Texas' Young Had Proved He, Not Bush, Was The Best

Reggie Bush v. Vince Young - In this particular game, yes Vince was better than Reggie.  The thing is, the game was played a month after the Heisman was awarded.  To that point, though, Reggie had been the better player.  

Personally, I think Reggie has shown some class by voluntarily giving up the Heisman he won in 2005 instead of forcing the Heisman Trust officials to take it from him.  I also think that USC didn't keep "institutional control" of things and surely someone within the organization had an idea or suspicion that something was going on that shouldn't be - yet he/she didn't step forward and try to correct the situation.  

As a result, the current USC football players and coaching staff are paying a serious and tremendous price for the lack of "institutional control" from the Reggie Bush era - with wins vacated and a championship vacated plus being put on probation, losing scholarships and not being eligible for any post-season play.  

Also, personally, I don't believe that all of the "improper benefits" that Reggie Bush accepted were his fault.  He was a young guy being offered these things and was susceptible to the temptation.  His family should've shown him some guidance and direction, but they didn't - instead, they accepted things they shouldn't have either - which ultimately wound up getting Reggie in trouble and declared ineligible by the NCAA.  

Texas' Young Had Proved He, Not Bush, Was The Best


http://www.prosportsdaily.com/comments/texas-young-had-proved-he-not-bush-was-the-best-408836.html


"In December 2005, Reggie Bush was awarded the Heisman Trophy in a ceremony at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York. Had Bush carried the trophy into Rose Bowl Stadium a month later in Pasadena, Calif., it would have been appropriate for him to call timeout to conduct a ceremony of his own, after a football game between the No. 1 Southern California Trojans and the No. 2 Texas Longhorns. The ceremony would have been brief. He asks Vince Young, the Texas quarterback, to join him at the podium, and in front of a crowd of 93,986, holding the Heisman Trophy aloft, he tells Young: "Take it. It belongs to you.'' Five years ago, Bush could have done what, in a way, he did Tuesday. He could"