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
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.
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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.
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.
We've just got to go. We went for the win right there and to keep the clock going.
We were struggling. We were just bad, a bad football team in Coach Carroll's first year.
We both kind of figured, 'Let's take that,' ... We'll practice our tango or whatever the heck they do the 1-2 step.
We still think we're a better football team. We just couldn't make the plays.
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.
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.
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.
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.