Bowl Predictions from Donald Miller and Jordan Green
Don: Texas. My roomate and I went to see Texas play Rice last year in Austin. It was great memory. Texas is due for a national championship, and I have to believe they are hungrier than the Trojans. Vince Young is a determined quarterback, and he is going to want to show the world that he means more to his team than Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush put together. I think Texas wins this by a narrow margin.
Jordan: USC. I really like Vince Young. He seems like a nice guy. The Longhorns have blown through almost every opponent this year, with the notable exception of Ohio State. USC’s games have been closer, with narrow-margin wins against Fresno State and Notre Dame. All in all, it looks like a match-up similar to last year’s national championship game between USC and Oklahoma, a game that USC won handily. I’m not impressed by blowouts. I’m impressed by teams that win games when the pressure is on, and anyone who watched Matt Leinart carve up Notre Dame’s secondary on their winning drive, and anyone who watched the confident swagger as USC went for a touchdown with seconds left in that game, knows that the Trojans are built to win this game.
I’m biased, though. My girlfriend is a USC grad, and they are a PAC-10 team. I wouldn’t mind seeing smarmy Pete Carroll suffer, but Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart are unstoppable, and they’re surrounded by incredible talent. This will either be a great game or USC will blow Texas away. Either way, USC will walk away with their third straight national championship.
Final Score: Texas wins, 41-38
Donald Miller is the chairman of The Burnside Writer’s Collective and the author of “Blue Like Jazz”, “Searching for God Knows What”, “Through Painted Deserts” and the upcoming “To Own a Dragon”. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Jordan Green is the editor of burnsidewriterscollective.com and The Ankeny Briefcase. He is a rabid Ducks fan, making sure to watch every game, even if that means sitting with a bunch of Oregon State fans in a smoky sports bar.
File Under: The Day Don Knew the Future
Posted on December 5, 2005 2:35 PM
