5 years outside of USC....other teams have to have more than one good season consecutively, and it just hasn't happened in the Pac10. However, anyone saying that USC isn't good, or hasn't been dominant over the last 3 years, is kidding themselves.
The best NCAA football programs over the past 3 years have been USC, Texas, LSU, and Ohio State...and I'd say your top 5 for next year, right off the bat, is going to start with Ohio State and LSU - and yes, the media frenzy that always surrounds ND will probably have them in the top 5/6 too.