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Originally Posted by socalwingfan
USC football is the NFL in LA - I don't think people realize how huge the Trojans are in LA. Leinhart/Bush/Palmer are all used to playing in front of 80,000 + crowds and nationally televised games every week. The top USC players are already huge celebrities before they get to the NFL so they are prepared for the lights and glitz that a lot of other players don't experience until they make the pros.
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I think you could see that last night.
When he was going out there for the final drive, I was thinking that this probably isn't as big a moment as in the National Championship game last year.
I don't know if Alex Smith has had the harder path (with the expectations, and being saddled to a brutal team) or Vince Young because of the whole QB controversy in Tenn ever since the draft.
That said, once the finally sign with a team the current crop doesn't seem to have the fragility of the last few groups of young QBs. And by that I mean that it seemed you would see 1 good QB for every 5 drafted, but recently the balance has shifted to the successful side of things.