[cweese]

"USC out gained UT in both passing and rushing that day, as I recall."

You're half correct. UT fared better than USC in the rushing game.

"I would not define every loss as a choke."

Are you kidding? I'd most certainly define that loss by USC as a "choke", given the hype and obnoxious bias by ESPN and just about every other sports media outlet in the country for the month+ leading up to that game. "The 2005 USC team were the best college team, EVER" according to most of the "experts". It was a choke of the highest magnitude. And the sweetest victory by any Longhorn team in my lifetime.

[Michael.SF.]

See post #22. I corrected myself.

That game was one of the best ever and could have gone either way and almost did.

USC played a hell of game, the Longhorns were a step ahead of them at the end.

It was no where close to the choke job of Oklahoma to which I referred to earlier.