... a man, stood on the peak of greatness and surveyed a kingdom that unquestionably belonged to him and bathed in the adoration of a public that fawned over his every move.

The other, a college football program, spent seven straight years as champion of their conference and no talk of the very best gridiron teams in the nation could be considered credible without their inclusion.

In good times, both the man and the football team shared the mantle of excellence and wore that distinction with pride and smug confidence.

Those times have passed.

Now Tiger Woods, for so long the unquestioned master of the links, and the USC Trojans, considered for almost a decade to be among the very best coll...

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