USC Trojans vs. San Jose State Spartans 2009 Highights

The University of Southern California Trojans took on the San Jose State Spartans in USC's 2009 home opener at the Coliseum. The Trojans won 56-3 to start off their season on the right foot. Matt Barkley made Pete Carroll a happy man by not throwing an interception. Big runs by Stafon Johnson, Joe McKnight, Allen Bradford and Marc Tyler. Video ends with an awesome D.J. Shoemate hit on special teams.

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Sports

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• college football
• Pete Carroll
• Matt Barkley
• USC Trojans
• Taylor Mays
• Everson Griffen
• Allen Bradford
• Stafon Johnson

[mistercool43]

DJ's hit was sick dawg

[thechadman2]

FINALLY! I was at the game and been looking everywhere for DJ's hit on special teams. BEAST!

[acotw67]

Thanks, ryan4sc. Barkley has since proved himself & has a wicked arm. The comments are too funny!

[jaymov33]

LMAO! this is so funny..

[skywest37]

Well I'll be the first to admit Barkley proved me completely wrong against OSU...I mean he wasn't spectacular but he did what he had to do and honestly looked great on that last drive. Great job. Next time I'll reserve judgement for a later time....Walking away now with my tail between my legs ;) Fight on.

[RoCk4LiFe90]

Barkley is way overrated, he's hyped up way to much, he might be able to do his cute play action against a team like San Jose but its not going to happen like that against Ohio State. USC better plan for a whole lot of 3rd down and longs because his ass is going to hit the turf a lot. As for the run there may be a couple nice gainers but OSU's defense is great at stopping the run so i can see runs of 2-4 yards average thats it. Congrats USC for beating San Jose....now you will really be tested

[Jswift254]

i cant wait to go to the game on saturday in ohio and cheer on my USC trojans, and listen to the crowd get all loud and then after a quarter of play listen to the silence when USC pulls away from OSU, i think it will be a good game for a quarter, but OSU dont have athletes like USC does to keep things going, pryor is the x-factor, the oline, defense, running backs, and wideouts are USC's x-factors. our defense gotten better since vince and pryor is no vince.

[GSMSfromFV]

Barkley, in his first game, was only asked to manage the game, not be the hero. It looks like that the new Trojan philosophy is to run the ball 66% to 34% pass, whereas in prior years it had been 50-50.

Against the Buckeyes, if the Trojans fall behind by 2-TDs, expect Barkley to throw a lot more.

And as far as Barkley's play-action technique in concerned, it is on par with Booty's, but not as good as Sanchez. This, too, will improve with experience. He does need to lose some weight.

[atm8705]

You just don't get it do you. Pete Carroll doesn't take a national championship-contending team full of veteran (junior and senior) talent, and put their hopes on the shoulder's of a true freshman QB. Yes, he may be asked to do a bit more than vs SJSU, but with veteran o-line, RBs, and WRs, it's not much. Game won't revolve around Barkley, whereas OSU's game revolves around Pryor.

I never said it would be easy, chief. You're not very knowledgeable about football, chief.

[skywest37]

It wont be that easy against OSU, Chief. OSU is not SJSU, the game will have to revolve around the QB.

[atm8705]

Also, if you actually watched the game, Barkley constanty ran play-action and bootlegs all game. Conservative. Non-expansive playbook. Didn't need a variety of passing when the running game was so strong. Hence, the game did not revolve around the QB, chief.