You know what hurt the most? USC 2006. That game was embarrassing on multiple levels. It was embarrassing because you could tell Callahan all but made a deal with Carroll. Something to the extent of 'Look, I know you'll beat us BADLY tomorrow, so if I play the blandest laziest game in my career, will you go easy on us?'
I'm still convinced that's what happened, because Callahan did absolutely nothing that game. Multiple times that game Zac Taylor looked like he wanted to stab Callahan in the eye, because he wasn't being allowed to try anything fancy. That wasn't just a bad game, that was a mockery of a game. I'll take a close but bittersweet loss like this over having to repeat that cancer of a season again.