I remember... 6 years

Stealing this from GarryP's post on WeAreSC, (and it's just 6 years for me, cause I'll admit, I didn't follow USC, let alone college football until I got to SC. But am I a bandwagon fan for jumping aboard my freshman year at the school, which happened to be the 2003 national championship year? Find me next September at the Coliseum with my 2010 football season tickets...):

2003:

• My first taste of USC football, the 2003 season opener at #6 Auburn. Watching the game in the common area of New/North dormitory. Free pizza (mmm pizza). Matt Leinart's first career pass being a touchdown to Mike Williams. Dominating a team that had Jason Campbell, Ronnie Brown, and Carnell Williams in the backfield.
• My first taste of the Coliseum, the 2003 home opener against BYU. Jumping out to a 21-0 lead before the Cougars stormed back with 18 straight. Leinart's 3 picks and the boos from the crowd. The Trojans scoring 14 points to end the game. The first smell of victory dogs.
• Beating Hawaii 61-32. Seeing Hawaii play live for the first time, in Los Angeles ironically. Timmah Chang.
• Losing to Cal in triple overtime. Watching the Gamecast while working in the computer lab at King Hall, cheering as the Trojans came back from down 14 and being depressed when we lost.
• Beating Notre Dame 45-14 in South Bend.
• #3 USC against #6 Washington State. To this day, I don't understand why there wasn't much hoopla over this game between two top 6 teams. Wazzu went on to beat Texas in the Holiday Bowl. 
• Beating UCLA 47-22, including leading 40-2 at one point. Seeing a male Bruin cheerleader waving the UCLA fan after they converted a blocked PAT into a safety, cutting the margin to 30-2. Mike Patterson rumbling 52 yards to score. Singing "Tusk" at a UCLA game.
• Beating Oregon State 52-28 in the season finale. Mike Williams' one handed catch. Singing "Pour Some Sugar on Me" at the end of the game, and saying "Beat the Sooners!" while "Conquest" played.
• Watching the BCS selection show the next day to see that Oklahoma, despite losing to Kansas State 35-7, would play in the Sugar Bowl against LSU for the BCS National Championship. Also the same day I lost faith in the BCS.
• Beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl 28-14. Leinart lateral to Hershel Dennis lateral to Mike Williams pass to Leinart for touchdown. Keary Colbert going beast mode on the Wolverine secondary. USC Trojans, the 2003 National Champions. Finished 12-1, #1 in the AP poll, Pac-10 champions.
  

2004:

• Beating Virginia Tech 24-13 in D.C. Reggie Bush announcing his arrival to the college football world with three receiving touchdowns. The Hokies would go on to win the ACC in their first year of membership.
• First weekender trip, a 31-28 win over Stanford. Being shocked by the Farm's long TD run to end the first half up 28-17. USC's comeback and defense smothering Stanford. Chanting "We are SC!" at the end of the game.
• Beating Cal 23-17. The stand. Cal drove the ball to the USC 9 yard line with about a minute and a half remaining. The sequence of plays went: Aaron Rodgers pass incomplete, Rodgers sacked for a 5 yard loss, Rodgers pass incomplete, Rodgers pass incomplete, ball game. Loudest I've heard the Coliseum. Ever. First time College Gameday came to the Coliseum, and it was hella fun. 
• Beating Oregon State 28-20 in the Fog Bowl. Watching the game at a Hooters. Dominique Byrd's one handed catch. Reggie's punt return.
• Beating Notre Dame 41-10 in the Coliseum. College Gameday came back!
  
• Beating UCLA 29-24 behind Reggie and on the strength of Ryan Killeen's five field goals. Dwayne Jarrett's crushing block on a Bruin defender on Reggie's first TD. Carrying oranges into the game and holding them up high after the game ended. Matt Cassel's most important play of his USC career: recovering an onside kick to seal the deal.
• Tom "The Bomb" Malone.
• Matt Leinart winning the Heisman Trophy.
  
• Beating Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl 55-19. Leaving no doubt. Watching the game and thinking how unreal it was that we were destroying the Sooners. Steve Smith going beast mode on the Sooner secondary. USC Trojans, the 2004 National Champions. Finished 13-0, ranked #1 in both polls, Pac-10 champions.

2005:

• Scoring 70 points in the home opener against Arkansas.
• Reggie Bush, lol.
• Trailing Arizona State 21-3 at the half. Missed the first half because of an engineering career fair. Huge comeback to win 38-28.
• Beating Notre Dame 34-31 in South Bend. Samardzija's punt return. Brady Quinn's drive to take the lead. 4th-and-9. Leinart to Jarrett. Leinart's gutsy audible in a loud (understatement) Notre Dame Stadium. Jarrett having blurry vision in one eye. Leinart fumbling out of bounds at the one yard line. Time running off the clock. The Bush Push. Charlie Weis getting a 10 year contract extension after losing this game.
• Revenge at Cal, 35-10. 
• Beating Fresno State 50-42. The wildest game I had seen in person (at the time). Reggie Bush going beast mode on the Bulldog defense. Punching my buddy in the face on accident after Darnell Bing returned an interception for a TD (called back for a penalty). 
• Beating UCLA 66-19. Too bad we paid for that a year later. College Gameday, woot. Yelling "Arizona" at them Bruins (they lost to them 52-14).
  
• Reggie Bush winning the Heisman Trophy.
• Vince Young beating USC in the Rose Bowl/BCS National Championship game 41-38. The only thing I remember is VY running towards us with 19 seconds left to put the Longhorns up 39-38. USC's 34 game win streak snapped. But I remember applauding the team after the loss. Nothing to be ashamed of after that one. Finished 12-1, ranked #2 in both polls, Pac-10 champions.
  

2006:

• Booty Booty Booty Booty rockin' everywhere!
• Beating Nebraska 28-10. College Gameday again.
• Losing to Oregon State 33-31. But it seemed like the turning point of the season after winning the previous three games by 7 points or less. The Trojans fell behind 33-10, then rallied for 21 straight points before Booty's 2 pt conversion was tipped at the line of scrimmage. But wasn't too upset after that loss.
• Beating Cal 23-9. It was a slugfest, yet included a 49 yard field goal by back-up kicker David Buehler. Gutsy fourth-and-2 call to up USC up by two scores from Booty to Steve Smith.
• Beating Notre Dame 44-24. Dwayne Jarrett went into beast mode on the Notre Dame secondary. College Gameday was there.
• Losing to UCLA 13-9 while ranked #2 in the nation, poised for a return to the national championship. This one hurt, and was probably where USC's dominance started to dwindle.
• Beating Michigan 32-18 in the Rose Bowl. Mario Danelo's last game. Dwayne Jarrett and John David Booty going beast mode on the Wolverine defense. Finished 11-2, ranked #4 in both polls, Pac-10 champions.
• Mario Danelo's death. Sigh, this one hurt. I may or may not have cried when I heard this.

2007:

• The missing man (kicker) formation after USC scored their first TD against Idaho. Get the chills everytime I see the video.
• Rolling over Nebraska 49-31. The team got to cocky, as you could tell after escaping Washington 27-24 and....
• Losing to Stanford 24-23. Disgusting. Booty broke a finger on his throwing hand, and golden boy Sanchez apparently wasn't ready to play. Against Stanford. A 43 point underdog.
• Beating Notre Dame 38-0 in South Bend.
  
• Losing to Oregon 24-17. USC's Pac-10 reign should have ended after this. Then Dennis Dixon's knee exploded.
• Weekender at Cal, winning 24-17. The driving rain made for an awesome atmosphere. I was soaked and chilled to the bone, yet we won, so all was good.
• Beating UCLA 24-7. Singing "Tusk" at the end of the game. Revenge never felt so good.
• Beating Illinois in the Rose Bowl 49-17. Rey Maualuga going beast mode on Juice Williams in the second quarter. Finished 11-2, #2 in the coaches poll, #3 in the AP poll, Pac-10 champions.

2008:

• Mark "Dirty" Sanchez making his debut at Virginia, winning 52-7.
• Beating Ohio State 35-3 in the Coliseum. Let down game coming in 3, 2, 1,
• Losing to Oregon State 27-21, falling behind 21-0. I guess coming out flat is very trendy for this team.
• Beating Notre Dame 38-3 in the Coliseum. Missed this game (Vegas).
• Beating UCLA 28-7. Back to the scene of the crime, getting sweet revenge against the Bruins.
• Beating Penn State in the Rose Bowl 38-24. Yeah not really a remarkable year after beating Ohio State and losing to Oregon State. Finished 12-1, #2 in the coaches poll, #3 in the AP poll, Pac-10 champions.

Not a bad list at all. Probably a lot more memories that I'm missing. One down year is not bad at all, and Pete doesn't face too much flack for beating Notre Dame and UCLA. A lot of teams would kill to have an entire history with these accomplishments, let alone a six year stretch. And I didn't even list the 2002 season, with a Pac-10 championship, finishing 11-2, ranked #4 in both polls, and Carson Palmer winning the Heisman. Next year, we lose a lot again (entire secondary, Damian Williams), but hopefully the coaching staff won't have too much turnover. The schedule is easier, but I like that fact that there is no marquee matchup that the team gets super pumped for, avoiding having a slump or hangover after that game.

UCLA fans will now light themselves on fire.