I'm talking they are better as in Madden better... they'd be rated higher. Faster, bigger, stronger (in my opinion). I just saw them do what they wanted when they wanted... but then you see shit like that TE for Texas dive from his knees for that grab, and the defenders getting IVs put in them from dehydration, and you're right... football is life to them. So they left it all on the field, and ended up winning, because it took everything they had to win. It was very sexy.
But yeah as I said, Madden better... they'd have better speed, strength, and all that, USC would... these guys on USC are all rated like, top of the country... I dunno, the defense for Texas didn't impress me... no pass rush, couldn't really stop USC's #1 WR or Reggie Bush... but they had nonstop hustle... at the end where they're like "Well this guy right here, he's a freshman stepping in since everyone else is on the sideline," and he worked his ass off as well.
That Sweed kid is pretty good, but the USC WR was sick. Texas has no running game (compared to Bush and White), and USC had a consistent pass rush, which Texas didn't seem to have. The secondaries seemed equal to me (both got shredded -- and with I think three high picks in the USC secondary, they played horribly)... the kicking position is definitely unequal... and as far as I know, Leinart is the defending Heisman winner and supposedly the best QB in the country. Doesn't mean he's a better leader, athlete or competitor than Vince Young... but hey... he's a great QB! (so I've heard)...
But you are right that it's debatable... that it's all hype... I guess I'm going off the assumption that most of the hype has grounds in reality, though who knows.
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