Quick: Name the best college football game you've seen. The 2005 national title game, Vince Young and Texas ending USC's bid for a third consecutive national title with a 41-38 thriller, right?

Me too. And guess what? USC and Texas are going to go at it again, though this time in a home-and-home regular-season series.

You'll have to wait until 2017 and 2018, but the good news is that by then the Trojans should have restocked their roster after NCAA sanctions.

USC will host the Longhorns in the Coliseum on Sept. 16, 2017, then the Trojans will play in Austin on Sept. 15, 2018.

The Trojans hold a 4-1 lead in the series with Texas, with wins in 1955 (19-7) and 1967 (17-13) in the Coliseum and in 1956 (44-20) and 1966 (10-6) in Austin.

But most folks only remember the game in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4, 2006.

Let us now pause and say "thanks" to each athletic department for having the guts to schedule a game like this. Lots of elite programs try to avoid tough nonconference games, but it doesn't get much better than USC-Texas.

Of course, a lot could change in seven years. By then, it's possible that elder statesman Lane Kiffin will be widely lauded as a distinguished pillar of coaching class, accomplishment and stability.

Hey, it's possible.