Reggie Bush vs Lindell White

[skinsfanthru&thru]

I still need to see more of both Leinert and Young and their accuracy with deeper and intermediate throws before I get my expectations for both players too high and drool all over myself. As I said last night/this morning Young definitely impressed me last night but there is absolutely no way he comes close to those type of stats in the nfl with the much higher level of speed and power of defensive players. even Vick who is a vastly superiour runner has yet to come even close to 200 yards rushing in a game much less 200 yards rushing and passing. Bush I think will be a special player but will need a reliable rb to help keep him from getting worn down and White seems like a reliable rb u could organize an offense around. last nights game showed how much USC misses all of the players they lost on the defensive side of the ball to the nfl by playing scared against one of the most potent offensive weapons the past 10-15 years especially on the ground.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Vince Young is who Michael Vick WISHES he could be.

[FRPLG]

I'd like to point out that while Vince Young certainly looked great tonight the type of things he did won't necessarily translate to the NFL. What he basically did all night was exploit what looked like a completely overmatched defense that wouldn't cover the pass for fear of Young running and wouldn't really cover him running for fear he would pass. He had a couple really good runs but not every run was an OMG type run. Often times he simply had 20 yards of room to run and no one close by. Other times he did just run guys over but hell he is a big guy and I'll give him a lot of credit for that. As for his throwing, the USC secondary looked ridiculous bad. I think Young is going to be a very good NFL QB but I think tonight maybe his stats were inflated by simply playing against what looked like a poorly prepared defense. In the NFL he'll very rarely play a team that wont cover one or the other tight. One thing Vick had the Young didn't show(not that he doesn't have it though) was a serious ability to make guys totally miss in an OMG way. Vick was on such an overmatched talent team that he often had to make ridiculous moves to avoid tackles. Young didn't have to do that much. He pretty much hit seams, picked holes and ran it to house with ease. He didn't look too challeneged all night. I'd prefered to see him challenged at least.

Now Texas's defense on the other hand looked prepared. They shut down and took out of the game the best RB in the country to the point that USC didn't even bother getting him the ball in 4 and short situations. That's what a prepared defense does in college. It takes away the biggest weapon by over-committing and hoping they can outscore them. That's the difference between USC scoring 55 and USC scoring 38.

[djnemo65]

If Michael Vick was the prototypical QB of the future, Young is version 2.0. He's as good or even better at scrambling than Vick, plus he was the nation's most efficient passer this past year. This equals scary, scary stuff.

Leinert versus Young last night looked like a Model-T versus a Viper.

[sportscurmudgeon]

There are at least a half dozen "LenDale White-style" running backs in the NFL and they are very valuable commodities.

The likes of a Reggie Bush only come along once every few years.

That's why if you have the chance you take Reggie Bush and go to church and light candles to pray that he doesn't get a career ending injury.