# Rose Bowl - (#1) USC vs. (#2) Texas - Stand Up and Be Counted! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825 "2005-12-31T05:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/41 "2006-01-05T03:10:08Z")
Halftime… Texas - 16 USC - 10 I hope Ashlee Simpson is at least 3000 miles from here. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/42 "2006-01-05T03:10:59Z")
You have some play-by-play experience there, Yeti? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/43 "2006-01-05T03:17:52Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Halftime… > > Texas - 16 > USC - 10 > > I hope Ashlee Simpson is at least 3000 miles from here. I’m not sure that listening to the USC band playing Michael Jackson is any better. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/44 "2006-01-05T03:22:37Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I’m not sure that listening to the USC band playing Michael Jackson is any better. Trust me…it is. Just look at [last year’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295226) thread, starting at post #5. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/45 "2006-01-05T03:25:51Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > You have some play-by-play experience there, Yeti? 😃 Well, Mike…Texas has certainly has mastered the crotchgrab and are picking off Trojan passes like a…like someone pulling off a Trojan after a score. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/46 "2006-01-05T03:28:04Z")
Another thought…As I recall the Rose Bowl only allows the team bands to play during the half…kind of refreshing after last year’s debacle. They don’t sound great…but they do sound better than somebody lip-syncing (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/47 "2006-01-05T03:37:40Z")
That’s better…USC stiffens and stops Texas early in the drive. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/48 "2006-01-05T03:47:02Z")
SC powers their way down the field with Lendell White making two great runs to finish it. USC - 17 Texas - 16 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/49 "2006-01-05T03:47:53Z")
Nice run by Lendale White (not the TD run, the one right before it) Those missed PATs will ALWAYS come back to haunt you. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/50 "2006-01-05T03:51:54Z")
Texas is back to their successful no-huddle offense…lanky Young falls down at the 35 of USC. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/51 "2006-01-05T03:54:56Z")
Another for the whiners ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/52 "2006-01-05T03:55:18Z")
Young scores, and for the life of me, I don’t understand why they couldn’t run one more no huddle play for the 2 pointer… Texas - 23 USC - 17 ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/53 "2006-01-05T03:58:08Z")
Vince Young is looking like the best player in the nation. If he declares I really hope the Saints go after him instead of Leinhart, who supposedly looks to be planning an Eli if we do draft him. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/54 "2006-01-05T04:01:01Z")
Well, Leinart is starting to get back to true form and taking USC down the field. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/55 "2006-01-05T04:03:54Z")
Damn, Lendell…give em a slight chance to tackle you! USC - 24 Texas - 23 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/56 "2006-01-05T04:04:40Z")
LenDale White is having a hell of a game. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/57 "2006-01-05T04:05:58Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Well, Leinart is starting to get back to true form and taking USC down the field. He looked good at the start of the 1st half, too. Before he realized he was in a game… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/58 "2006-01-05T04:11:07Z")
Well, he did take two hard hits to the head in the 2nd… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/59 "2006-01-05T04:13:34Z")
USC does have a dang fine offensive line, I’ll give 'em that. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825/60 "2006-01-05T04:16:28Z")
Gah, I hope the Texans get that kicker [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl-1-usc-vs-2-texas-stand-up-and-be-counted/337825.md?page=4)