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
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.
I knew I was going to get third. I wanted to go on stage as a past winner because I knew I wasn't going to win. The right guy won.
I'm just a winner. I'm a Tom Brady type. He's a winner.
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.
I've never even gone on that site. It's a cool idea, but I don't want to put myself out there.
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.
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.
Personally, I'd go. I'd go to the NFL.
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.
LenDale is so big and so fast, and he just wears on the defense. He's a great complement to a guy like Reggie. He can catch the ball, he can run after the catch, he can run after his carries. He just does everything well. He's a terrific back and a big part of why we've been so successful.
It's been perfect so far. I couldn't ask for anything more.
We still think we're a better football team. We just couldn't make the plays.