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Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton

Kevin Arbet - plays in Arena league, in all likelyhood would not make a CFL roster.
Collin Ashton - Playing in Europe - would not make a CFL roster
Sam Baker - was a NCAA rookie in 2004, it appears.
Darnell Bing - doesn't seem wanted in the NFL - at best on par with CFL starters.
John David Booty - Injured and redshirted in 2004. Too inexperienced at that point even if he wasn't.
William Buchanon - Bouncing around as a practice squad player in the NFL, at the very best, on par with CFL starters.
Reggie Bush - Probably would be the best RB in the supposed game.
Dominique Byrd - basically an NFL washout at the best point in his career.
Matt Cassel - was playing BASEBALL for USC in 2004, according to wikipedia, can't be on the team.
Shaun Cody - likely a bit better then any of the CFL players.
Fred Davis - freshman on 2004, didn't play much.
Sedrick Ellis - freshman, basically didn't play.
Matt Grootegoed - topped out being a CFL player that he is today.
Alex Holmes - likely would have been a decent player for the supposed game
Ryan Kalil - may have been ok, I still think its pushing it to think 19 year olds could match up with the strength of pro football players.
Ryan Killeen - Kicker, likely a little bit worse then the CFL kicker on the team.
David Kirtman - never caught on with any NFL team, but was good in 2004. Effectiveness in the supposed game might depend on which set of rules were being used.
Lawrence Jackson - seems like a good player in 2004, but again, was only 19 years old.
Dwayne Jarrett - seems like a good player in 2004, again, was only 18 years old.
Winston Justice - ok player
Jason Leach - NFL washout, at best, on par with CFL starters.
Matt Leinart - probably a better QB then the CFL players, but the margin wouldn't be very much, as the CFL QB would have more years of experience.
Oscar Lua - backup linebacker in 2004, never played a game in the NFL, wouldn't make a CFL roster.
Deuce Lutui - probobly an effective player for USC against a CFL team.
Tom Malone - punter, may have been slightly better then an average CFL punter, on par with the best CFL punters.
Clay Matthews III - Redshirt in 2004.
Fred Matua - never played in NFL, likely a small downgrade from a CFLer, even at his peak.
Chris McFoy - AT BEST, on par with CFL recievers.
Jason Mitchell - washed out of the NFL and the CFL
Fili Moala - Redshirt in 2004
Mike Patterson - may have been better then the CFL players he'd play against
Ryan Powdrell - washed out of NFL, would not be better than CFLers.
Drew Radovich - freshmen, don't think he played.
Chilo Rachal - Redshirt in 2004
LaJuan Ramsey - bouncing around NFL, Likely worse then CFLers.
Keith Rivers - would have been 18 in 2004
Frostee Rucker - may have been a good player is a supposed game.
Dallas Sartz - basically washed out of NFL, not better than CFL players.
Steve Smith - 2004 seems to be before his best playing days at USC
Matt Spanos - No NFL experience, CFL players would be better
Lofa Tatupu - probobly a good player for the USC team in the supposed game.
Terrell Thomas - reserve player in 2004 at USC
John Walker - not likely to be better then CFL players
Scott Ware - not likely to be better then CFL players
Chauncey Washington - academically inelligible, redshirted in 2004.
Lee Webb - wiki page in pretty undetailed, might be a good player.
LenDale White - probobly pretty good vs CFLers
Kyle Williams - played three games in NFL, may have been adequate in game.
Mike Williams - did not play in 2004
Thomas Williams - mostly special teams in 2004
Eric Wright - played at UNLV in 2004
Manuel Wright - backup in 2004, bounced around football, not likely better then CFLers.
Justin Wyatt - considering his writeup on Wikipedia, wasn't that good.

So, lets review here:

About 5 players that may be better then any CFLer, still for these players, a lack of experience and years of workouts would minimize the margin over CFLers.

About 7 additional players that may be around equal to an average CFLer. Again the experience thing though too.

That leaves about 30 positions on the roster where the CFL players would be better, and many of those positions would be significantly better, even before the lack of experience taken into account.

And we are talking about one of the best college teams of all time here! Do you seriously think that team would compete with a CFL team?

Remember, we can go by the future potential of players, we have to go by what they were in the college year.

Seriously, the CFL team would win by 10 touchdowns, every time.

All these players went on to be NFL Players.

Most of them never played a game. Or played only a couple of games. Practice roster players aren't CFL caliber, with perhaps a few exceptions.

Also, most CFLers did the same thing, many of them actually playing for a while in the NFL, at least longer then the average on your list. And then after it became clear they weren't going to make it, they went to seek the next best option, which is playing in the CFL. If all of the washed out players you listed were better than CFLers, many of them would have been contacted by the CFL to play. They weren't. I think that says a lot about their ability compared to most CFLers.