USC’s Pete Carroll is known as a coach who takes risks. After losing his golden boy Mark Sanchez to the NFL after just one year as the Trojan’s leader, he was presented with a choice: does he put his faith in Aaron Corp, the returning player with the most experience…or does he put he start Mitch Mustain, a transfer who is probably talented enough to be the easy starter choice at most other Pac-10 schools…or does he embrace Matt Barkley, a freshman with no experience, but with enough talent and skill to keep up with Corp at practice?
Today, Carroll announced …read more

With Mark Sanchez out of the picture, the question on every USC fan’s mind is this: who will lead the Trojans to the National Championship in 2009? First string belongs to Aaron Corp right now, as per decisions at the end of spring training, but head coach Pete Carroll is known for playing whoever he damn well pleases, even if there are older players on the roster.
One person who hopes to have a chance even though he doesn’t have any college experience is freshman Matt Barkley, according to reports. The team started working out on Saturday, and this young quarterback …read more