Congrats to the Longhorns. Young was impressive. Not to take anything away from his performance, but USC gave this game away. It is hard to be mad at Carroll after all he has done to build this team, but how on earth did they let that TD in the 2nd quarter go unchallenged? Anyway, I'm glad it was a good game.
Had it not been for a LUCKY bounce out of bounds on a fumble, USC would have lost to Notre Dame. Fresno State almost beat them, and they lost 5 games this year.
USC did have a very good team this year, the best of the last three teams...but according to the stats, and the score, Texas BEAT them. Carroll made the ONLY decision that could be made on the 4th and 2...I respect him for that...shows guts and confidence in his team.
Bush made a boneheaded decision on the latereal, etc...but the stats still show that Young completed 75% of his passes (USC almost the same), Young ran for 200 yards, and that Texas averaged 8.3 yards per carry rushing. (300 rushing yards). The stats do show a close game, as it was...but the advantage, along with the score, fall to Texas.