Top 10

1.) Carson Palmer
2.) Matt Leinart
3.) Pat Haden
4.) Rodney Peete
5.) Paul McDonald
6.) Rob Johnson
7.) Vince Evans
8.) Todd Marinovich
9.) John David Booty
10.) Craig Fertig

1. Leinart
2. Palmer
3. Peete
4. Rob Johnson
5. Booty
6. Marjonvich
7. Otton
8. Gifford
9. Haden
10. MacDonald

1) Carson Palmer
2) Matt Leinart
3) Rodney Peete
4) Rob Johnson
5) Paul McDonald
6) Pat Haden
7) Vince Evans
8) John David Booty
9) Sean Salisbury
10) Jimmy Jones
11 and will be climbing) Mark Sanchez
Fight On!

1. Leinart
2. Palmer
3. McDonald
4. Peete
5. Haden
6. Salisbury
7. Evans
8. Fertig
9. Johnson
10. Wacholtz

Sonny Sixkiller? I've never heard of him, but he's now numero uno on my list of awesomest names ever.

1. Leinart
2. Leinart
3. Leinart
4. Leinart
5. Leinart
6. Palmer
7-10. Others.

The Donkey recognizes that those who saw Frank Gifford play don not visit Wolf's blog.

Palmer
McDonald
Haden
Jones
Evans
Rae
Peete
Bethard
Fertig
Leinart

How about a list of favorite quarterbacks, Donkey? Not the best, just your favorite all time. (List must include Fox and Mazur to be legit.)

1. Leinart
2. Peete (for what he did at SC, not in the NFL)
3. Palmer (ditto what I said about Rodney)
4. Haden
5. McDonald
6. Evans
7. JD Booty
8. Marinovich
9. Sanchez (he'll climb this list by season's end)
10. Salsbury
201,052. Rob Johnson

If you look at what each did at SC, there's no way in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks that Matt Leinart wouldn't be #1 on this list. No quarterback in the history of college football accomplished what he did here (Heisman Trophy Winner + 3rd + 6th place finishes, 3 Straight National Championship games. 37-2 as a starter, Walter Camp Award, Unitas Award, etc, etc, etc). Like him or not, dude was the ultimate winner for us.

1 Leinart
2 Palmer
3 Haden
4 Peete
5 Beathard
6 McDonald
7 Fertig
8 Evans
9 Johnson
10 Marinovich

I thought Gifford was a running back?
And FSC, how can you have Leinart as 10? He's arguably one of the greatest college QBs ever.

Stanley "The Trojan Jimmy Clausen" Havili

1. Mike Rae - MVP of the "Greatest Team in Football History", never lost to Notre Dame, Super Bowl 1977, and a great golfer.
2. Carson Palmer - Smart, tough as nails.
3. Matt Leinart - Biggest QB ego in USC football history.
4. Rodney Peete - Beat fucla with the measles.
5. Craig Fertig - A winner and great guy.
6. Paul McDonald - First class all the way.
7. Pat Haden - Mike Rae's caddy.
8. Sean Salisbury - See Carson Palmer.
9. Pete Beathard - Could easily be ranked higher.
10. Mark Sanchez - Will change by 2009

The DonKey wrote his post before TrojanAZ could point out that Gifford played mostly DB and tailback, and just a little QB. I like to refer to the DonKey in the pluperfect progressive tense.

The Donkey has been enlightened and expresses its gratitude.

The Donkeys top 8 list includes:

8. Pete Beathard
7. Pat Haden
6. Vince Evans
5. Paul McDonald
4. Todd Marinovich
3. Rodney Peete
2. Carson Palmer
1. Matt Leinart

The Donkey refuses to complete add to the list because it is...stubborn.

We're just taking college career right?

-Leinart
-Peete
-Palmer
-Marinovich
-Rob Johnson

From a different age

-Hayden
-Paul McDonald

For his pass TD ratio

-Michael McDonald

1. Palmer
2. Leinart
3. McDonald
4. Haden
5. Peete
6. Rae
7. Fertig
8. Marinovich
9. Johnson
10. Evans
**If Mark delivers as most of us expect he'll definitely crack the top of bottom five. Stay tuned! Fighton you have insulted McDonald by having him at the bottom of your list. Did you forget that he was the NC team QB(1978-1979)? The last NC before Leinart's first, OK? There isn't any reason to justify that, period.
GoliathTrojan and George where are you guys? Next the top FIVE RB's!

Couldn't have said it BETTER myself, THANKS SCFTBL1:

SCFTBL1 said:
1. Mike Rae - MVP of the "Greatest Team in Football History", never lost to Notre Dame, Super Bowl 1977, and a great golfer.
2. Carson Palmer - Smart, tough as nails.
3. Matt Leinart - Biggest QB ego in USC football history.
4. Rodney Peete - Beat fucla with the measles.
5. Craig Fertig - A winner and great guy.
6. Paul McDonald - First class all the way.
7. Pat Haden - Mike Rae's caddy.
8. Sean Salisbury - See Carson Palmer.
9. Pete Beathard - Could easily be ranked higher.
10. Mark Sanchez - Will change by 2009

Mike Rae might not have been the best pure QB, obviously, but he was one thing - A WINNER.

Here's Scott's list (before fall camp started):

1. Mustain
2. Mustain
3. Mustain
4. Mustain
5. Mustain
6. Mustain
7. Mustain
8. Mustain
9. Mustain
10. Palmer

Come-on Mike give us [YOUR] list.

This is impossible when you consider how many great QB's we've had...as compared to the simple task of naming UW's best...ain't that many...

I've segmented the lists
1970-2008
Matt Leinert (count the records)
Carson Palmer (got to put the Heismans first)
Pat Haden (three straight Rose Bowls/2 NC's)
Mike Rae
John David Booty
Rodney Peete
Vince Evans
Paul McDonald (better qb than announcer)
Sean Salisbury (except for the shutout at UW)
Brad Otton (just get the ball to Keyshawn!)

1950-1970
Craig Fertig
Pete Beatherd
Bill Nelson
Jimmy Jones
Willie Wood
Troy Winslow
Toby Page (must have been fun handing off to OJ)
George Bozanic (he made Gifford)
Mike Holmgren (honorable mention)

Before 1950 and just because I love these guys' names:
(all qb's)
Morley Drury
Doyle Nave
Gaius "Gus" Shaver
Nick Pappas
Irving "Cotton" Warburton

Love the Bozanic reference. best athlete to ever come out of wyoming.

According to the 2008 USC Media Guide. Sorry, I wish it was formatted better.

CAREER PASSING LEADERS
(Based on Number of Completions — Includes bowl games)
PA PC INT NYG Pct. TD
1. Carson Palmer 1569 927 49 11818 .591 72
2. Matt Leinart 1245 807 23 10693 .648 99
3. Rob Johnson 1046 676 28 8472 .646 58
4. Rodney Peete 1081 630 42 8225 .583 54
5. John David Booty 832 518 21 6125 .623 55
6. Todd Marinovich 674 415 25 5001 .616 29
7. Brad Otton 718 410 14 5359 .571 40
8. Sean Salisbury 602 346 19 4481 .575 25
9. Paul McDonald 501 299 13 4138 .597 37
10. Jimmy Jones 604 298 25 4092 .493 30
11. Mike Van Raaphorst 487 249 15 3276 .511 20
12. Pat Haden 468 241 25 3288 .514 33
13. John Fox 407 220 11 2784 .541 16
14. Steve Sogge 370 201 17 2542 .543 16
15. Jim Powers 348 186 23 2329 .534 19
16. Rob Hertel 321 176 21 2812 .548 28
17. Mike Rae 323 172 17 2684 .533 16
18. Troy Winslow 276 163 14 2075 .590 17
19. Pete Beathard 330 160 15 2374 .484 18
20. Craig Fertig 290 151 14 2230 .520 16

My List:
1. Leinart
2. Palmer
3. Haden
4. Peete
5. McDonald
6. Rae
7. Booty
8. Marinovich
9. Salisbury
10. Johnson

OldYelllKing:

Please post more often, we love to hear your pespective on SC football history.

That said, how can there be any argument who is the greatest SC quarterback of all time. Hint: he won 2 national championships in a row, decided to come back for his senior year, sacrificing pehaps $50 million in the process, and brougt SC to the brink of an unprecedented 3 straight national championships, only to be upended by another alltime great (Young).

After Leinart, the national championship quarterbacks are Beathard/Nelson, Soggee, Rae/Hayden, and McDonald, if memory serves.

Hayden? Soggee? Okay Lawyer Jahn. ;-)

I know Cole Leinart won't be the starter until 2023 but I hear he can throw 50 yards while sitting in his high chair. Pencil him in at #3.

GIFFORD WAS A TAILBACK
HARD TO COMPARE ERAS
THE TWO BEST EVER
MORLEY DRURY AND MATT LEINART
THEN
WARBURTON AND PALMER
I'D GO ON, BUT IS ANYONE READING THIS????
NEXT-----IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER WOULD BE McDONALD, HADEN AND PEETE

GEORGE TIREBITER,

I LISTEN TO EVERY WORD YOU SAY. I WISH I HAD YOUR MEMORY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TIREBITER, HE IS THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO'S OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN ALL THESE ATHLETES LIVE.
SERIOUSLY

SO IF HE IS SAYING MORELY DRURY AND COTTON WARBURTON ARE TOP FOUR, THEY ARE TOP FOUR.

Sam & George, I may not be as old as both of you (but old enough to know about Jimmy Jones), but my hat goes off to both of you! And George, totally agree with you about Morely & Cotton. Fight On!

HEY-----------THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH SAM AND KP
SAM---METHINKS YOU KNOW YOUR HOOPS HISTORY VERY WELL
KP-----JIMMY JONES/MIKE RAE----A GREAT COMBO
ANOTHER GREAT COMBO---PETE BEATHARD/BILL NELSON
FIGHT ON!

1. Leinart - How could you choose anyone else?
2. Palmer - Not great until senior season.
3. Pat Haden - Consistent
4. Paul McDonald - Great passer
5. Rodney Peete - but never won a bowl game
6. Mike Rae - probably too high, but 1972!
7. Rob Johnson - Couldn't avoid a sack.
8. Todd Marinovich - Played well as USC
9. John David Booty - Should have won a NC but didn't
10. Sean Salisberry - lost job as a senior to Peete

Any list without Mike Rae on it, is invalid. 1972 arguably the best college football team of all time.