Matt Barkley chose himself when ESPN asked him who would be the All-Pac-10 first team quarterback next season. Washington’s Jake Locker also chose himself. Stanford’s Andrew Luck chose Locker. Arizona’s Nick Foles chose Locker and Luck.
Barkley also picked Washington to win the Pac-10 when the QB’s were not allowed to pick their own team.
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If a quarterback doesn’t see himself being the best of ten QBs, let alone 119 in the NCAA, than he doesn’t have enough confidence to run a team on a title quest. Good for Matt!
I have no problem with any of these answers, except that Foles needs to narrow his choices down to exactly one receiver before he throws the ball.
way to go, Cherub! i totally agree with wolf on this one, the Cherub is being ridiculous!
any fool knows when they ask you who is the best QB in the Pac10, you never say yourself! geez louise what an idiot! unless you’re a senior, then you can say yourself. didn’t Caesar teach him anything?
wolf, thanks for the sweeeeeeeeet scooop!!
Interesting that the 3 other QB’s played for teams that beat SC last season. I wonder if he was a replacement for Masoli.
masoli was so good. without him, usc goes undefeated with possible ap title. i don’t recall how arizona beat us last year, but with baxter, prater, woods, mcdonald (mays was good, but i’m glad he’s gone), bradford, shareece, cameron/ausberry/xavier at TE, special teams coach…we can’t lose….can we?
was booty the worst of the 2000’s? he led the team that only scored 9 points in a game. was sanchez capable that year as a redshirt frosh? seems like overly conservative rubbish from carroll per usual. kiffin won’t pull that crap. he will go for the jugular.
Perhaps a more diplomatic, modest response might have been, “Well, you have to like Locker and Luck, but I like my chances as well. Let’s see how the season plays out.”
granted barkley’s not the sharpest. those other three sounded just as idiotic. barkley has the best arm of the three. hopefully kiffin can use it unlike bates/carroll.
Outstanding. Fight On Barkley!
No no no…What Barkley really meant was Kevin Princess.
Yeah right!!!! Muah ha ha ah…
Draw the comparisons, C. Palmer, coming off a sub par year with too many picks, goes 11-2, wins Heisman.
Can you smell it??
barkley’s a punk. come november, barkley will walk onto the field to find teo holding a glock. barkley: youre not gonna shoot me, are ya, manti? teo: nah, i just shot your dog. now lets see you keep your mind in the game.
touchdown jesus will have his revenge.
so says the gipper, ladies.
@The Gipper: I knew I’d find something from you here.
@scinsc5: 2008 was one of USCs greatest years ever. The Trojans beat UCLA, beat Notre Dame, won the Pac-10, and beat Penn State in the Rose Bowl. They even beat the Buckeyes to boot. SC only lost up at Oregon State by one score. Just because SC didn’t win a mythical “national championship” in 2008, didn’t make it a bad year. In 112 years of USC football, there have been 26 great seasons: 1904, 1920, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, AND 2008. Booty may not have been one of USC’s greatest QBs ever, but in 2006 & 2007 USC went 3-1 against UCLA & ND, won the Pac-10 both years & went 2-0 in the Rose Bowl.
NJ — why are you telling me about 2008? I know it was a great year and never said it wasn’t. Too bad we Booty’d 2006 & 2007…
NJ Trojan:
Good stuff, my man, I am saving your work, although I don’t recall 1904 too well. Gettin’ old I guess.
1964 might be a bit questionable because we did not go to the Rose Bowl, but you probably included it because of the “miracle game” against ND, behind 17-0 at half, and then pulling it out in the final minutes 20-17. I was a tyke and I was there, and that incredibly exciting game cemented my lifetime passion for college football in general and SC football in particular
@scinsc5: I see your point about 2008. I misunderstood what you meant about Sanchez. I still think you’re wrong about Booty. From SC’s Bio: “CAREER: His 518 career completions is fifth on the USC all-time chart. His 6,125 career passing yards is fifth on USC’s all-time list. His 5,945 yards of total offense is sixth on USC’s all-time ladder. His 55 career touchdown passes is fourth most at USC. In his career, he threw at least 1 TD pass in 22 of his 23 starts, at least 2 TD passes in a game 16 times, at least 3 TDs in a game 11 times, at least 4 TDs in a game 3 times and had 200-plus passing yards in 18 games (4 times with 300-plus yards). He was 20-3 as a starter. As a starter against AP ranked opponents, he was 9-0 while going 185-of-292 (63.4%) for 2,267 yards (251.9 average) with 23 TDs and just 4 interceptions.”
@LAWYER JOHN: Your personal memory is about decade longer than mine. I pulled my data from media guides, mostly from SCs, and too many Internet sources to list.
Southern Californias first rivals were five fellow southland teams, which the Methodists played regularly from the 1890s through the early 1930s: Occidental, Pomona, Cal Tech, Whittier, and Loyola.
In 1904, Southern California went 6-1, the only loss being against something called the Sherman Institute. That game was called midway through due to darkness. The Methodists defeated Cal Tech, Occidental, Loyola, and Whittier that year. Actually, Loyola forfeited their game after the respective coaches couldnt agree on the time of the games halves. Notwithstanding the loss to the Sherman Institute, 1904 was Southern Californias first great year.
The coach that year was Harvey R. Holmes. He was Southern Californias first coach for more than one season. From 1904 through 1907, Holmess teams won 76 percent of their games. Against Southern Californias five local rivals, Holmes was 7-1-1.
@LAWYER JOHN: In 1964, SC was ranked #2 after beating CO at home & defeating top-ranked OK in Norman. Unfortunately, the Trojans fell to the Spartans in East Lansing. They returned home to beat TX A&M but then lost to the 2nd ranked Buckeyes in Columbus. In conference, SC beat Cal with less than a minute to play but lost to the Huskies with just over four minutes to play. Still, SC closed out the season with wins at Stanford, “at” UCLA, and against ND at home. That “miracle game” you referred to was a major upset. SC was unranked and going up against the top-ranked Irish. The Trojans beat ’em with just a minute and a half to spare. SC finished in a tie in the Pac-8 with Oregon State. The Trojans complained when the conference elected Oregon State to go to the Rose Bowl, but under the conferences current tiebreaker rules, which are as fair as can be, Oregon State would have gone anyway.