USC's best: Marcus Allen is the Trojans' ultimate achiever
Is Marcus Allen USC's greatest football player ever? That's a tough question. Is he the greatest achiever ever?
Yes he is. We explain:
On Monday, we noted that SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic openly asked a USC football question on social media. Cubelic wondered who is the best football player USC has ever produced. We're going to walk through a lot of possible answers, not trying to settle the debate so much as unpack it and give you ways of thinking about that question.
We start with Marcus Allen. If you were to make the claim that Marcus Allen is USC's greatest football player ever, here's how the argument would go: Allen is USC's greatest achiever -- not solely in terms of championships (that's Ronnie Lott with the San Francisco 49ers), but in terms of blending championships and awards. Marcus Allen won the 1978 national championship at USC.
He was on Rose Bowl-winning teams. He won the Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Raiders . He was Super Bowl MVP.