Bush, JoePa still proving their worth
Kyle Trygstad
Issue date: 11/28/05 Section: Sports
It was an exciting weekend for college football. The Heisman Trophy was all but handed out Nov. 19, a team on the rise fell back down and a living legend shut up critics.
To start, however, I'd like to talk about ABC play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger. It was recently reported he was charged with drinking a beer in a moving vehicle after the Sept. 17 Nebraska/Pittsburgh game that he announced. He was fined $144 and paid it to avoid appearing in court.
Let's give old Musburger a break here. If I had to work the game that had a final score of 7-6 and featured National Football League castoffs Bill Callahan and Dave Wannstedt as coaches, I wouldn't wait to get to the bar either.
In other news, Reggie Bush has proven once and for all he is the best player in college football. If you missed the Southern California/Fresno State game, you missed a whole lot. You missed watching Bush gain 513 all-purpose yards, including rushing, receiving and kick returns. And you missed watching USC barely hold on to a 50-42 victory and a 33-game win streak against a tough, fearless football team.
Fresno State was actually winning in the fourth quarter against the semi-pro-looking Trojans. Their special teams and rushing aptitude kept them in the game, but in the end Bush was just too much.
He rushed for 294 yards in amazing fashion. He appeared to be twice as fast and twice as quick as any player on the field. He was within an arms reach of opposing players on many of his runs, but was so fast they never laid a hand on him. His cuts, spins and jukes were reminiscent of Barry Sanders, and his speed that of Tony Dorsett.
One would think 513 yards in one game would be the record, but it only got Bush to second place. The record then is probably held by some great college running back of the past like Herschel Walker or Jim Brown, right? Try Emmett White of Utah State fame. His 576 yards on Nov. 4, 2000, shattered the previous high of 435 yards set by Central Michigan's Brian Pruitt six years earlier. The All-American White wasn't drafted and never played a down in the National Football League.
To start, however, I'd like to talk about ABC play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger. It was recently reported he was charged with drinking a beer in a moving vehicle after the Sept. 17 Nebraska/Pittsburgh game that he announced. He was fined $144 and paid it to avoid appearing in court.
Let's give old Musburger a break here. If I had to work the game that had a final score of 7-6 and featured National Football League castoffs Bill Callahan and Dave Wannstedt as coaches, I wouldn't wait to get to the bar either.
In other news, Reggie Bush has proven once and for all he is the best player in college football. If you missed the Southern California/Fresno State game, you missed a whole lot. You missed watching Bush gain 513 all-purpose yards, including rushing, receiving and kick returns. And you missed watching USC barely hold on to a 50-42 victory and a 33-game win streak against a tough, fearless football team.
Fresno State was actually winning in the fourth quarter against the semi-pro-looking Trojans. Their special teams and rushing aptitude kept them in the game, but in the end Bush was just too much.
He rushed for 294 yards in amazing fashion. He appeared to be twice as fast and twice as quick as any player on the field. He was within an arms reach of opposing players on many of his runs, but was so fast they never laid a hand on him. His cuts, spins and jukes were reminiscent of Barry Sanders, and his speed that of Tony Dorsett.
One would think 513 yards in one game would be the record, but it only got Bush to second place. The record then is probably held by some great college running back of the past like Herschel Walker or Jim Brown, right? Try Emmett White of Utah State fame. His 576 yards on Nov. 4, 2000, shattered the previous high of 435 yards set by Central Michigan's Brian Pruitt six years earlier. The All-American White wasn't drafted and never played a down in the National Football League.
