Matt Leinart
Matt Leinart
Matthew Stephen "Matt" Leinartis a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Southern Californiafrom 2001 to 2005. He was the starting quarterback for the USC Trojans in 2003, 2004, and 2005. As junior in 2004, he won the Heisman Trophy. Leinart played professionally in the National Football Leaguefor the Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Oakland Raiders, and Buffalo Bills. Leinart signed a deal with the Pac-12 Network, making his official debut as a Studio Analyst on...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 May 1983
CitySanta Ana, CA
I saw what Alex signed for that's a pretty cool number. But what are you going to do? I have no complaints about coming back. I'm happy. One of the reasons I came back was to try and win (a third championship), but it's not something we can control now. We have the potential to do it. Obviously, it's going to be hard. It's a much harder challenge this year than last and that was very tough. We had three or four games that could have gone either way. But I don't see why we can't do it.
I've never even gone on that site. It's a cool idea, but I don't want to put myself out there.
Whether we're leading at halftime, leading at the fourth quarter or, like Notre Dame, waiting all the way until there are three seconds left, we never have any doubt.
We both kind of figured, 'Let's take that,' ... We'll practice our tango or whatever the heck they do the 1-2 step.
We still think we're a better football team. We just couldn't make the plays.
I won it last year and he deserved to win it. Obviously, his play on the field shows why he's the best college football player in the country. Playing really big in the big games and becoming more of a leader, he's a perfect description of a Heisman Trophy winner.
I was a little tight out there in the first half, you know it was an emotional day. I was off, obviously.
That's what it's all about, ... It's coming to South Bend, Indiana. One of the best rivalries in college football coming down to the last second on a QB sneak trying to get in the end zone.
Who knows what can happen? I watched a lot of (Texas') games during the season, and Vince is just a freakish athlete. He's big and fast, and those are hard to find. He showed what he's capable of doing. I think highly of him and wish him all the best.
We were struggling. We were just bad, a bad football team in Coach Carroll's first year.
It's been perfect so far. I couldn't ask for anything more.
We went for the win right there and didn't convert. We felt like we could run it and were inches short.
This defense is one of the best we're going to see, probably, if not the best.
Right now we're right where I hoped we were going to be when I made my decision. But I feel like this has been the best time of my life, these last four or five years, and Wednesday is kind of the culmination.