Everyone seems to think Thursday’s “Reggie Bush Decision Day” is a joke, that there’s no way Bush is going to return to USC for his senior year. I’m not so sure.
Granted, the odds are that Bush will leave (some are saying he’s already hired an agent), if only because he’s the projected #1 pick, riding the Heisman wave and another National Championsh…oh, wait. That part didn’t go as planned. Had the Trojans beat Texas, Bush was gone for sure, a two-time champ and the draft’s top pick. But they didn’t. Now what? How important was that second title, how strong the determination to go out on top?
Knowing that he gave up his chance to go out a winner, Matt Leinart has to be questioning his decision to come back. Bush now has a second chance to slap the icing on his cake, maybe get that historical second Heisman, and write the storybook ending.
I can’t imagine turning your back on that kind of opportunity is an easy thing to do.
