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True Freshman Matt Barkley Named USC Starting Quarterback

Posted: Aug 27th 2009 6:25PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: USC, Pac 10

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While it isn't really a surprise, it's still kind of a surprise.

On Thursday, USC coach Pete Carroll named true freshman Matt Barkley the team's starting quarterback. The 18-year-old enrolled at school a semester early, and impressed the coaches throughout spring and fall practice. He will be the first true freshman to start a USC opener at quarterback.
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Aaron Corp Named USC's Quarterback

Posted: Apr 22nd 2009 12:00AM by Brian Grummell (author feed)
Filed under: USC, Recruiting

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Redshirt sophomore Aaron Corp has been named USC's starting quarterback. After a spring filled with drama, intrigue and at times four competitors, Corp is officially USC's guy. Corp beat out early enrolling super frosh Matt Barkley and Arkansas transfer Mitch Mustain to ascend to perhaps the most prestigious position in all of college football, with a pair of national championships and Heisman Trophies to its name since 2002.

Not lost among the excitement is the surprising ascent of Barkley, who also pulled a major upset in beating out Mustain for the No. 2 job and who Corp admitted is "right there". USC coach Pete Carroll says that although Corp has been named the starter, the competition will be pushed into the fall due to the unusual growth and possibilities offered by Barkley.
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Breaking Down the USC QB Competition

Posted: Apr 13th 2009 2:28PM by Brian Grummell (author feed)
Filed under: USC

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College Football Spring Storylines 2009 looks at the key developments and big news from spring ball.

Perhaps no other storyline carries as much national importance for college football as USC's quarterback battle. With the three Heisman Trophy finalists -- Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy -- returning to Florida, Oklahoma and Texas, respectively, USC may be next in line as a championship contender. The Trojans are hosting a three-man battle between Matt Barkley (left), Aaron Corp (middle) and Mitch Mustain to determine the school's next quarterback who will hopefully follow in the school's lineage of successful signal-callers and maybe even lead the team to a national title.
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Pac 10 Preview: Shoe Filling Time

Posted: Aug 12th 2008 8:29AM by Sean Hawkins (author feed)
Filed under: Oregon, Oregon State, USC, Washington State, Pac 10

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As is the norm, there are big names who have moved on down the road in the Pac 10. From bowl-winning QB's to standout running backs, the list is a long one. But clearly one of the most exciting things about an upcoming season of college football is always the element of the unknown. What young players are waiting in the wings? What hotshot recruit with all the whispers that he is going to be special will finally be unleashed for public consumption? But as is usually the case, the young replacements come in to take the spots of some pretty established players who leave a large body of work behind them. With that, we look at the five biggest Pac 10 shoes that must be filled and the candidates to replace them.

JOHN DAVID BOOTY, QB, USC
The QB position for USC is always a glamor spot, and a perfect place to start. John David Booty came into the 2007 season as everyone's Heisman favorite, and for good reason. Booty was coming off a 2006 breakthrough performance, throwing for over 3300 yards and 29 TD's. But while USC went 11-2, won a share of the conference title, and Booty capped off his senior season with a fine performance in a Rose Bowl blowout of Illinois, still, things didn't quite work out. He threw for nearly 1,000 fewer yards in 2007 than he had the prior year. A broken finger on his throwing hand had a lot to do with it, and he even missed three games due to the injured digit. But that said, Booty was more about stats. He was a leader and a winner, and could be more difficult to replace than originally thought.

This year we find out if Mark Sanchez is the answer. Or will we? Sanchez, as was reported last week, suffered a dislocated knee cap during non-contact drills. While still not 100% officially ruled out for the season opener at Virginia, the latest report has his status very much up in the air. Meanwhile, Arkansas transfer Mitch Mustain and redshirt frosh Aaron Corp will run the offense in a job that suddenly appears wide open.

It could be worse though. Mustain didn't go completely bananas at Arkansas, throwing for a modest 894 yards in eight starts as a true frosh year in 2006. But he did go a perfect 8-0 as a starter, so, he's got that going for him. Which is good.
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Pac 10 Preview: Five New Faces

Posted: Aug 11th 2008 5:20PM by Kyle Bunch (author feed)
Filed under: Arizona State, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Washington, Pac 10

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Following last year's exodus of NFL-caliber talent (Sedrick Ellis, Keith Rivers, Dennis Dixon, Jonathan Stewart, and DeSean Jackson -- just to name a few) and a handful of preseason injuries, the start of 2008 in the Pac 10 brings a number of new faces whose ability (or inability) to step up and replace their predecessors will hugely impact the outcome of conference standings. From blue chip recruits to high-profile transfers and new coaches, here are five(ish) new faces in the Pac 10 that you'll want to keep an eye on.

1.) Rick Neuheisel, Norm Chow, and whoever survives being named starting QB - UCLA: Neither of the most-discussed new faces in the Pac 10 are actually new faces at all. The return of Neuheisel and Chow gives UCLA fans hopes of returning to regular college football relevance after the roller-coaster that was the Karl Dorrell era. But after an offseason that saw the Bruin quarterback spot turn into the most dangerous place this side of a Madden cover or Spinal Tap drum kit -- hobbling the two UCLA QBs with any game experience, Ben Olson and Patrick Cowan -- Neuheisel and Chow's baby blue debuts hinge largely on the ability of either Kevin Craft, a junior college transfer and/or redshirt freshman Chris Forcier to step in and lead the offense.
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Southern Cal Loses Starting Quarterback to Non-Contact Knee Injury

Posted: Aug 8th 2008 11:25PM by Adam Jacobi (author feed)
Filed under: USC, Pac 10, Injuries

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For all the worrying coaches do about protecting quarterbacks in the offseason and in practices, the fact remains that collision- contact-related injuries aren't nearly as catastrophic as non-contact, plant-grimace-and-collapse injuries.* Sure, you don't want your QB's ribcage caved in, but bones heal quickly and correctly. Torn ligaments, on the other hand, end seasons before they begin.

Pete Carroll was reminded of this duality today, as head QB in charge Mark Sanchez crumpled in a heap during stretching drills and was carted off the field. The AP is using non-specific, CYA terms like "apparent knee injury," but this certainly has all the symptoms of a torn ligament or patellar dislocation.

If it's a dislocated kneecap, that's not so bad; last year, their center Kristoffer O'Dowd suffered the same injury, and he "only" missed four games. ACL tears, of course, are a bit more severe.

For now, USC will turn to Arkansas transfer and former super-recruit Mitch Mustain, who never should have left Metallica. Mustain left Arkansas in the wake of some vague scandal, and did so in such a negative light that programs like Louisville and Oklahoma actually publicly balked on his transfer. But kid can throw, and while USC awaits Sanchez's fate, it's Mitch's game.

And yes, that's right, stretching drills. SbB expresses amazement that there's such a thing as a "carioca" drill in football and links to some Fred Astaire video, but surely I can't be the only one who remembers this drill from high school. It's not that obscure. As stretches go, it's actually kind of fun.

*Giant honking ruin-my-argument exception: Concussions.

Mustain Seeks Prolonged QB Battle

Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:45AM by Scott Olin Schmidt (author feed)
Filed under: USC Football, Pac 10, Los Angeles

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The start of Spring Football could not come a day sooner for the USC Trojans after the heralded Men of Troy Basketball squad went one-and-done in the NCAA Tournament--and there is good reason to pay attention to what's happening on Howard Jones Field.

Mark Sanchez, Aaron Corp and Arkansas-transfer Mitch Mustain will be battling it out to determine who will replace John David Booty in the fall. Redshirt Junior Sanchez has the leg up according to head coach Pete Carroll, "It will be interesting to see if Mitch and (freshman) Aaron (Corp) can catch up. That's what we'll have to find out."

For Mustain to catch up and win the starting job, he must make sure that time is on his side, and make the coaching staff prolong their decisionmaking process into the fall.

"If it doesn't get decided, it looks better for Aaron or I," Mustain told the Daily News. "From August, it's like night and day for me. And even from December, it's a huge difference, even with where I stand on the team in terms of leadership since (Booty) left. I'm not going to be reluctant to exercise it."

Ryan Mallett Enrolls at Arkansas

Posted: Jan 14th 2008 11:56PM by Tom Fornelli (author feed)
Filed under: Michigan Football, SEC, Arkansas Football

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It didn't take Ryan Mallett very long to find a new home after leaving Ann Arbor, and it's a home he nearly found himself in before choosing Michigan. Mallett grew up a fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks, attending football camps on the campus during his youth, and now he'll be playing quarterback there as well.
Former five-star quarterback Ryan Mallett has left Michigan and is taking classes at the University of Arkansas today making his transfer official, according to sources close to the situation.

Mallett will redshirt during the 2008 season and then have three years of eligibility remaining.
Obviously with Rich Rodriguez taking over for Lloyd Carr at Michigan, Mallett was the odd man out in the program as he's not the type of quarterback the team will need to run Rich Rodriguez's offense. Considering that there were rumors circulating on campus that Mallett was going to transfer to Arkansas before he ever even stepped foot in Ann Arbor, his decision to go there now is hardly a surprise.

Mallett had hoped to go to Arkansas after he graduated high school, but when the Razorbacks signed Mitch Mustain during his senior season, he turned his attention elsewhere and ended up at Michigan.

Other schools Mallett considered were UCLA, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.

Another Year, Another USC Quarterback, Another Dance Class

Posted: Jun 28th 2007 10:49PM by Brian Grummell (author feed)
Filed under: USC Football, Pac 10

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Some things never change.

Reports the Los Angeles Daily News' Scott Wolf:
One of the first classes new USC quarterback Mitch Mustain took was ballet.
Matt Leinart, needing just one credit to graduate and stay eligible without taking graduate courses for his senior year, infamously enrolled in a ballroom dancing class. Maybe Mustain's hoping to follow in Leinart's dance steps and become another Heisman-winning quarterback at Troy?

Or maybe USC's just getting this out of the way. Quoth Pete Carroll:
"There'll never be another Heisman guy here his senior year who takes only ballroom dancing."
That's right, he'll simply have taken the class his redshirt sophomore year instead.

Family Ties Bind Trojan's Camerons

Posted: Jun 13th 2007 7:28PM by Scott Olin Schmidt (author feed)
Filed under: USC Football, Pac 10, NCAA FB Recruiting, Los Angeles

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When the folks at Heritage Hall talk about USC's "Trojan Family," they aren't kidding. The latest recruit to the Men of Troy has special family ties to the program and it's legacy.

Yesterday 6'6" Jordan Cameron announced that he will be leaving behind his basketball scholarship at Brigham Young University to play tight end for the USC Trojans.

The 230-pound Cameron has a special relationship to the program that's about one tenth his weight. He's the uncle of Cole Cameron-Leinart, son of his sister Brynn and Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Matt Leinart.

If Cameron plans on getting any closer to a Heisman Trophy, it will have to belong to Joe McKnight, Mark Sanchez or Mitch Mustain, however, since he will redshirt this season.

Previously in the FanHouse:

Matt Leinart Now Has a Mini-Him
Matt Leinart to Become a Father (Paris Hilton Not the Mother)

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