In any case, the big trophy comes to Austin for the first time in 35 years: Texas 41, USC 38.

Aside from points, perhaps the most telling stats are these:

• USC total yards: 574
• UT QB and Heisman runner-up Vince Young total yards: 467 (200 rushing, 267 passing)

Actually, since we’re posting other stats, we’ll also provide this:

• Heisman trophies won by active USC players: 2 (Bush this year; Leinart last year)
• Heisman trophies won by active Texas players: 0.

(We’ll join the chorus once again pointing out, however, that the USC Trojans were not in fact competing for 3 in a row. They were the winners last year (despite Auburn’s record), but there were TWO champs the year before. LSU, much as it pains us to say it, was the other “title” holder that year.)