USC is good because of TWO guys.
Leinhart and Bush.
Without those two, they MIGHT be ranked 15 or 16.
Dwayne Jarrett is pretty good.
I seem to remember some NFL teams that win with a combo of 3 outstanding players and a collection of good ones.
And one of them (Leinhart) is taking ballroom dancing classes this year (this is no joke) so that he can lead his team to a third national championship. At least in the SEC, football players graduate and move to successful careers in the NFL. The USC quarterback, on the other hand, enrolls for ballroom dancing.....LOL
Leinhart and Bush.
Without those two, they MIGHT be ranked 15 or 16.
Even this USC grad can't disagree. However, I'm not sure. Their recruiting classes keep getting the top marks in the country, so nobody knows for sure what the folks on the bench can do.
It's doubtful that they have Reggie Bush II on the bench, though. A talent like that is more like a once in a generation thing.