Troy fecta: USC will win its third straight national championship with a glut of talent that's downright offensive

The season

at Hawaii               W    63-17
vs. Arkansas            W    70-17
at Oregon               W    45-13
at Arizona State        W    38-28
vs. Arizona             W    42-21
at Notre Dame           W    34-31
at Washington           W    51-24
vs. Washington State    W    55-13
vs. Stanford            W    51-21
at California           W    35-10
vs. Fresno State        W    50-42
vs. UCLA                W    66-19

The stats

INDIVIDUAL

Passing      Att.    Comp.    Yards    TDs    Long    Int.

Leinart       391      254    3,450     27      67       7
Booty          42       27      327      3      31       2

Rushing      Att.    Yards     Avg.    TDs    Long

Bush          187    1,658      8.9     15      76
White         177    1,178      6.7     21      46
Reed           19      137      7.2      1      43
Coleman        20       95      4.8      1      16

Receiving    No.     Yards     Avg.    TDs    Long

Jarrett        81    1,153     14.2     15      61
Smith          57      928     16.3      5      67
Bush           31      383     12.4      2      43
Byrd           25      274     11.0      0      52

TEAM

                                    USC     Opponents

First downs                         346           235
Rushing yards                     3,171         1,408
Rushing yards per game            264.2         117.3
Rushing TDs                          47            12
Passing yards                     3,792         2,728
Att.-comp.-int                440-283-9    412-240-22
Passing yards per game            316.0         227.3
Passing TDs                          31            18
Total offense                     6,963         4,136
Total offense per game            580.2         344.7
FG att.-made                      11-10          13-9
Punts-avg.                      31-41.6       59-41.5
Fumbles-lost                       18-6         31-15
Penaties-yards                   88-797        68-540
Sacks by-yards                   32-193         14-83
Third-down conversion pct.         .549          .371
Points per game                    50.0          21.3

Score by quarters           1      2      3      4    Total

USC                       146    142    164    148      600
Opponents                  67     68     35     86      256

TEXAS

Ohio State

The tone-setter for the season. Texas pulled out a victory over a legitimate top five team despite three turnovers. This was the first indication Vince Young had become a complete quarterback and the first glimpse of a new star: running back Jamaal Charles.

Oklahoma

Who's your daddy, Oklahoma? All those emasculations at the hands of the Sooners were stamped out. The victory over the 400-pound Stoops-zilla finally pushed the Longhorns to the other side of the hill, where life felt a lot simpler without a crimson-and-cream hangover.

Texas A&M

Yeah, we know it's a big rivalry and all. But, come on. The Aggies had one of the nation's worst defenses and V.Y. couldn't give us a little Heisman magic? The big question: an anomaly or an omen?