1.) When a top-rated college team (especially in football) loses to an unranked, inferior team. Fans of the team will then insist that the team still deserves to be top-ranked.
2.) Anytime when someone pulls of a major choke-job and refuses to admit it.
Examples of Pulling a USC:
2009: USC @ Washington
2008: USC @ Oregon State
2007: Stanford @ USC
2006: USC @ UCLA
2006: USC @ Oregon State
2003: USC @ California
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