USC proved in their regular season ending game vs. UCLA that their defense is adequate and their offense is diverse and deadly. Reggie Bush played a phenomenal game in which he ran for 260 yards and two touchdowns. Leinart was kicking hiney too, he finished the game with 21-for-40 for 233 yards with three touchdown passes. Lendale White finished the game with 154 yards rushing on 14 carries. White scored three touchdowns to break Charles White's school record with 54 for his career.
The argument people use to discard USC as legit are that the PAC 10 is offense happy and defense is a dirty word. If you would compare the records of this conference with others, it holds up nicely against the SEC and ACC. Texas on the other hand come from a gutter of a conference with a divisional champion called Colorado! This team sucks big time and can't even test the mettle of the Navy football team!!!
Texas has got a very good quarterback (who will not win the Heisman) a good coach (I think he's whiny but he can coach) and a very good defense (which deserves more credit than they're being given). My prediction is this: Both teams have about 4 weeks to prepare which will cause jitters. USC has more experience with big game jitters and at the QB position they have the most experience and that's an important edge. The make up of the game reads like this:
Vince Young has to take big risks to make something happen with his offense. Leinart has got more options in which he can go from West Coast to Spread offense in a blink of an eye.
I don't think it will be a blowout but USC will win a good match with a differential of 10-14 points. The reason why? UCLA had the offensive potential to make live difficult for USC, but things turned out another way. The USC defense is adequate where Texas is just darn near the best, but USC will be less time on the field as their counterparts. The Texas offense never had to reach deep except for 1 game against Ohio State. Texas hasn't played a team as good as USC and as deep as USC.
Therefore this USC dynasty will make history!
The biggest BS in the BCS saga is Notre Dame. This 2 lost game team goes to the Fiësta bowl after beating teams not in a top 25 or losing to them (Michigan anyone?). Charlie Weis telling people they played teams that were in the top 25 at that time makes him look even more stupid. By that reasoning there are at least 3 ACC teams that should get ranked higher and two teams in the PAC 10 and SEC. #$%^ you Charlie and the same goes for ND and greedy schools who stop the fans from seeing playoffs.
After this rant I will end on apositive note: Bush must win the Heisman and Young should be the no. 2. In any other year I would give it to Young but Bush is truly the mostelectrifyingg man on the field. And I'm happy to see Penn State (and JoePa) back where it belongs.
Seeya.
Mickel
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