You know, if my memory serves me correctly, a few years ago there was this college football team from somewhere in the midwest who won every single game that they played that season and at the end of the season ended up in the championship game playing another team that was undefeated and to top it all was part of an "amazing" winning streak. Now, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the second team was a goliath with in-human speed, talent at every position on offense and a cocksure-edness about them, a swagger if you will, that by itself should have won the game before it ever actually made it on to the playing field. The first team, though also being unbeaten, had "struggled" to put teams away and had way too many "close calls" to really be considered a legitimate contender to unseat this "Best of All Time" football team.
And then came the kickoff. From the first series, OSU's defense showed what they were made of. Miami looked like "Oh, shit." The rest of that game and we all know the end result.
My point here is, Texas, statistically is a much better team than OSU in '02. OK, and Offensively, so is USC than Miami. But Texas is the best Offense/Defense combo in D-1A. Why are they considered the underdog? to me, this defies logic. If I were Mack and Vince and the rest of the longhorns, I would not say anything just as they have and use it as fuel for the fire. If I were USC I would want the media to shut the hell up. If anyone thinks that Texas isn't going to be prepared AND fired up for this game and going in to it expecting to win AND to prove a point, then they are delusional. It may not be a 40+ point ass whuppin' like they put on everyone else(except for us) but USC might be in for a long night. If Notre Dames(no spelling error) defense could bring USC back within our stratosphere, then I expect Texas can bring them down to earth. My prediction:
UT 38
USC 21