LSU fans vote for Team of the Decade
Thanks for the link. It validates my point.
Yeah, I don't necessarily disagree with LSU being the team of the decade. I do think USC is far closer than people here think, and I do believe a case could be made either way. I think USC has been flashier (Matt Leinart vs. Matt Mauk and Matt Flynn) (Reggie Bush and Lindell White vs. Justin Vincent and Jacob Hester) and that gets them a lot of pull from the media. I wouldn't have it at 80%, I'd have it closer to probably 55% or so, but I would lean towards LSU. But, and this is a big but, there's still 2 more years in the decade for someone to truly distance themselves from the pack either way.
As for some of the Miami comments above...well, the last 3-4 years or so have ended their case barring a dramatic turnaround in 08 and 09 (at least in my book because they lack the consistency), but let's not forget just how incredibly dominant those Miami teams the first few years of the decade were. They won a BCS title, and literally had the second stolen from their clinches due to an awful, and delayed, call by an official. Those teams were dominant, and the players in the NFL and the impact they had just goes to show how purely talented those teams were.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jy51IvIL30&feature=related