Surely the conversation would turn to this.
It's only natural when college football's most outstanding player arrives in an NFL city with a 2-10 team.
Upon his crowning as the 71st Heisman Trophy winner, Southern California running back Reggie Bush really had only one question to answer: What do you think of New York?
"The city is great. I love the whole East Coast atmosphere," he said Saturday night from the podium at The Hard Rock Cafe.
OK, so there was another question to answer: Could you see yourself playing for the Jets next year?
Here it is, Jets fans. The biggest question of the year. The Bud Fox "Life all comes down to a few moments" moment.
During his televised acceptance speech, Bush mention how teammate Matt Leinart's decision to return to school after winning the 2004 Heisman Trophy changed his life. Joe Benigno had three heart attacks.
Could Bush seriously be thinking about returning for his senior year at USC?
Bush reiterated the Leinart factor again a half-hour later at the news conference.
Well, flush those nitroglycerine pills down the toilet.
"I could definitely see myself being here," Bush said.
Of course, no official decision has been made, er, announced. That won't happen until after Jan. 4, 2006, when Bush leads the Trojans into the Rose Bowl for the national championship game against No. 2 Texas.
(QUICK HIT: In the one-on-one portion of the news conference, it was all Bush and all Leinart. No sign of Vince Young, the Texas QB and Heisman runner-up. He was depressed at the podium and out of sight now. What a shame. He's had a great season.)
Bush is reportedly going to be at the Jets-Raiders on Sunday afternoon. This is good. This is bad.
We should eschew the J-E-T-S JETS! JETS! JETS! chant since they are 2-10 and woefully bad. We should adopt, if only for this particular afternoon, a B-U-S-H BUSH! BUSH! BUSH! chant.
Let's make the West Coast native feel at home over here. Give him the type of fan embrace we gave to Chad Pennington in 2002. Could be good practice for 2006.
Much of the grill talk at Giants Stadium on Sunday will be about how the Jets need to draft Bush. But the better chatter is how should the Jets handle the game. Should they play as well as possible and win, just to show Bush a good time? That could create unnecessary heartache for Jets fans as a third victory almost assuredly punts away the No. 1 pick.
Or should the Jets do what they've done 10 of the last 13 Sundays, score a few points, lose the game and give Bush caviar dreams of how great an impact he could make in green next season.
Of course, this is not college recruiting. Only, it is college recruiting. This is going to be dicey.