It was thought that Southern Cal would wait until today’s mock game to settle on their starting quarterback.
When Pete Carroll blew that notion out of the water on Thursday, all we were left with until the real football bullets begin to fly next week to gauge Matt Barkley‘s ascension to the Trojan throne was today’s fake game.
And, based on the early returns, Barkley was... uhhh... better than the 5-of-18 he was in an earlier scrimmage.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the true freshman was 6-11 for 113 yards, no passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown and one pick.
I’ll allow y’all to read into this whatever you will.
