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
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.
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.
We were struggling. We were just bad, a bad football team in Coach Carroll's first year.
With the combined team of CAA, Chuck, Leigh, and Air 7, I am confident that my business affairs are in the very best hands. This gives me the freedom to focus on becoming the best football player I can be.
We still think we're a better football team. We just couldn't make the plays.
You saw that with Fresno State, who after us completely went downhill, and that's a really good football team. And that's a perfect example of really giving us their best shot and giving everything they can to beat USC, and then they don't have enough to beat (Louisiana) Tech and Nevada, teams that they should beat by 20, 30 points. That's why what we've done is so special.
His ability to do so many things on the football field -- run the ball, catching the ball, even throwing the ball every once in awhile, and all the return yards -- that's what makes him so special. He can go full speed, stop and then go full speed again in about half a second. It's amazing.
We went for the win right there and didn't convert. We felt like we could run it and were inches short.
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.
Personally, I'd go. I'd go to the NFL.
I've never even gone on that site. It's a cool idea, but I don't want to put myself out there.
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.
If we can win one more game, then we can make a pretty good argument.
I don't have any regrets. We're champions. They just got us this night.