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
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We were struggling. We were just bad, a bad football team in Coach Carroll's first year.
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.
We've just got to go. We went for the win right there and to keep the clock going.
We went for the win right there and didn't convert. We felt like we could run it and were inches short.
We really don't care about the BCS. We'll care about it when there's one game left. It's important for us to start the game really fast, and they didn't stop us all game.
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.
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 was a little tight out there in the first half, you know it was an emotional day. I was off, obviously.
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 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.
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.