Matt Leinart Gets Promoted

BUSH.PUSHFormer USC QB Matt Leinart will be an in-studio analyst for Fox Sports’ college football pregame, halftime and postgame shows according to Sports Illustrated. He will replace the talented Joel Klatt, who got bumped up to lead college football analyst and will do Fox’s Saturday games.

At least this means Leinart won’t be running out of the Coliseum tunnel any more at USC games (unless it’s a weeknight game, of course). Look above at the two of us forever linked with Reggie Bush on the famous Bush Push, probably the most emotional game I’ve covered along with the USC-Texas national title game the same season.

UPDATED: A reader points out Fox obviously didn’t care about last month’s story regarding Leinart’s for-profit flag football league.

49 thoughts on “Matt Leinart Gets Promoted

  1. At least this means Leinart won’t be running out of the Coliseum tunnel any more at USC games
    Was that really an issue for you?

    • It seems like Scott doesn’t like it whenever any former player runs out of the Coliseum tunnel before USC games… As usual, Scott takes things very personally and he uses this platform to vent his dislike for people that he perceives to be arrogant, or unworthy of the attention…..

    • Yeah, all Leinhart did was win Heisman, a national championship, go undefeated against UCLA & ND, make a ton of money in the NFL and then transition into a football job off the field, yet he has the audacity to follow in the footsteps of chumps like Willie Mcginest & Keyshawn Johnson and lead USC out of the tunnel for a game. When the peak of one’s career is having other LA reporters stick up for you after a coach bans you from practice, you should probably stay in your lane.

  2. wolfman, i’ll admit this may be out of my area of expertise, but IMHO, any aspiring sport journalist should be required to study this photo as part of their training.

    notice that this is the crucial play of the game, a clear violation of the “assisting the runner” rule, and everyone one is freaking out, the players, the ref, the fans both Rudys and trOXans even the usher is going bananas!!

    but now look at the wolfman. calm, objective, dispassionate with the laser-focus of a diamond cutter as he calmly reaches for his pen to document the action in his reporter’s notepad!!!

    #UltimateProfessional

    • It sure looks different when you see it in motion. The still does not tell the story.

      • are you kidding, i just looked at it again and the push is so pronounced and it’s clear he is stopped without the push. it happens all the time but the players are smart enough to do a blocking motion when they push their guey forward so it doesn’t get called. but don’t think i’ve EVER seen a blatant two handed push forward as that!!! Poor fat charlie Weiss.

          • You want to send the Rudys into fibrillations?? Reggie and leinert reenacting the Bush push in a Geico commercia to the “push it real good” song!! OMG we should get into the Ad game!!!

        • You’re right Bucket! It was a push and most pushes don’t get called! It is the pulling of a ball carrier across the line to gain or the goal line that usually gets the call!

    • CB:
      I’m recently arrived from NorCal. Although Helen and USC Rah Rah’s Rule might object, you seem to be the star of this blog. I’m a student of history. Below is a list of the late Jim Murray’s comments on various SoCal sports figures:

      On Iowa visitors to the Rose Bowl:
      “thousands of people in calico and John Deere caps in their Winnebagos with
      their pacemakers and potato salad, looking for Bob Hope.”

      ·
      Los Angeles “is underpoliced and
      oversexed.”

      ·
      Elgin Baylor “is as unstoppable as a woman’s
      tears.”

      ·
      John Wooden “is so square he’s divisible by
      four.”

      ·
      “Tommy Lasorda is as noisy as a bowling
      alley.”

      ·
      On Merlin Olsen: “He went swimming in Loch Ness and the monster got out.”

      ·
      On Sandy Koufax: “Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some
      batters started to swing while he was on his way to the mound.”

      ·
      On Maury Wills: “He studied pitchers the same way
      heist men studied banks. And for the same reason: larceny.”

      ·
      On Steve Garvey: “He was the most controlled
      individual I have ever known in my life. He could make the Pope look
      temperamental.”

      ·
      On Kirk Gibson: “If Reggie Jackson is Mr. October,
      Kirk Gibson is at least hey-what-about-me?”

      ·
      Does the Wolfman have one of these?

      Enjoy your commentary!

      • Scott does have a few choice quotes:

        “C.J. Spiller will sign with the Trojans”

        “Kessler has a staph infection”

        “USC fans are idiots”

        • Thx. But no zingers like:

          “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire’s eye or on the ball.”
          JR

          • There’s no question that reading Murray was like reading poetry……Scott?… not so much….more like Dr. Seuss……on crack…

          • Nope, best he can do is “Why are there Nike’s on McKay’s statue”.

      • Wolf keeps to zingers like “the baby quarterback” and “McKay never wore Nike’s”. You, know, really important commentary.

      • Chuckie, yet another faux account? Personally I think you are fine with just the faux Bucket account – but with an occasional Yoda thrown in for good measure.

  3. I actually ENJOYED it when Leinert took the field with the Trojans for 2 simple reasons – 1. We won the game 2. He showed emotion, very much unlike Wolf in that photo he keeps posting of the Bush Push.

    By the way, the photo looks WAY better if you photoshop a picture of Chewbacca over Wolf’s face.

    • … and why is Scottie looking up in the stands when the action is right in front of him? Is he daydreaming?

      If you zoom in the photo, you can see the paper Scottie is holding is a Five Guys menu.

  4. The truth is if Lienart had been a bRuin and washed out of the nfl, he would be selling chevy’s in Pacoima. That’s one of the big differences in the two schools. That is one reason recruits come to USC, they can have a future.

    • You obviously haven’t seen Leinart in a studio situation. A bump on a log could do better with less chin.

      Leinart is a better washed up NFL QB than a studio analyst.

    • …another big difference is a UCLA kid would know how to pluralize a noun.

      • But would they know how to spell the name of their former star quarterback?

      • Speaking of alums in jail, I recommend reading “intercepted” about former UCLA all American Darryl Henley and his time in jail. Great book.

        • Mr. Lopez, I highly doubt USC folks want to host a “jailed alums” contest with ANY other program… much less vs. UCLA. Trojans win in a blowout.

          • Sure thing there. I don’t necessarily care. It just bothers me that trolls are always here posting.


  5. UPDATED: A TROLL points out Fox obviously didn’t care about last month’s story regarding Leinart’s for-profit flag football league.”
    fixed it for you.

  6. Leinart has always struck me as being an introvert, so trying to be a “personality” on t.v. has got to be a rough row for him to hoe.

  7. Wow, take some time to enlarge the picture. In perhaps the most Wolf-like move ever, if you take a close look, his eyes are staring off to the right and he’s not even watching the play! The biggest play for one of USC’s greatest teams and he’s staring off into the distance.

  8. Translation: Another person of whom Wolf is envious is climbing the ladder in yet another arena Scooter would give his right arm to make even a minor contribution in. Scott some got it some don’t. You have people like Carroll, Leinart and Cowherd; and then you have wolf.

    • He has a face for radio, which is why he’s a frequent guest on the Petro and Money Show…..and whenever he’s on Jim Hill’s Sports Central Show, it’s like The Outer Limits TV show… “There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.”……

  9. Scott is the ultimate clown in this photo – a supposedly SC guy wearing Notre Dame colors on a day they aren’t wearing their usual colors – total FAILURE!

  10. Do you believe Scott Wolf doesn’t read this blog? Why would this be remove if he didn’t? The truth hurts.

    ” SoCal_Native_59 2 days ago Removed

    Translation: Another person of whom Wolf is envious is climbing the ladder in yet another arena Scooter would give his right arm to make even a minor contribution in. Scott some got it some don’t. You have people like Carroll, Leinart and Cowherd; and then you have wolf.”

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