SOONERGUYS Blog

The idea coming from some sports media types that USC is falling from the college football god’s graces sounds more like east coast wishful thinking than reality. Just because their last QB bolted to the NFL before Pete Carroll wanted him to, and just because there is a real competition among a sophomore and freshman for the job, doesn’t mean that the No. 4 Trojans are going anywhere. Well, except to Columbus, Ohio on September 12 where they will obliterate a big but slow Buckeye team, and then back to the west coast to ravage the PAC10.

Sophomore Aaron Corp and freshman Matt Barkley are competing for the quarterback job. Out of the picture is ballyhooed Mitch Mustain, who left Arkansas because then Coach Houston Nutt hadn’t left.

If the Trojans start Barkley he will be the first true freshman to ever start for them.

That might give the Buckeyes a chance to knock the Trojans off their high horse.

But, what some forget is that USC has a greater supporting cast behind their inexperienced quarterbacks than most of the other teams in the PAC10 combined. There might be a tough road game at Oregon this year, but expect USC to get its eighth straight conference championship and try to convince enough BCS voters they belong in the championship game, which, where else, will be played in their backyard – Pasadena, California.

There seems to be a knack for some schools which are located near championship venues to wind up in that game: Florida….LSU…. USC.