Could the USC Trojans beat the NFL Houston Texans?

Foxsports.com's Eric Moneypenny (http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5152628) argues yes. Gimme a break.

A team of College All-Stars might be able to beat the third string backups of the worst NFL team, but to think that the Trojans could take the Texans or Jets or 49ers is naive.

Moneypenny doesn't understand just how significant of a jump it is from one level of competition to another. Through a strange series of events I had the opportunity to play college basketball my sophomore year. I could have stayed on for the season, but after two days of practice, I concluded that: (a) my job at the church was worth keeping, and I couldn't have continued doing both (2) I was only going to get into games that were blowouts, and (3) I really didn't deserve to be on that level. Two guys on that team went on to play professionally, one drafted into the NBA, the other playing in the CBA or in Europe or something.

I've played against and watched players who absolutely dominated on a certain level, be it high school or college, and yet they ended up being mediocre or couldn't cut it at the next level.

Moneypenny's article assumes that several USC players will succeed on the NFL level. That remains to be seen. Even Reggie Bush will have to prove himself on the next level. Think of all the great players, including Heisman winners, who didn't live up to the hype in the NFL: Brian Bosworth, Andre Ware, Gino Toretta, Peter Warrick, and you can probably name others. Other sports are this way, too. For basketball, think of Ralph Sampson, Sam Bowie, Tony Kukoc, Billy Owens, Pervis Ellison, Raef LaFrentz, etc.

Moneypenny's logic assumes too much.

The Houston Texans, bad as they are, would annihalate the Trojans. After all, USC is barely undefeated in the college ranks, and imho will lose to the Longhorns in January.