TEXAS NOTEBOOK: BUSH-YOUNG FEUD PERCOLATES.

Byline: Walter Hammerwold Staff Writer

BEVERLY HILLS - If Texas quarterback Vince Young and USC running back Reggie Bush aren't the enemies the media has spent the past month making them out to be, they aren't exactly friends, either.

The usually articluate Bush stumbled through his words Sunday while trying to find diplomatic answers to questions about a potential feud brewing between the two.

``I wouldn't say there was an edge,'' Bush said when asked about their first meeting in New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation, ``but just that competitive nature inside of you. You want to win and obviously you don't want the other guy to win, but I don't think I was giving him the cold shoulder at all. I was sitting there talking to him.''

Young finished a distant second to Bush in the Heisman voting and has come under fire for comments he has made to the media regarding Bush's selection. Some reporters noted Young nodded to USC quarterback Matt Leinart but ignored Bush during the teams' trip Thursday to Disneyland, though that might have been more conjecture than fact.

Asked about his impression of Young, Bush said, ``I didn't see anything negative about him,'' but added, ``I surely didn't expect him to make the comments that he made in the paper.''

Bush's most direct response came when asked if he would have behaved differently had Young won the Heisman instead of him.

``It wouldn't have affected me at all,'' he said, ``because I don't feel like - although it's the most prestigous award in college football - I just don't feel like any award is going to dictate to me who I am as a person.''

--Highlights: After reviewing the tape, Longhorns linebacker Rashad Bobino said he believes USC's offense could be the greatest in the history of the sport. The redshirt freshman said he was most impressed by the speed with which the Trojans score.

``Watching the game film, it's like this is a highlight tape,'' Bobino said. ``This is not a game film.''