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CGB Hall of Fame: (1) 2009 Big Game vs (5) Cal/USC 2003

Taking down Andrew Luck and co. battles the mighty upset of the Trojans in '03

(1) 2009 Big Game

With less than two minutes on the clock and the 113th Big Game on the line in a battle of two top-25 teams, California linebacker Mike Mohamed etched his name in Big Game immortality.

Backed against the end zone and Heisman Trophy runner-up and future NFL quarterback, Andrew Luck, marching the Stanford offense down the field for a potential game-winning touchdown, Mohamed reached to the sky to intercept any thought of a Stanford victory.

"I just remember we had fought so hard," Mohamed recalled.