Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called the decision to strip USC of the 2004 BCS title "unfortunate." Carroll told 710 ESPN Los Angeles that the players on those teams still consider themselves champions. "Just watch the comments of the players. They know. They know who won and who didn't," he said. "You've heard from (Matt) Leinart and Lofa Tatupu and those kinds of guys, they all know. The whole thing is so unfortunate. It's just so far off-base, it's just too bad." USC was stripped of its title on Monday by The Bowl Championship Series after the Trojans were hit with heavy NCAA sanctions last year.