It's safe to watch ESPN again

ESPN, with great fanfare, asked fans last month to vote on where the 2005 USC team ranked among college football's all-time greats. The better question would have been where it measured up among 2005's greatest teams, and the answer, as we learned Wednesday, is no better than second.

For the record, I said back in November that the Trojans didn't look like a No. 1 team, and Texas confirmed my suspicions during the Rose Bowl, which had to be one of the most entertaining championship games ever.