Adding Insult to Injury on Leno Show

Dan Goldman, a junior at USC, and a young Texas fan at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday were picked to take part in a segment Tom Arnold was doing for NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

Goldman and his Texas counterpart, each guaranteeing a victory, promised to show up on Leno’s show and sing the other school’s fight song if his team lost.

So on Thursday night, Goldman, wearing a Vince Young jersey, sang the “The Eyes of Texas” on national television.

“I guess that was my consolation prize,” he said.

Trivia time: Texas has had how many Heisman Trophy winners? Who were they and when did they win?

The big prize: Young, a guest on Leno’s show Thursday night, was asked if the Heisman should be awarded in January, after the bowl games.

“I got the biggest [award],” Young said. “I’ve got the national championship -- and get to be on Jay Leno.”

The secret move: USC alum Will Ferrell was another guest on the show and asked Young, “Why couldn’t we stop you?”

Young replied, “It’s the Texas two-step.”

One possible solution: Ferrell told Young, “You better watch out because I have two years of eligibility left. I talked to Coach [Pete] Carroll and told him I could be a blitzing outside linebacker.”

Success here: Of Young’s appearance on his show, Leno said during his monologue, “We were able to do what USC couldn’t do. We nabbed him.”

Say what? Radio talk show host Steve Mason, often on another planet, said, “If Vince Young turned pro, I wouldn’t draft him in the first round.”

Shark bite: Jerry Tarkanian, on his Sirius Satellite Radio show Friday, complained about schools scheduling weak opponents.

“I mean, it is absolutely sickening,” he said, “and it is a reflection on the athletic director.

“UCLA is a good example. I love Ben Howland, and he’s doing a great job, but, God, they’re playing some of the worst teams I’ve ever seen UCLA play.”

Old-time rock ‘n’ roll: The NFL plans to have 2,000 dancers on the field during halftime at the Super Bowl when the Rolling Stones perform.

Originally, the league was seeking dancers between the ages of 18 and 45.

Realizing this might not be the correct demographic group for the Stones, the league announced Friday that dancers older than 45 are OK too.

Looking back: On this day in 1972, the Bill Sharman-coached Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks, 134-90, for their 33rd consecutive victory, still the NBA record.

Trivia answer: Two. Earl Campbell in 1977 and Ricky Williams in 1998.

And finally: “My professional opinion, as Secretary of Education,” said Margaret Spellings, a Texas native, “is that Vince Young definitely needs to stay in school.”

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Larry Stewart can be reached at larry.stewart@latimes.com.