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Reggie Bush Says USC National Championship Reinstatement Next After Heisman Return | TMZ Sports
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6/12/2024
Reggie Bush says the return of his Heisman Trophy is only the start of the good news for USC football fans ... telling TMZ Sports this week he believes the reinstatement of the Trojans' 2004 national championship is coming up next.
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Welcome back to TMZ Sports, Mike and Mojo.
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Mojo, Reggie Bush, as we've covered here on the show, recently got his Heisman Trophy
00:13
back after more than a decade of fighting, of pleading with the NCAA.
00:19
It is now back.
00:20
The question is, Mojo, what was he doing with it?
00:23
And will that 2004 National Championship, Reggie, he led the way.
00:28
The University of Southern California, they won the Natty in 2004, Mojo.
00:33
Then after everything came out, when Reggie was alleged to have cheated and taken things
00:37
that he shouldn't have taken.
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We know that they stripped the university of that championship, Mojo.
00:43
So we actually recently ran into Reggie Bush out in Los Angeles, and we asked him those
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two very questions.
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Where's the Heisman?
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And are you getting the win back?
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How happy are you, man?
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I know you got that trophy back, but what's the feelings?
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What's going on?
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Where are you putting that?
00:58
This is what I always said it was going to happen.
01:01
I know, but where'd you put it?
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Oh, where'd I put it?
01:04
Yeah.
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It's at the crib.
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Somewhere cool, like display case?
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Where you can see it every day?
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Is it a paperweight?
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No.
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No, no.
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It has a place of esteem, you know?
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Yeah.
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Well, there's a lot of people that are wondering.
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Do you think that USC will get those wins back and the championship?
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Absolutely.
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Is there a motion to make that happen that you're privy to?
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I don't know.
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That's not us.
01:29
We'll see.
01:30
You going to get Ben Pump on that?
01:32
We'll see.
01:33
We'll see.
01:34
But you rectify?
01:35
But do you feel like that should be the next domino to fall?
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It should.
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We got some things in place.
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So we got some things working.
01:45
All right.
01:46
With Ben?
01:47
I'm sorry?
01:48
With Ben Pump?
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Yeah.
01:50
Oh.
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We got some things working.
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There you go, boys.
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We got some things working.
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All right.
01:55
Well, let's see.
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Do you think that USC will get those wins back?
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I think, as they probably should.
01:58
Well, first of all, I love how he's not.
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I love how he said nothing about where he's putting his Heisman, right?
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He's like, look here, pal.
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I just got this thing back after forever.
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No chance.
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I'm saying publicly which room in my house it is in so that somebody can break it and
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steal it, and then I have this thing for like two weeks.
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Absolutely no chance of that.
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Also, love that he had both pre-check and clear standing in that special line.
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You never know.
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That's the only way to trim.
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You never know much.
02:23
As far as getting back the Natty, I mean, there's kind of a precedent set now.
02:28
I mean, I understand it's two kind of completely different things, right?
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But if the Heisman committee gave him his Heisman back and that's the only reason you
02:37
had to cough up the Natty, there's now a precedent.
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There's now grounds to stand on to go ahead and give that back.
02:45
I mean, obviously, I felt like the Heisman was the bigger hurdle here, right?
02:50
Yeah.
02:51
The national title.
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He's not the only player on the team.
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He might have been the best player on the team, but it is a team sport.
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Right.
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There was a lot that went into that.
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It is not an individual award, no matter how good the best player on the team is.
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So I feel for those other guys, Mojo.
03:06
I feel for the other players on the team.
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Look, Reggie probably did what they accused him of doing, but it didn't help them on
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the field.
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It had nothing to do with them winning football games.
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They were the best team.
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He was the best player in college football.
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You've got 50-plus other guys on the team.
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Yeah, I think they should give it back to him.
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I really think they do.
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And like you said, now that the one hurdle has been cleared, we've forgiven Reggie.
03:31
We've given him the trophy back.
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I do think it's time that they probably give him those wins back.
03:36
Do you think they will, though, Mojo?
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That's, I guess, the better question.
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I think so.
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I think based off of the public reception to the Heisman, I think it's a matter of
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time before they give back the Natty for sure.
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We'll be right back.
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