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Trojan War (2015)

Trojan War (2015)

Documentary

Not every story has a happy ending

Release Date: 2015, October 13
Directors: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
Countries: United States of America
Production: ESPN Films, ESPN
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Snoop Dogg, Reggie Bush, Lance Armstrong, Matt Leinart, Pete Carroll, Vince Young, LenDale White

Overview:

When Pete Carroll took over the football program at USC after the 2000 season, the once-great Trojans were under siege. But thanks to his football knowledge, upbeat personality and recruiting skills, Southern Cal was soon back atop the college football world as home attendance skyrocketed, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush won Heismans and the Trojans put together a 34-game winning streak. As it would be later discovered, though, the program was committing sins that would result in lost scholarships, victories and one of those Heismans. But those revelations didn’t come until after the national championship game in the 2006 Rose Bowl between USC and the University of Texas. Featuring interviews with Carroll, Leinart and others inside the USC program at the time, “Trojan War” looks at Carroll’s nine-year USC reign through the prism of that game, considered one of the greatest in college football history. It was also the beginning of the end.

Keywords:

college american football american football southern california sports documentary college sports usc