honzie said:
I saw it very differently. Texas got a bunch of awful spots in the 1st quarter, had an INT that wasn't even reviewed and allowed USC to tack on an important FG before the half, the facemask on the final drive was the definition of a 15 yd facemask, Lendale White fumbled on 3rd down, Steve Smith's catch hit the ground in the 1st or 2nd quarter. The ONLY call Texas got was Young's knee being down. Everyone forgets they would've had 1st and goal and as we saw USC couldn't stop them anyway. Rushing the PAT to avoid replay cost Texas a PAT that could've cost them the game.
whormoan said:
Texas got 1 bad spot, maybe, early on. The interception was not one, he had the ball in his hands while up it the air (for a long time it seemed) but when his body landed there was no concrete proof of posession. Plus you have that thing where they need to "demonstrate a football move" to prove posession, he never had that chance. PF or 5yd Face mask didnt matter in the end, they still got the first down which was the crucial factor. That in fact was the key play of the game as it turns out. Another missed call was early in final drive, Texas OL pretty much tackled USC DB from behind who was bearing in on Young, no flag on that. Saw another blatant hold in first half but those are going to occur in every game. Big blunder of the game was knee down/forward lateral not called. It might have only been a FG instead of TD. Or being that Texas fumbled so many times maybe neither!!! Bottom Line -- 2 VERY evenly matched teams, Texas had the biggest number on scoreboard at games end.
