Just what on earth does that even mean? Sanchez thinks he's going to get the starting job from Booty, so that statement must mean that Mustain is confident he will get the starting job over Sanchez.

I actually think Mustain will turn Sanchez into the third string quarterback, with Corp being second string. It will be similar to when Matt Cassell was the 2nd string for two years behind Carson Palmer, then got knocked down to fourth string when Leinart was named starter.

Mustain is phenomenal and Sanchez is a dead man walking.

Couldn't disagree with you more if you were the Taliban and I was George Walker Bush. Mark Sanchez is the real deal in my opinion. I think Mustain would be the third QB behind Sanchez and Corp (at least we agree that Corp will be second string in '08). I'd rather get Sanchez in there this year. I feel that he has much more upside than Booty and is more clutch as well. The kid can flat out play. Don't forget, although Mustain's record is ridiculous (9-0 or something), he actually got benched in favor of Casey Dick. He's similar to Grossman or Kyle Orton in that regard. Mediocre QB on a really good team. It's almost hard NOT to win with McFadden and Felix Jones in the backfield. In fact, the Razorbacks would have been better served to let D-Mac line up at QB position more often. I don't think I ever saw that formation not work for Arkansas.
Anyway, Mustain needs to transfer to a mid-major where he can play right away and be dominant. No use in sitting the pine for three years at the best school in the world when you can start for three years at a place that can at least get you looks for the NFL. (And yes, I know Cassel got drafted without ever starting a game, but how often does that happen?)

I wonder what other college(s) have turned down Mitch? I don't think that my question is a dumb one, is it? Help me guys?
Thnx

I am a bit concerned if a guy like Bob Stoops who is dying for a QB has reportedly stated that he didn't want MM going to OU. IF IF IF that is true, there is defintely a problem here, Houston

Can the mom be that much of a head case.. ok so she is.. but did she raise her son to that much of a headcase too

I say we welcome Mitch Mustain with open arms, if he wants to be a Trojan.

Remember Trojan faithful,
The spirit of competition is the recipe Pete Caroll has used to return our Trojan football to glory.

Therefore, I would have invited Troy Smith, Brady Quinn & Colt Brennan if they wanted to transfer in past years. It doesn't matter what state he comes from either, be it hog heaven or sunny Cali'.

Furthermore, the depth chart of previous years doesn't mean a damn thing, if everybody (including incoming freshmen) are given a fair shot at starting jobs. Some schools preach it, but we here at USC live it. The only depth chart that counts is the one prior to the first game of each season. Therefore, if Mitch Mustain is willing to work his butt off and earn the best QB job in college football, be it '08 or '09, then so be it. Otherwise, he will only push the others (Sanchez & Corp) to the brink of greatness.

Fight on, baby, fight on!

1. This is Mustain's last D1 chance, where ever he goes, if he and his mother are unhappy with their next school they are just going to have to grin and bear it, or transfer to a 1-AA, so I am willing to bet he's going to work his ass off.

2. Depth is there for a reason, anything can happen to Booty, Sanchez, Corp, and Green...Injury, arrest, accademics, they coud be wildly overrated...We've (and everybody else) had 5 star guys who have done nothing and unrated guys who were All-Pac 10 players. The more quality players we have the better.

3. Is there any truth to te rumor that MM is an LDS and is taki]ng a 2 year mission? I've read that but it is unconfirmed (and may well be a lie), if it's true it could be 2009 or 10 b4 he is reay to play .... pretty smart to have a couple quality qb's locked up that far in advance.

Can anyone answer El Cap's question? How many schools have turned this guy down?

Good info on all these posts.

I know he has quite an ego and was miffed that he wasn't the starter immediately at Ark, then played and got benched. I heard criticism of him but to be fair he is only a true freshman. But like sureshot said, I don't see him beating out Sanchez. Sanchez has been here for years and knows the system. I bet MM thinks he is so good he will beat out Sanchez. Whatever.

But like cool Lee said, competition is what we need to keep the performance level at the highest, so he would help in that aspect. I just see him coming in, losing the battle to Sanchez, getting angry agaim, and doing a Whitney Lewis and transferring to a Northern Iowa or something to play right away.

He is not any kind of a mormon. How many mormons are there in Florida?? He is a Baptist.

Why do people (or is it just one person?) keep saying that Mustain is a Mormon and is going on a two year mission.

He is not a Mormon and is not going on any religious mission. Where on earth do these rumors even start? He is not transferring to USC just so he can leave immediately to go on a mission. He is transferring to USC because he knows that he is the future starting quarterback for the Trojans.

Mustain will start at quarterback at USC in 2008 and Corp will be the second string. Anyone else will be pushed out the way.

Don't know why so many have these negative thoughts about MM...sounds like he got a raw deal at Ark. Benched after winning 8 games in a row because he threw an interception??!?

Has great credentials, and PC seems to want him.

I still think that Sanchez' stock has gone down.

just4sc:
Back-up your comment that MS stock has gone down:
BASED on what? He has NOT taken a single snap and and his stock is down, wow what an argument, man... B/C you said so, please.

According to Rivals.com:
MS in 2005:
#1 QB and 7th overall. 6'4"/211#, 4.7(40), 31s(sh), 31" V, PRO Style OFF.
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MM in 2006:
#2 QB and 10th, 4.6(40), 6'3"/208, 28" V, 4.22 s(sh) PRO Style off.
MM has to beat MS in the field NOT on a computer keyboard like just4sc's...

I gotta go with el Cap here...Sanchez was the #1 QB in the country. Mustain is good, remember he did lead Ark for a TD against us which is pretty good for a 18 year old freshman.

But Sanchez has been here, knows the plays and the system, and has just as good physical skills as MM.

So, unless Sanchez basically just blows it, I can't see MM beating him out. PC is an honorable coach and does not just bring in some hot shot and move everyone else down the depth chart. If you paid you dues at USC you will play or get a good shot at playing.

So, in 2008 they throw open the QB competition and MS wins. He is a Junior. I believe MM would be a junior also. (Am I wrong? 2006-Freshman, 2007 soph, sit out year, 2008 Junior) So, redshirt him? 2009, MS is a senior, MM Junior, MS the starter, 2010, MM is the senior, and assuming he can beat out Aaron Corp, he is the starter for 1 year. (Barring injuries)

MM is not stupid he knows the situation. I doubt he would come here to start for 1 year. So, he must think he can beat out MS. We'll see, I guess.

USC_1966 You state that MM is good 'he did lead Ark for a TD against USC." That TD was against the USC reserves. But Mark Sanchez lead USC for TD against their 1t string. So using your same logic Mark must be pretty good.

El Capitan:

Mustain was the Gatorade, USA Today and Parade Magazine National Player of the Year after leading Springdale High School to a perfect 14-0 season and a state championship. As a junior, he had a 12-1 record and reached the Class 5A semifinals.

At Arkansas, he went 8-0 as a true freshman starter before a personality conflict with Houston Nutt got him benched.

So, let's see, since high school, he managed to go 8-0 as a true freshman at a SEC school.

What's Sanchez's greatest accomplishment in the past two years since high school, getting arrested for a sex crime?

So to say that these are just computer statistics is absurd. Mustain has lost a total of one game as a starter in three years. He has gone 34-1 in the past three years and, again, was the Gatorade, USA Today and Parade Magazine National Player of the Year.

Mustain is not just going to transfer to USC unless he has been given certain assurances that he will be the future starter.

Yeah Summer but you should have seen the gal that Sanchy got involved with...

OK, for a half "martini'd 60+yr old Trojan..that was a really stupid and low commentary..I just thought it was funny at the time..
props to you SummerN...your logic is cool with me.
My negative commentaries regarding Mustain are now on future hold awaiting the arrival if it happens. All I want is for SC to go undefeated indefinitely! Duh!! FIGHT THE HELL ON!!!!!

Well Jay#42, I mean thanks for the critique, but that was what I said, that Mark Sanchez is pretty good and I don't think MM could beat him out....

You can always count on this site for unsolicited attacks :o))

summer NADA:
On Mark Sanchez:
suspicion: yes
arrest: yes
dropped charges: yes
conviction: NO
Cleared:
yes
End of the story
Summer breeze: Quit blowing AIR...

El Capitan:

No charges filed means innocence? Eric Wright had no charges filed, despite 136 ecstasy pills found in his room, DNA evidence and the same ecstasy pills found in his victim's body.

So, yes, charges not filed against a player for sexual assault must mean innocence? Not quite.

The DA never even said your boy was innocent in their final report. I suggest you go read it and see why they decided not to file charges for sexual assault.

Doesn't matter, anyhow, since Mustain will start in 2008 and Corp will be his 2nd string.

Mustain has been offered a scholarship for a reason and this decision was not made lightly by either party.

I have to agree that Mitch Mustain will make Dirty Sanchez his bitch.

Mustain has, to the best of my knowledge, never been arrested and won't be an embarrassment like the sleazy Dirty Sanchez.

Mustain has also accomplished a lot more than Dirty Sanchez and I, too, have heard the reasons why he is being brought in.

It's better to have a clean-cut Southern boy representing a university at quarterback than some sleaze who has been in jail for a sex-related incident. Whenever anything is ever mentioned about Dirty Sanchez in the media, over and over again the reporters always have to bring up the fact that he was arrested for sexually assaulting a student and that's just plain embarrassing. When he came on during garbage time at the Rose Bowl, what's the first thing Brent Musberger brought up before an international TV audience? You guessed it, his arrest for sexually assaulting a girl.

It's going to keep continuing as long as Dirty Sanchez is around, so I'm glad that Mustain is coming in to make that sleazeball his little bitch.

I am also so happy about Corp coming in, too. Another clean-cut boy with no devious background.

Fight On, Mitch and Aaron!

Why are so many people so certain of what will happen with the quarterback situation down the line? Why not just welcome Mitch Mustain and the competition he will bring to the position and wait and see how it plays out?

From everything I have seen and read, Mustain is one heck of a quarterback and possibly the best player in that position that we have ever gotten to enroll. I cannot see a scenario that he will not start once he becomes eligible in a year. When word started spreading about how he would end up at USC and what he was told about his role on the football team, it was apparent that he was being groomed to be the next starter.

There is no scenario that such a coveted recruit as Mustain will come to USC without the expectation and practical guarantees that he will start. Otherwise, he could go to any number of schools who would take him in a heartbeat.

He may have bumped heads on an ideological level with some of the Arkansas coaches (or was it just one coach?), but he has never been in trouble with the law or had the numerous off the field incidents that Sanchez has had.

So I welcome Mustain with open arms to USC and think he's making a great decision to attend a great university. There is nothing but upside to his enrollment and his high school and college records on the football field speak for itself.

When a player of this caliber chooses to transfer in to USC, it can only mean that he is being prepared to be the next starter and I have faith in the coaching staff and Mitch that he will take the Trojans to the National Championship in Miami in January 2009.

Summer N - I echo Gillyking and give kudos to you for your logic. I wasn't aware of Mustain's accomplishments and am now quite high on him. He is possibly the most high profile transfer in the history of college football. I can't think of anyone else with his accolades ever transferring.

El Capitan - whether Sanchez really raped a student or not, I don't know one way or the other. But I do know that the stigma and reputation of being a sexual predator, who was arrested and went to jail, will follow him around for the rest of his life. That is a fact and not merely an opinion. Again, I am not judging him positively or negatively, and am not saying he raped a student or not. I am just stating that the cloud of sexual assault will follow him for the rest of his life and it will come with the territory.

Greg B - I agree, we should welcome Mitch Mustain. He will be an asset to the Trojans.

Regarding the issue of who's been in the system longer - well, Booty started off in the Chow system, then it became the Kiffen system. It's now the Sarkisian system. So it's not even the same system that the current quarterbacks have been in. Besides, what if Carroll leaves in the next year? That will bring about an entirely new system altogether.

Whatever happens, I am pleased that Mitch Mustain will become a Trojan and am very impressed with all his accolades.

After giving my 2cents worth, one of you readers emailed me this very interesting link. If it's all true, well that's just say this Mustain kid has a pretty interesting story...also, a side bar.. Arkansas suprisedly had not been investigated into recruiting violations concerning the manipulation of MM, but anyway, regardless of any of that, which I don't really care about... the stuff I wrote early in this thread is what I thought I knew about MM from just following college football, this link is long but pretty interesting. Thanks to the reader that cared to send this link. I think that an other side of the coin can also be interesting.

http://realhognews.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

gillyking@yahoo.com

Thanks a lot for that, Gillyking! That was very informative, to say the least.

If I ever had any doubts about Mustain, they no longer exist. I am glad he will be in the Cardinal & Gold next year. After reading that very, very long piece, I now fall firmly on the side of the fence that Mustain will start in 2008.

I am firmly on the Mustain bandwagon and have no doubt that he will start in the post-Booty era. How could I not?

Here's to some great days ahead with Mitch Mustain and the Trojans!