Pasadena, Calif. ? Southern California was every bit as good as advertised, and the Rose Bowl was even more lopsided than expected, with freshman tailback Joe McKnight gaining 170 of USC’s 633 yards in a record-setting romp Tuesday, 49-17 over outmatched Illinois.

Sixth-ranked USC (11-2) tied a Rose Bowl record with the 49 points, and the total offense was a record, too. The blowout gave the Trojans 11 victories for an unprecedented sixth straight season and made them 5-1 in their last six bowl games, all of them BCS affairs.

The game featured 1,078 yards of offense. Despite the margin, things were truly competitive for a brief moment. Illinois’ Rashard Mendenhall broke a 79-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter to trim what had been a three-touchdown deficit to 21-10.

Capital One: Michigan 41, No. 9 Florida 35

Orlando, Fla. – Chad Henne threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns, Mike Hart ran for 129 yards and two scores, and Michigan sent Lloyd Carr out a winner by beating Florida for its first bowl win since 2003.

Henne, Adrian Arrington and Mario Manningham torched Florida’s secondary all game. Arrington caught nine passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns, and Manningham added five catches for 78 yards and a score.

Outback: No. 16 Tennessee 21, No. 18 Wisconsin 17

Tampa, Fla. – Erik Ainge threw for 365 yards and two touchdowns to keep No. 18 Wisconsin from joining Michigan as the only Big Ten teams to beat SEC opponents in bowl games three consecutive seasons.

Ainge completed 25 of 43 passes without a turnover to win MVP honors and help the No. 16 Vols (10-4) erase unpleasant memories of a 10-point loss to Penn State in last year’s Outback game.

Antonio Wardlow sealed Tennessee’s first 10-win season since 2004 when he intercepted Tyler Donovan’s deep throw intended for Paul Hubbard in the end zone in the final minute.

Sugar: No. 4 Georgia 41, No. 10 Hawaii 10.

New Orleans – There was no repeat of the Boise State Miracle. The Georgia Bulldogs were simply too big, too fast and too strong for the team from paradise.

Hawaii’s bid at perfection ended with a thud in the Sugar Bowl, where the black-clad Bulldogs took out their frustration at getting passed over for a shot at the BCS championship with a rout of Colt Brennan and the overmatched Warriors.

Getting a head start on next season on the first day of the new year, No. 4 Georgia (11-2) established itself as a leading contender in 2008 with a total whippin’ of the 10th-ranked Warriors (12-1), who cracked the BCS with an unbeaten run through the Western Athletic Conference.

They are perfect no more. This night was nothing but a four-hour-plus rendition of “Glory, Glory To Ol’ Georgia.”