If anything, that non-call cost Texas a point, because they were scoring on that drive regardless. Anybody could see that. Had they not been in a rush to get the kick off, they would've been up 7 instead of 6. Later in the half, you did see that Texas had an interception not called and naturally not reviewed? The announcers, as bad as they were, even noted that. USC got a field goal there. In the end, the officiating wasn't good, but it was at least balanced. USC got away with a ton of holding calls, especially on one of their later touchdowns.
Besides, if we're going back and talking about this, we've got to discuss if USC, with one loss to Notre Dame, is even in the Rose Bowl. Bush bent over and looked like he was pushing a stalled car when he blatantly assisted a stood-up Matt Leinart into the end zone for the winning score. It's been called many things in the media, but very few people acknowledge it was a horrific non-call and a blatant infraction of the rules.
http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2005/2005_football_rules.pdf
Page 117, Section 3, Article 2b: "The runner shall not grasp a teammate; and no other player of his team shall grasp, push, lift, or charge into him to assist him in forward progress."
In the NFL, USC loses because time runs out; according to NCAA rules they are penalized five yards and the down is replayed. So, what happens?
Stop whining and suck it up. Your guys simply are not as good as advertised. Until Reggie Bush and LenDale White can play a game in which their times tackled exceeds their number of times hit by a defender, I won't buy into them. Bush didn't make any special moves on his touchdown run. He wasn't even touched until he dove at the 2. White wasn't touched on his fourth down touchdown run. Between the two, White is the guy who will have better success in the NFL. Write it down. Somebody else said it best.
Keith Traylor could run for 1,000 yards behind that line. Following the regular NCAA season, the two leading backs in yards per carry among backs of over 1,000 yards were both from USC. Coincidence?
