Again, I'm not garunteeing a Texas win, but WHY do people think Texas will get killed? I think IF Texas loses it will have been a good, close game. Yes, USC has a super offense, but Texas is right up there too. They are even ranked HIGHER than USC in 3 or 4 offensive categories. Both offenses are high power and very capable of putting up big numbers, the big difference maker is DEFENSE, in which Texas BY FAR takes the cake. Txas has a GREAT D, USC has apretty bad D. Since Texas has a top 10 ranked offense AND defense, and USC only has a top ranked offense and like a 50s-ish ranked D then IN THEORY (yes, i know a theory doesn't mean a win) Texas should be able to edge out USC because Texas is the complete package. People will argue that USC's offense is much better than Texas, which may be true, but it doesn't garuntee a USC victory because with that logic Texas' defense is MUCH much better than USC's, and their offense is close to USC's, giving the edge to Texas. If the game tries to be a shootout between the two higher powered offenses then I believe Texas will take it just because their defense will be able to come up with more stops than USC's defense will. Again, I'm not saying Texas or USC will crush the other, or Texas will shut out USC or anything else like that, I'm just saying that I HIGHLY doubt it will be a blowout and I think Texas will be able to get more KEY stops than USC and thus edge them out and win the game.