Dallas ? Having elevated the University of Texas to a national championship, Vince Young can check that off his list and move on to the next task.

Restore pro football to the city of Houston. His city.

It has happened before. Texas’ Earl Campbell put the Oilers on the map a generation ago. Now is the time for Young to do the same with the Texans.

Before we address that sidearm motion that brings the 6-5 Young down to about 5-10 on some of his throws, let’s consider his options.

A. Stay at Texas, extend that 20-game winning streak, go for the Heisman that eluded him and be the front-runner to get to the next national championship.

B. Exit stage left after the greatest performance in a major bowl and move on to the NFL.

Young said he would review his options with family, advisers, coaches, etc.

His only choice: Take the money and run.

It would be tempting to stay in Austin. Be the toast of the campus and the city like no one ever has been before. Postpone the pressures of the National Football League for a year.

But that’s not the answer. I have to consider what the late Johnnie Cochran would advise Young to do.

“If there’s no more to achieve, it’s time to leave.”

Young doesn’t need a Heisman Trophy to substantiate his greatness as a college quarterback. He won 20 games in a row. He broke a ridiculous number of UT passing marks in the process. His record as a starter is 30-2.

And, in one of the top five greatest college football games on anyone’s list, he personally toppled King Kong.

We only can hope to turn on ESPN today and not see its analysts debating whether the 2005 USC team is better than the 1956 Oklahoma Sooners.

Enough already.

So Young should go. And what should the Texans do?

This should be simple. In the biggest game of his life against a team regarded as nearly invincible, Young not only passed and ran for 467 yards. He stayed cool throughout. He managed the game, he found second and third receivers, and he never got tackled behind the line of scrimmage.

What will Young be in the NFL with those legs, with that quirky motion? Won’t he be Randall Cunningham at the very least? Not bad.

Is this really a tough call for Texans GM Charley Casserly, who’s just happy he still has a chair in the Houston draft room after a 2-14 season?

Four years of David Carr getting sacked hasn’t really thrilled football-starved Houston fans. Is a backfield of Carr and Reggie Bush going to drastically change the picture? Or do you bring the local hero home and construct an offense around a quarterback already established as a Texas legend?

This should be an easy call for Houston. And for Young.

One job has just been completed in mythical fashion. It is time to begin the next.