[rockthecasbah]

I'm not referring to the final UT drive. In the first half, SC was deep in UT territory 3 times. Bad offensive play calling and that confounded Bush lateral cost SC 3 scores in the 1st half. SC should have been up by 3 scores and have had the game put away by the time Vince made his final drive. The final UT touchdown would have been academic.

As good as UT defense is, SC could pretty much score at will against them with a short pass and running attack.

[willyd]

You could say the same thing for UT...they were in the zone several times and missed or settled for field goals. UT took the game, they didn't just benefit from USC's mistakes. That would be like saying that USC didn't beat Fresno State, (who could score at will on USC that game), they just benefited from Fresno State's mistakes late in the game. You had a great run, but you have to give it up to UT. Saying that UT just lucked out sounds like sour grapes to me.