CBS Sports identifies the only team more hated than 2005 USC

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When USC football is rolling — something which hasn’t happened since Sam Darnold, at least in terms of championships — the Trojans are hated. When Pete Carroll had USC roaring two decades ago, the Trojans were despised. Accordingly, CBS Sports ranked the 2005 USC football team as the second-most-hated single-season college football team of all time. The No. 1 team, the only team placed ahead of USC? The 1986 Miami Hurricanes.

“The birth of ‘The U’ under Jimmy Johnson is when the Hurricanes truly became college football’s bad boys. On a team loaded with future NFL talent, Johnson essentially didn’t believe in suspensions and handled all disciplinary action ‘in-house’ — whatever that meant during a time of little to no NCAA regulation. That included several slap-on-the-wrist penalties for alleged shoplifting and fraud infractions involving his top talent. Miami’s swag wasn’t enough in the national championship game against Penn State after the Hurricanes infamously stepped off the plane in military fatigues. Heisman-winning Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw five interceptions, and the Hurricanes fell, 14-10, for their only loss of the season. Over five seasons with the Hurricanes, Johnson went 52-9 with a national title in 1987 and three top-3 finishes, putting together one of the greatest runs of all-time. The 1986 team, though, was the nastiest group.”

2005 USC didn’t really do anything to earn hatred other than win. Reggie Bush was the Heisman Trophy winner. Matt Leinart was the defending Heisman Trophy holder from 2004. USC had targets in the public eye, but they went about their business professionally.

Miami’s 1986 team wearing military camouflage outfits to a public Fiesta Bowl function — all while the clean-cut and well-mannered Penn State players looked on in surprise — was a blatant bad-boy move, a stunt designed to attract and increase hatred.

USC merely went about its business. 1986 Miami went out of its way to be hated. The Hurricanes really did try to be despised … and they certainly were. This selection by CBS is not unfair or inaccurate.

This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team was more hated than 2005 USC

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