Comments on: USC Fans: You May Soon Want To Chuck Barkley

By: Art

Art — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:33:58 +0000

Pete Carroll is not a devout Christian. Far from it. To say Carroll is even the slightest bit religious is blatantly false.

By: Defender90CA

Defender90CA — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:39:49 +0000

Crackpot PC conspiracy theories about the starter decision notwithstanding, I think you underestimated the impact of Corp’s cracked fibula on the competition. If Aaron wasn’t 100%, physically OR mentally (which is not surprising after only a couple of weeks), why doesn’t it make sense to give Matt a shot at the opening game? Injuries happen all the time and coaches have to re-assess options. I agree that Aaron will be called on to lead the team if Matt falters against SJState and I’m excited to see what Corp’s scrambling ability could mean for the team. I don’t think Pete’s ego is going to get in the way of his changing his mind if the situation warrants it.

By: TLo

TLo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:21 +0000

Congratulations on snagging Perez Hilton to play quarterback

By: Tha Bears

Tha Bears — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:10:54 +0000

Cal is going to win the PAC 10 this year. Yes, you heard it here first. Kevin Riley and Jahvid Best are going to get it done.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:40:35 +0000

Also want to compliment the USC commenters here for not going nuts about my criticisms. It’s nothing personal about the team or Barkley, just giving people a headsup on what I saw and prediction of what I think may happen.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:17 +0000

As for people who say I’m being unfair about offensive skill guys, maybe Damian Williams will be a beast this year. And I can see Joe McKnight changing games on special teams returns.

Outside of that tho, Barkley actually may be their best potential playmaker - once he gets his feet wet and settles in.

Those two Washington games look like they’ll be his biggest confidence builders if the OSU game turns out to be an L.

I’m not rooting against SC or Barkley btw, I live in LA and prefer USC over UCLA. I worked on the USC flagship doing pre and post for 3 years.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:01:39 +0000

I’m guessing the main reason Barkley is starting is Carroll’s lack of confidence in the defense. That’s his true expertise and if he KNEW he could hold opponent under two touchdowns every game, he could afford to start a game manager like Corp.

I also realize that saying USC’s skill guys are pedestrian doesn’t mean they won’t dominate the Pac-10. I can definitely see USC going to the Rose Bowl again this year with Barkley or Corp - but of course that won’t make Trojan fans happy.

By: Aggie Nation

Aggie Nation — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:45:21 +0000

Meyer didn’t start Tebow his freshman year, he worked him in with certain packages. Those of us in flyover country just expect USC to be dominant, and to own Big Ten/Big 12 competition (2006 Rose Bowl aside.) Interesting analysis.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:38:20 +0000

The defense will be really good, SC will run the ball more, and the new play caller this year, Jeremy Bates, will be much better than last year’s, Steve Sarkisian, (now coach at U. Washington), so whoever’s at QB will have a lot of help in looking good, and making life easy. If things start to head south with Barkley, the only question is will Pete pull him for Aaron during that lousy game with the hopes of Aaron saving the day and pulling out the win, or will Pete stick with Barkley and only realize Barkley’s not fully ready until after they’ve been tagged with a loss, at which point he’ll think about playing/starting Corp.

One last thing about Barkley…does anyone else find it slightly disturbing that this 18 year old kid has a receding hair line, or at least the hair line of a 35 year old man? It ’s reminiscent of David Lee Roth when he got into his 40s.

By: Nowin

Nowin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:46:02 +0000

I noticed a smaller crowd than normal … but the game was pretty much the same. Playing with injuries spoilt it for me. Only the very very best can play when injured and still be good.
I will be there next week, but I’m taking my blinkers and something to read!