matt barkley warming up. fourth quarter, usc trailing by three. ve a tie game, 13-13. korp. later intercepted. barkley not in the game. mcknight breaks off the 43-yard carry. fumble at the end but is recovered and now we're tied at 13. this is not what the trojans expected whatsoever. oregon and utah, 28-24, a four-point game over on espn, 3.5 to go in the fourth quarter. >> the quarterback, jeremy masoli 4 of 16 passing. how they have so many wins, i don't know. right now time for nascar print cup happy hour. and that's getting their car up to speed. going fast and getting their tires hooked up on their restarts. if you're car won't two at the beginning of these restarts, can you lose four, five, maybe even eight positions. something you can't make up because this is a difficult racetrack to pass on. >> a lot to think about for the other chase contenders. for more, let's go down to the garage area and dave burns. >> really it's the story of two different practice areas today. this morning when the guys first started practice iing 58 degree and the

and see how it goes from there. >>> matt barkley could not go last week. as u.s.c.as nearly a three touchdown favorite at washington. this week, they're favored by more than six touchdowns as they host washington state. in southern cal. pete carroll with the latest on the status of his true freshman. >>> yesterday, to my surprise, and our surprise in general, that matt barkley practiced throughout the practice. he wasn't perfect. but he was -- but he was good enough to perform yesterday. i'm anxious to see how he feels today after throwing quite a bit yesterday. and he took half the snaps, he and aaron shared the snaps. but looked at his best since he was injured a couple of weeks ago. so we'll see what that story is. we don't really know right now. we have to wait day by day and see how it goes. >> espn's college football prime time continues thursday night. jevan snead and the number four ole miss rebels have a careful, careful, careful road test against the south carolina gamecocks. 7:30 eastern time. no easy road games in the s.e.c. >>> both mannings having grea

both matt barkley and aaron corp took practice snaps yesterday. corp started for the injured barkley in that loss at washington on saturday. it wasn't difficult. matt had a great camp and spring. the way he can handle it and how good of a player he is. his competitiveness, he is ready to go. i am really excited for him and our football team. in the meantime we will get aaron right and well. he is almost there but not. it is matt's job. he is going to see how far he can take it. >> back with kirk herbstreit. u.s.c. with what seems like an annual deal now. they lose on the road. happened in washington saturday. aaron corp with a limited playbook didn't get a whole lot done and now he is sharing practice snaps with matt barkley. how much will the uncertainity at that particular position hurt the trojans national title hopes? >> they have to get barkley back in the lineup asap. i think building continuity is the number one challenge no matter who the quarterback is. that is not going to get it done with the schedule they have. i wouldn't be surprised

game, you could say, i was in front of the t.v., i saw it it happen, matt barkley grow up. he will be engineering at different levels for a long time. >> couple things, of course matt barkley steals the show and u.s.c. finds a way to win. they are on the road and tough on the road. important to beat the buck eyes and the young quarterback to get experience and confidence and ohio state sdnlt have to apologize to anybody. they played their tail off and showed they could play with the big boys. battle texas in the fiesta bowl and came up short on the last play. similar fashion against u.s.c. they don't have to apologize for what happened against lsu and florida. they have proven who they are about and move on. >> barkley will make freshman mistakes. offensive production wasn't great for u.s.c., let's not put them in the championship game yet. in michigan, what a swing program. a huge boost for rodriguez. tate forcier looks like he was born to win games, just like forcier a forci barkley. >> i thought the offense had a dimension it was missing last week. he put him and forcier

trojans trouble start at quarterback where matt barkley is working his way back from a shoulder injury last week. >> yesterday to my surprise and our surprise in general matt barkley practiced throughout the practice. he was not perfect, but he was good enough to perform. i am anxious to see how he feels today. he took half of the snaps. looked at his best since he was injured a couple of weeks ago. we don't know right now. we will have to go day-by-day and find out how it goes. >> injured heisman trophy winner sam bradford will definitely not play this week for the sooners. they have an off week. whether he can any in two saturdays remains the subject of speculation thanks to the revelation by the oklahoma offensive coordinator that bradford increased his workload in practice yesterday. >> i will not detail day-to-day. little disappointed our players have so much to say. not that we are trying to be coy, but i don't want sam to have to deal with the pressure of everybody's expectations. again, too early to speculate. i won't get into the speculation. once he is comfortable and ready t

matt barkley and the drive he led, mark, for the winning touchdown against ohio state is one that canp a quarterback grow up quickly. >> it can. it wasn't just that drive, it was his drive in the two-minute situation, he drove his team in, the key driver is in the 14th play. i thought that was huge and that is is gangbusters for his confidence down the road. >> i thought ohio state played with great emotion and did themselves proud, other than the fact for the sixth straight time they lost to a top five-ranked team. >> i thought you made an interesting point in the lead-up to the ohio state and u.s.c. game. you talked about the important of this game for ohio state. they played, but they didn't win. that is not good enough. >> from 1921, when woody hayes got there, they haven't been able to run the football. had ohio state been able to run the football in the 40 quarter, they would have won this football game. same thing might be said for notre dame. great finish, michigan and nono dame, even forcier after the game thanked notre dame for trying to drive. incomplete passes stopped the

matt barkley. about barkley, trestle says, if u.s.c. has success running the ball he'll be the luckiest freshman alive. he'll hand off the ball and be fine. but for pry your, he says terrell will be carrying the weight of an entire young buckeye team on his shoulders. will he be nervous? tressel asks and answered his own question, absolutely. >> for all the attention focused on the inexperience of matt barkley, jim tressel pointed out his quarterback is not yet a veteran. on his radio show he heard a caller attempt to compare terrell pry your to vince young. but as tressel pointed out, vince young wasn't dominant nor a difference maker until he was a fourth year junior. pry your has seven new starters around him on offense. >> u.s.c. is going to look to win its tenth straight against the big 10. they have won the previous nine. won by over 23 points per game. this is college. the droa jans have also won six straight versus buckeyes. their last lost to the scarlet gray, january 1, 1974. dr. lieu, he has some kind words, some healing word

move matt barkley from u.s.c.'s lineup and the trojans go 0-10 on third down at washington. take sam bradford from oklahoma, and they score 13 against b.y.u. which gave up 54 to florida state. those injuries change the season not only for those two teams but for others looking to take those spots if they can stay healthy. >>> here's your update on those injured quarterbacks. barkley throwing at practice each of the last two days. pete carroll said he would like barkley to start if his jurt shoulder can hold up -- his injured shoulder can hold up. otherwise aaron corp gets the start at washington state. >>> to our surprise in general, that matt barkley practiced throughout the practice. he wasn't perfect but he was -- but he was good enough to perform yesterday. i'm anxious to see how he feels today after throwing quite a bit yesterday and took half the snaps, he and aaron shared the snaps. but looked his best since he was injured a couple of weeks ago. so we'll see what that story to find out how it goes. >>> monday, we reported that reigning heisman trophy winner sam bradfo

move matt barkley from u.s.c.'s lineup and the trojans go 0-10 on third down at washington. take sam bradford from oklahoma, and they score 13 against b.y.u. which gave up 54 to florida state. those injuries change the season not only for those two teams but for others looking to take those spots if they can stay healthy. >>> here's your update on those injured quarterbacks. barkley throwing at practice each of the last two days. pete carroll said he would like barkley to start if his jurt shoulder can hold up -- his injured shoulder can hold up. otherwise aaron corp gets the start at washington state. >>> to our surprise in general, that matt barkley practiced throughout the practice. he wasn't perfect but he was -- but he was good enough to perform yesterday. i'm anxious to see how he feels today after throwing quite a bit yesterday and took half the snaps, he and aaron shared the snaps. but looked his best since he was injured a couple of weeks ago. so we'll see what that story to find out how it goes. >>> monday, we reported that reigning heisman trophy winner sam bradfo

freshman matt barkley earned rave reviews saturday. 's earned raves from his coach and this week's opponent. first his coach. >> i thought matt did extremely well in that game. the way he handled everything, and the way he dealt with it, it is much like we expected. but you've still got to go do it, and he did it. more significantly was his mentality during the game. he was in it, talking communicating. i know i've said that a number of times. but a lot of times kids don't communicate real well. he was fine. he was just like he always was and is. and he got banged up, and his shoulder was sore, you know. i guess it might have happened in the third quarter. in the third quarter he made it through it. and was not feeling 100%. >> i'm impressed by what he's been able to get accomplished to this point. you think about this kid, he started as a freshman in high school at mater day from one of the premier programs in california. and he comes to s.c., and he's exceeding i think expectations of everybody but himself. i can't envision, i can't i

. >> matt barkley warming up. usc trailing three.ntercepted again. 41 seconds to play. jake locker hooks up with jermaine kearse a very, very big first down. seven seconds to play. erik folk and washington upsets usc, 16-13. here's quint with pete carroll. what changed? >> well, we didn't move the football very well. because we started turning it over and penalties we had, we just did the classic things when you lose right at the heart of our philosophy taking care of the football and we didn't do it. >> you and steve didn't get a chance to shake in the hallway. there was a moment that you got together. >> it was impossible to see him. i got him in the hallway here. to congratulate him. this is a fantastic accomplishment for him and now that this is over i'm proud of him and for all those guys that have come from my program to do something like that that's really cool and i know how much fun it is so if you can do it, i'm thrilled for him and hate that it happened. that's how it teals. >> thanks for the time. appreciate it. >> tough

pete carroll said he'd love to have matt barkley back under center for the game this weekend.issed last weekend's loss at washington with a bruised throwing shoulder. barkley and aaron corp split time running the first-team offense at monday's practice. >>> nfl, jets corner dorrell revis said when randy moss went to the bathroom, he went, too. 23 times tom brady kept the offense in check and kept them out of the end zone. in the end zone when we had the opportunities. >>> for more on brady and the patriots, the red sox trying to chase down the yankees, celtics getting ready for preseason and all things boston check out espnboston.com. >>> one of the story lines from the win in dallas was the continued emergence of their young wide receivers, steve smith and mario manningham made the plays plaxico burress used to make for new york. burress will be sentenced on tuesday, a formality after he accepted a two-year sentence and a plea deal on gun charges. burress' adjustment to life without many of the comforts of his nfl existence might not be as simple as the giants. kelly naqi tak

when you look at aaron corp you saw someone with more experience than matt barkley. h barkley coming into the season and got injured. fully healthy coming into the game. i thought we'd see him run more and use mobile. we didn't get to see it. i think he knew this was his one shot to maybe win the job back and clearly was trying to force the ball too many times into coverage and ultimately i think that was one of the big differences in the game for usc, no consistency at the quarterback spot for the trojans. >> shocker to be sure. if you are looking for west virginia, auburn we are in a weather delay. a lot of rain and lightning in the area. about 30 to 40 minutes at least until kickoff. in the meantime, let's go to the swamp. >> stay with us. >> stay with us. why not. tim tebow sporting the professor look. >> becoming popular. clark kept before he takes it off. >> tim tebow out of the shotgun scrambles. hello. >> what is the phrase? something about knees -- a knee benner is -- >> knee benner is a jaw breaker. tebow. >> write that one down. >> pumped up. powering his w

that will be seeing if matt barkley healed enough to take his starting spot at quarterback.orp is taking a lot of harsh heat on the internet and sports talk radio. if barkley can't go carrol says corp will start against washington state. pete carroll can always find the positive. even though this is the fourth straight season they were upset by a conference opponent. mike. >> shelley, sort of a mess in l.a. right now. golic, who is to blame when a team doesn't play its best in the trap game. >> pete carroll in the locker room after the ohio state game he was warning his players not to have a letdown against washington like we did last year. the coach made the players aware. these are kids playing in college. they have to take care of their business on the field. for two years in a row they failed to do that. >> they have to do it without their quarterback. we don't know how much of a factor. coming up a first for tom brady. a loss at the new york jets. golic will show us how the gang green defense made tom brady miserable all day long. also. >> cutler, throws to the end zone

pete carroll said he'd love to have matt barkley back under center for the game this weekend.a bruised throwing shoulder. barkley and aaron corp split time running the first-team offense at monday's practice. >>> nfl, jets corner dorrell revis said when randy moss went to the bathroom, he went, too. 23 times tom brady kept the offense in check and kept them out of the end zone. in the end zone when we had the opportunities. >>> for more on brady and the patriots, the red sox trying to chase down the yankees, celtics getting ready for preseason and all things boston check out espnboston.com. >>> one of the story lines from the win in dallas was the continued emergence of their young wide receivers, steve smith and mario manningham made the plays plaxico burress used to make for new york. burress will be sentenced on tuesday, a formality after he accepted a two-year sentence and a plea deal on gun charges. burress' adjustment to life without many of the comforts of his nfl existence might not be as simple as the giants. kelly naqi takes a look. >> by nightfall on tuesday this wi

. >> you know, that's when you saw matt barkley warming up.never saw the field. >> corp again almost -- >> he saw it. never had a chance to play it. >> jay had a better day. here he hooks up with jermaine kearse for a big first down. >> what a gun he has. doesn't even have to plant his feet. threw that one directly up in the air. >> seven seconds to play. eric following.k >> eric berry played a pretty good one. tebow got the best of him almost. he is pumped. he's always emotional. that was through the day. into the end zone for the score. up 10-3. third quarter. tebow keeps it. >> scrambling. >> he started taking -- >> he really did. watch him break the tackle here. you think they got him. that's what he can do. >> had the two turnovers but also in the second half of the game decided i'm going to run and finished with 76 yards rushing. >> he did fumble once just the third time he turned it over in the red zone in his college career. jeffery demps, florida would win this, 23-13. number one gators stay undefeated but perhaps this one was a just

he got injured in camp after going head-to-head with matt barkley and now all of a sudden, he sits backwatches the success barkley has and now he gets a shot. i think he's going to come up big for usc. >> when i look at this washington team, they've got five coaches that were on that usc staff and it's not just steve sarkisian, the head coach. you have nick holt, who was a defensive coordinator at usc. now talentwise, they don't match up very well, but no team in the country will have a better idea of what to do schematically against this usc team. and i think something that's huge for this game to watch for is the fact that ronald johnson isn't in there, really damion williams is really the only proven receiver that you have. what that means defensively for nick holt i think that you need to drop one of those safeties down into the box, and for me i would rather have that guy on the weak side because way have a lot of times with joe mcknight and the runs he does, he likes to cut those things back and you also talked about aaron corp on those boots and waggles and coming out on the back

matt barkley has the sore shoulder. corp swings it to damian williams, a pickup of 13. this on the opening drive. s.c. clicking right away. then the give to joe mcknight, 11 carries, 100 yards. easy as you please. the trojans in the end zone. and then the struggles begin. corp, all the time in the world, throws do you double coverage, almost gets picked. s.c. 0-10 on third down conversions on this game. later in this drive, corp, yeah, just a little too strong there. s.c. has to punt. corp, 13-22 for just 110 yards, the fewest passing yards in the pete carroll era. then corp to stanley. s.c. driving, of stumbles, the ball comes loose, and the huskies swarm on it. so the trojans score under an opportunity there. s.c., three turnovers inside the hskies' 35. donald buckner, the pick here. another missed opportunity. washington kicks a field goal on the ensuing possession. steve sarkisian, former offensive coordinator for s.c., has them bouncing. then corp almost gets picked again. next s.c. possession, corp to mcknight. big hole, and there he goes. and then here comes the

usc and freshman quarterback matt barkley travel to the horseshoe to take on ohio state.buckeyes are going to respond from last year's shellacking. >> ohio state, last year's 35-3 defeated the loss was a legacy. their worst margin of defeat in 14 years. only added to the program's perceived troubles in big games. with another chance, the team balances opportunity to gain respect with a way to earn redemption. >> if you put our guys under hypnosis in the summertime and asked them the question, you know, what game are you thinking about, you know, i'm sure it would be ohio state-usc. >> this is the game for the season. it's a huge game. just playing these guys, they're coming in the chute. i'm excited for our fans, i'm excited for our offense, defense and special teams. it's one of those games. >> to lose a game like that last year. it was embarrassing. and something that we didn't like. i think this year is the year we can go out and fight back. >> the loss last september marked the first time in 141 games the buckeyes failed to score a touchdown. asked about the notion th

one of the ones that stands out, the quarterback matt barkley.e it a go. >> and here's what to watch for. the steelers and bears going head-to-head sunday. both squads will be missing their best defensive players. they will not have troy polamalu. and brian urlacher, he was asked about missing the defensive start. >> injury is a part of football. i'm sure they prefer to play with urlacher. they're going to have to find ways to be successful without him. similarly, we prefer to play with troy. we'll have to find ways to play without him. that's the story in the national football league. i'm sure they'll uphold the standard like we intend to. it comes with the territory. troy's knee injury will not require surgery. it's really a week-to-week thing as we progress from here on out. he's definitely out of action this week. >> keep in mind when the games are over no other place you'd rather be. we'll have it all here for you. for more on the nfl. we go inside the huddle with john clayton. >> the timing of aaron rodgers come back victory over the bears

if we're thinking about toledo and we execute, we've got chance. >> neither matt barkley nor pryor completed50% of their passes, threw for 200 yards or even tossed a touchdown pass saturday night, but the up side on each is through the roof. barkley of course came up huge during s.c.'s late game-winning drive despite a bruised shoulder. here's pete carroll on his young quarterback today. >> i thought matt did extremely well in that game, and i'm proud as heck of the way he handled everything and the way he dealt with it. it was much like we expected, but you still got to go do it, and he did it. more significantly was his mentality during the game. he was in it and talking and communicating. i know i said that a number of time, but a lot of times kids don't commune kate really well. he was fine. he was just like he always was. and he got banged up and his shoulder was sore, you know, and i guess it might have happened in the third quarter. and he made it through it and hung tough and was not feeling 100%. we take that into account. it's even more extraordinary an outing for him. as we go thr

survived, but one thing we did find out yesterday, it wasn't some brave, noble experiment choosing matt barkley did not have any other option, really. >> mitch, in the s.e.c., we had a game that people had been pointing to all year long because of lane kiffin saying he was going to sing "rocky top" after they beat florida. well, he did not beat them, but did he have a moral victory because his dad's defense played so well? >> i don't know. that's really stretching it. >> he gets to bring his dad to beat up urban meyer. >> yeah, i mean, it's nice to have your dad back you up when you talk tough, but the fact is it's a loss. and yeah, are tennessee fans celebrating that they stayed close to florida? i don't think that's how they view football down there. i was more surprised, because kiffin talks, that's what does he. up don't listen anymore. but i was more surprised that florida, who had its own motivation to try to run up the score, wasn't capable of doing it. now, it wasn't a close game because it was really kind of a blowout, and then team bo fumbled that ball and it got a little closer at th

washington's much improved but i think aaron corp will change the football team and matt barkley has5th in the pass efficiency. >> southern cal wins easily they won seven consecutive games against washington and the defense only gave up nine points a game and it doesn't matter who the quarterback is it could be rece davis and they'll hand off the ball to mcknight and they'll win. >> jake locker's having a tremendous year. >> he's being well coached and put up big passing numbers and a sure you i would check out the running plate. i'd pitch that pill around, you know that. florida state and byu. this is the important, one of a couple important games for the acs, non-conference non-confere enhance the bcs profile. >> byu is not the easiest place to play and what makes it difficult for florida state to play is they're woeful on defense and i think when you look at max hall at quarterback and of unga the running back and the maturity of the defense i think byu wins. >> i agree i think they'll win handily they play at home and don't have to travel and mendenhall will have a solid game but

after leading sc to a win in columbus, what matt barkley discovered today about his chances of playingurday. all next on news. >> it is great to welcome you inside the espnews room. kevin consor here, keeping you current on a showcase night for acc football. just ask georgia tech back jonathan dwyer who said this week "i don't know why everyone is putting us down. the acc is a tough conference. we do have four of the top 25 teams. two battling tonight. georgia tech at no. 20, miami. dwyer held in check. just>> five carries for seven yards in the first half. but tech getting things going on the opening drive. it would lead to a tech field goal. later in a the first quarter, ja'kouri harris, up top to -- jacoryso harris, part of a 4-pl, 70-yard scoring drive. 7-3 canes. second quarter, miami driving again. 3rd and 2. harris rolling, throwing. epps catching. harris, 7 of 9 on the drive. canes led 14-3. later in the second quarter. harris rolling again. lots of time. it's epps again. canes would boot a field goal. lead 17-3. miami scored on the first three drives of the game. third quarter

caller terrell pry your leads the charge for the fifth straight year and pete carrell turns to matt barkleyher national title run in mind. u.s.c. and ohio state, tomorrow at 8:00 eastern on espn. >> take ago look at x factors today in the film room and when you break down ohio state in the first game against navy, the impressive thing to me was durr ron carter. carter obviously well coached coming out of the high school ranks. but watch here. a couple of things. first of all, settling down on the quick sand route and finding that soft spot, giving himself a window to the quarterback to terrell pry your. this next play, getting out of the break and also has the presence of mind to get down and keep his feet inbounds for the reception. i know he only had three catches against navy but he is not the type of player that's going to be afraid to play in a big game and i also saw a great rapport between he and pry your, the quarterback. don't be surprised if he has big numbers against u.s.c. on the flip side, joe mcknight could be the x fact tomplet one player ohio state cannot match up with in an