Re: USC QB situation -- my understanding is that Corp won the starting job and would have been the starter had he been 100%. Even though he's probably about 90%, Carroll is probably using it as an excuse to get Barkley in there. If you believe the hype, Barkley's probably the best true freshman pro-style QB to come out in a long time (guys like Terrelle Pryor can get by on athleticism alone, but Barkley apparently has the arm and has already learned the system having graduated HS a half year early). Even if you don't believe the hype, Barkley will be starting over Corp (a former 5-star QB in his own right) and Mustain (a former HS Player of the Year, 5-star QB, and 8-0 as a freshman at Arkansas). Both Corp and Mustain would be starting at any number of schools if they weren't at USC.
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