This doesn't really affect Texas at all. Win or lose for USC, Texas would pretty much have to win out to get to the NC.
I'm a Cowboys and Notre Dame fan, I can't take these games man. ND's first loss was in OT, and then they have a win vs. possibly the greatest team ever assembled in their grasp and let it fall away. Not to mention the SD, WAS, SF, and OAK games the Cowboys have put me through. Bad hearts run in my family.. I'm only 20, but come on, enough..