Yahoo Sports: USC can still cash in on the Matt Barkley leap year – now for a limited time only
Kicking off Pac-12 Week. When recruiters finally collapse onto their desks at night, Barkley is the prototype, blue-chip pocket passer they see in their dreams. He showed up at USC two years ago as the No. 1 quarterback prospect in America, the latest and most celebrated product of the bottomless quarterback pipeline from nearby Mater Dei High; within a few months of stepping on campus, he was the first true freshman in school history to start his first game. In terms of advance hype, opportunity at a traditional powerhouse and squeaky-clean charisma — before he even left high school, Barkley ...