Couldn't have had anything to do with that terrible call in the second. I don't mind if the team I'm rooting for loses legitimately, but the reffing was horrendous that game.

The reffing was better in that game than any of the other bowls I have seen all year (and I watched at least 8 complete and another dozen or so partial). Yes, the review booth did blow that one play, but with given the rhythm that they were in, you are kidding yourself if you don't think that Texas was going to score on that drive.

USC lost because at the end of the game they simply could not stop Vince Young. He jogged into the endzone untouched twice in the last 4 minutes of that game. In between runs, he was IIRC perfect passing. USC just did not have the giddyup to contain him.

/didn't really care who won, was slightly pulling for USC

Honestly, I thought USC did, all in all, look like a better team. (I was pulling for Texas) I think if they played 3 of 5 or 4 of 7, USC would probably come out on top. However, that's not how it's played. While I'm playing what-if, if there had been 3 more minutes... if USC didn't waste that time out at the end (or the ones earlier) or if... you get the idea. I was pleasantly suprised with the end, but it did seem that USC was the better team, but Young just managed to get it done when needed.

But, man, what a game.

If you can't hold a 12 point lead over the last 6 minutes of the game, you are not better than the other team. Period. This was one terrible comment by a QB who had, up to that moment, not experienced much losing. He better learn from it or his pro teammates, when criticized after a loss are going to forget to make the next block or catch.

Lienart sounded like a loser with this statement.