USC Will Start Freshman Matt Barkley- Irish Licking Their Chops

On the Notre Dame schedule there’s one big, big big-time challenge awaiting, the October 17th matchups with the University of Southern California. The Irish are pumped that the game will be at home, and they have a good looking ranking (No. 23) and a bunch of returning starters coming back to help get one over on the Trojans, who are ranked No. 4 in the preseason AP Poll. But one more thing just helped to give the Irish a little more confidence in the upcoming game- the fact that when they play USC, they will go up against a freshman quarterback.

Matt Barkley was named the starting quarterback of the USC Trojans football team this past week, and opponents of the Trojans from the West coast to the Midwest are licking their chops. While the QB position at USC has been strength for the Trojans for a while now (with Matt Leinart and Mark Sanchez starting for the past few years), this year is that much more of a wild card. Will the Irish focus on disrupting the passing game when they face the Trojans in October?  Get tickets to find out!

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