Who will win the Big Game?

[KG_CrimsonTrooper]

This is a showdown of Epic proportions, Will the VASTLY OVERRATED Texas Longhorns beat the Juggernaut USC in the rose bowl?



Will the USC win by more then the 7 points?



Will Vince Young actually have to play as a QB versus run the like the RB he usually plays as?

[KG_AGCent]

ehh.... Go Vikes!?

[KG_Cooper]

USC!! Baby!

[KG_CrimsonTrooper]

Texas' Brown, brother pick USC No. 1


Updated: 5:02 a.m. ET Dec. 6, 2005
Texas coach Mack Brown has been calling Southern California the No. 1 team all season and it wasn’t just talk.

Brown voted USC first in the final USA Today coaches’ poll — and so did his brother.

The ballots were made public Monday, a first for the coaches’ poll, which is used by the Bowl Championship Series in its standings formula.

The BCS had urged the coaches to remove the secrecy in their poll after the 2004 season, when Texas made a late surge in the polls to earn a Rose Bowl bid over California.

The coaches decided to release only their final ballots, which were printed in Monday’s editions of USA Today.

“I think it proves what we thought it would all along, which is that the coaches who vote in the USA Today coaches’ poll are thoughtful and committed to the balloting process,” Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Monday through spokesman Todd Bell.

The Harris Interactive poll, which was introduced this season to replace The Associated Press Top 25 in the BCS formula, also released its final ballots. The Harris panel is comprised of former college football players, coaches and administrators, plus some media members.

The AP media poll has always had transparency in its voting.

Brown had his Texas team No. 2, behind USC. The Trojans and Longhorns will play for the national title in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4.

UAB coach Watson Brown also had the Trojans first and his younger brother’s team second.


USC coach Pete Carroll is not on the 62-member voting panel. Twenty coaches voted for their own teams, with none straying too far from the consensus.

Among the notables, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano gave the Scarlet Knights (7-4) their only vote, putting them 25th on his ballot.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis had his team fourth, two spots ahead of Oregon (10-1). The Fighting Irish (9-2) were ranked No. 6.

Oregon coach Mike Bellotti put the Ducks fourth and Notre Dame ninth. Oregon finished No. 5 in the final regular season poll, but Notre Dame earned a bid to the BCS and Oregon did not.

Texas received seven first-place votes to USC’s 55.

Three of the seven coaches who voted for the Big 12 champions were from conference rivals — Colorado’s Gary Barnett, whose team has lost twice to the Longhorns this season by a combined scored of 112-20, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy and Iowa State’s Dan McCarney.


The others who had Texas on top were San Jose State’s Dick Tomey, who was defensive coordinator at Texas last season, TCU’s Gary Patterson and Florida State coach Bobby Bowden.

Penn State was No. 3 on all but two ballots. Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione had Notre Dame third and the Nittany Lions fourth. Arkansas coach Houston Nutt had Auburn third, just ahead of Penn State.

Auburn was No. 7 in the poll. Tigers coach Tommy Tuberville had his team fourth.


Other votes that went against the norm were:

SMU coach Phil Bennett had Oregon 15th.
Ohio coach Frank Solich placed LSU fifth, 10 spots ahead of Georgia, which beat the Tigers 34-14 in the Southeastern Conference championship Saturday.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier had Notre Dame 14th, his own team 21st, and in-state rival Clemson 24th. The Tigers beat Spurrier’s Gamecocks 13-9 to close out the regular season.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10339420/from/RS.5/

[KG_Koz]

Both teams will fumble and intercept their way to oblivion (who really cares which one actually wins the game as long as it is ugly) and PSU is gonna sneak into the national championship. Go Lions!

Well.....i gotta pray for something!

[KG_Soldier]

Well... just to show how out of touch with reality Trojan Fever has gotten Noggs errr Andy: this season -- Vince Young 182-285 64% 2927 yds 26 TDs 10 Ints QB rating of 168.6 (top in the nation) 136 rushes for 850 yds 9 TDs -- Matt Leinart 254-391 65% 27 TDs 7 Ints rating 158.2 (7th in the nation) 12 rushes 45 yds 1 TD. So, you say Vince is more of a running back than a QB Andy? Without question, the team that scores the most points will win the game. By the way, Texas' Defense ranks #6 in the nation, while USC's is #40. USC's offense is #1 in the country, while Texas' is #3. May the best team win.

[KG_CrimsonTrooper]

Texas's defense has played the likes of who? thats my point, USC is a POWERHOUSE offensively... You won't be able to shut them down, lets be real Marky Mark, Texas has NEVER faced an offensive Juggernaut like USC. The division you play in is overrated and the proof will be in the pudding come Jan 4th. The big 12 is playing off its reputation of old... nothing special in the last 5 years.

If USC wasn't the best TEAM in college football why did the Texas coach not follow suit with all the other morons that put USC 2nd or 3rd, because he knows greatness when he see's it.

P.S. I already love the fact that the Longhorn defense launched the first salvo saying that they are going to DOMINATE USC.... I just hope they learned how to spell their names while going to Texas because after the Rose Bowl Wendy's and KFC frown on misspelled applications......

[KG_Soldier]

Mack Brown is smart Andy. He doesn't want USC to have any extra motivation, and honestly, USC is the 2 time defending National Champs and deserve to be RANKED #1. It doesn't mean diddly squat. And that High powered Fresno State offense put up what 42 on USC? I would say it's a much more reasonable statement to say USC hasn't faced a offense that comes close to being in Texas' league. Vince Young throws a TD pass with 10 seconds left to make the final score Texas 49 USC 47. And you didn't even address your statement about Young as a running back more than a QB!

[KG_CrimsonTrooper]

Originally Posted by KG_Soldier

Well... just to show how out of touch with reality Trojan Fever has gotten Noggs errr Andy: this season -- Vince Young 182-285 64% 2927 yds 26 TDs 10 Ints QB rating of 168.6 (top in the nation) 136 rushes for 850 yds 9 TDs -- Matt Leinart 254-391 65% 27 TDs 7 Ints rating 158.2 (7th in the nation) 12 rushes 45 yds 1 TD. So, you say Vince is more of a running back than a QB Andy? Without question, the team that scores the most points will win the game. By the way, Texas' Defense ranks #6 in the nation, while USC's is #40. USC's offense is #1 in the country, while Texas' is #3. May the best team win.

Like all Texans, you round up figures to make your point...

The Longhorns starting RB Vince Young stats:
RATING: 168.56 YDS: 2,769 TD: 26 INT:10 SACK: 13

CMP:182 ATT: 285 CMP%: 63.9


USC's starting QB Matt Leinart stats:

RATING: 158.29 YDS: 3,450 TD: 27 INT: 7 SACK: 14

CMP: 254 ATT: 391 CMP%: 65


Like I said before, if you want a REAL QB the choice is simple... Matt Leinart is your man.

When you need a running game there is only one......

THE stats for him are:

ATT: 187 YDS: 1,658 TD: 16

Fumbles: 0 REC: 31 YDS: 383 TD: 2

Him being : Reggie Bush

[KG_Soldier]

Total offense leaders in the NCAA this year: #1 USC, #2 Texas, #3 Texas Tech. And yes, we did shut down Tech.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!