Even if you’re stupid you have to vote for Reggie Bush

By Sean Quinn

There’s only one way the BCS will get off the hook this year – if Reggie Bush doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy.

Fast forward 20, no 30 years from now. Suzanne Somers will cover the remaining five percent of her body in plastic, Freddy Adu will be one year away from reaching his potential and Flintstones Vitamins, not steroids, will be the latest drug used by MLB sluggers. More foolish, though, is the fact that the best college football player of most people’s lifetime didn’t win the Heisman Trophy. It’s just as foolish as Citizen Kane not winning the Oscar in 1941.That won’t happen, though. And even if it does, you should have faith in the fact that Vince Young or Matt Leinart will hand the trophy over to Bush at The Downtown Athletic Club next month.

The Trojan’s workhorse all but etched his name on the trophy with his 513 all-purpose yard performance Saturday night, in a 50-42 win against No. 16 Fresno State. That’s more than a half of 1,000 yards. Paris Hilton didn’t even know you could count that high. He shattered Anthony Davis’ school record and erased UCLA’s Maurice Drew’s name from first place on the Pac-10 record – by the third quarter.

And if you missed the game just watch the highlight from one of Bush’s two touchdowns. Better yet, go to your Play Station and hit the R1 button while running the football in Madden or NCAA. That’s a juke move. The move Reggie Bush put on the Bulldogs’ Tyrone Culver couldn’t even be pulled off in the fantasy world of Madden 2006. Bush jetted to the sidelines and came to a dead stop as Culver flew past him. No. 5 then cut it back diagonally across the field to complete his 50-yard touchdown. When he reached the end zone, it was as if he had just scored on a halfback dive, not the play of the year. He not only exudes greatness, he expects it.

Ask anyone who has played against, coached against or just witnessed the junior athlete over the course of USC’s 33-game winning streak and they’ll tell you the same thing. He’s the most explosive player in the game. From anywhere, on any down he can break it for a touchdown. He’s like a stick of dynamite, just waiting to explode. And as the game progresses, it seems like Pete Carroll just tosses matches onto the field to light the fuse.

He seems to go off just at the right time, too. Both of his touchdowns came in the third quarter when his team needed to take a lead. He shows up for the big games. He scored three times and put up more than 300 all-purpose yards against the Irish. Leinart may have made the game-winning touchdown and the key fourth down pass, but without Bush running out of his mind, Notre Dame is signing Charlie Weiss to a 50-year contract.

His 1,398 yards rushing might not knock you back, but considering he is sharing time with two All-Americans in the backfield (Leinart and LenDale White) it pops you in the jaw.

He is like the hot girl in high school. Just when you think he can’t get any more ridiculous, he does. And you better believe he’ll be a show stopper at the Big Ball. All his nay-sayers and Vince Young voters are those dorks on the loser wall. If you want to boogey, pick another dance.
Bush has the occasional blemish, though. He isn’t flawless but neither is Young, Leinart or Michael Robinson. Bush fumbled a kick return and Saturday night, leading to a FSU touchdown. But when you accumulate more total yards than the top contestant on “The Biggest Loser” a fumble once in a while is acceptable.

If Vince Young wants to win the Heisman he should come back to Austin next season. His 30 total touchdowns with three games to play will only earn him third place this year.

So if you’re tired of seeing USC on the front page of the Sports section every Sunday or watching their highlights at the beginning of every SportsCenter, that’s tough. They have deserved that right and Bush deserves the Heisman.