tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73611232011-11-27T17:46:27.624-08:00Congratulations to Matt Leinart, 2004 Heisman Trophy Winner!Trojan Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305551921272020868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361123.post-1105752803964348712005-01-14T17:24:00.000-08:002005-01-14T17:33:23.963-08:00

In a stunning announcement, Matt Leinart has decided to return to USC for his senior season. Color us surprised but cheerful. Either decision was a winner for Matt, but we gladly welcome him back to USC for what should be an amazing senior season. He has a strong chance at becoming the greatest quarterback in NCAA history. More on that down the road. For now, we'll introduce you to the

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Matt Leinart's Final 20004-2005 Statistics 269 Completions 412 Attempts .653 Completion Percentage 3322 Yards 33 Touchdowns 6 Interceptions 69 Long Competion 3 Rush Touchdowns 156.54 Passing Efficiency Updated Career Statistics 25-1 Record 2 National Championships 1 Heisman Trophy 524 Completions 814 Attempts .644 Completion Percentage 71 Touchdowns (1 shy of USC record held by Carson Palmer)

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That's the question on everyone's mind. We wish Matt Leinart the absolute best no matter what decision he makes. He's worked to put himself in this position, he deserves to make a pressure-free choice. Both options are incredible ones for himself. He'll probably be one of the top picks if not THE top pick in the NFL draft if he leaves school, and if not, he'll come back on a loaded team set

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Let's keep this short and sweet. Matt Leinart was outstanding against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. He gave hope and swagger to a successful yet mixed up USC offense, especially in the game's first half. The Trojan coaches changed their tendencies, and had Matt rolling out, and rolling his pocket, for much of the game. It was risky, but it worked, giving Leinart a clear view of the field and

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You knew this was coming...

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Matt Leinart Orange Bowl MVP! Great job USC and Matt Leinart! Fight ON!!!!!!! USC 55 Oklahoma 19 Back-To-Back Champs!

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The USC Trojans opened the 2004-2005 college football season, playing Virginia Tech in the Black Coaches Association game. Now they get to close the season, playing Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Good luck to the USC Trojans and good luck to Matt Leinart! Fight ON! ! ! ! ! ! !

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This from the Beach Bash USC attended... Matt rocking Dodger gear, along with backup Billy Hart and the eyes of linebacker Dallas Sartz Loose as a goose, and twice as tall All images courtesy the official Orange Bowl website

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The Trojans have arrived in Miami for the big game against Oklahoma.

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Matt gave that kid such a thrill when he came out to visit the team.

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THE VOTING Top-five voting for the Heisman Trophy, with first-, second- and third-place votes and total points (voting on 3-2-1 basis): Player 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Matt Leinart USC 267 211 102 1,325 Adrian Peterson Okla 154 180 175 997 Jason White Oklahoma 171 149 146 957 Alex Smith Utah 98 112 117 635 Reggie Bush USC 118 80 83 597 REGIONAL BREAKDOWN Matt Leinart won every region except for the

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This from the blog Greg's Opinion And... An interesting and equally stunned reaction from The Washington Monthly The gist: "Holy crap, a blogger won the Heisman!" TOO funny. Get used to it. A GREAT idea by Matt and USC on blogging, completely out of nowhere for a candidate for a prestigious award, and it worked. USC has long been on the cutting edge, and will continue to be. Obviously

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I bought a copy of Phil Steele's College Football Preview 2004. On its cover was Matt Leinart and Cal's Aaron Rodgers. In the back was a section on Phil's Heisman list. Before I go any further, please know I really like Steele's magazine, it's a shining beacon of intelligence among the idiocy of many of the other preseason magazines. But that said, here's a Heisman education for all of us.

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BoiFromTroy-Blogger Wins Heisman BrendanLoy-Leinart Wins Heisman Both blogs are nominated for the 2004 Weblog Awards, which is a huge honor. Both are also USC graduates. As BFT notes, "part of his PR campaign for the trophy involved outreach to other bloggers including an interview with BoiFromTroy" That interview is linked right here

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Here's a link to see a video clip of the show, courtesy uscfb.com The Link USC's official athletics website is now one big Matt Leinart Heisman page. Some stories- Matt's Heisman Moment-Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com Leinart is Sixth Trojan to Win Honor-Ralph Russo, AP/USCTrojans.com Here's a cool graphic from USCTrojans.com From USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett (a Heisman winner himself!):

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Please leave your congratulations for Matt below, or email them to us at: leinart4heisman@hotmail.com We'll do our VERY BEST to pass them along to Matt, we'll do that for you, promise. Fight ON everyone, congratulations Matt and ALL the finalists.

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You deserve it!

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1325-997-957

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Matt's emotional. Proud to repesent USC, honors the other USC winners, thanks family, remembers Carson's experience. I'm choked up... Thanks everyone that's a part of "The Family" Flattered. WHOAH that was good. We love you Matt!

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All I gotta say!

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So true...

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No message.

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Everyone all dressed up, all the old winners, commitment to charity, the tradition...

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Cynics aside, the Trophy means something to many of us! Its tradition. Those who don't get it, never will.

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Reply below.

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Getting nervous!

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This is an odd award, but congrats to the finalists.

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Wow, it's going by real fast, hasn't soaked in. Early congratulations to ALL the candidates, they are all nice guys, I've seen many of their games and they are all very worthy, really, when it all boils down. I think Matt's going to win, strongly feel that way, but if he doesn't, the other guy deserves it just as Matt would. This is an incredible Heisman field this year.

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He's sitting back a bit, hehe. Mr. Cool is tense. He knows he's going to win it, but he's staying on topic. Looking DAPPER, though. Ok he's relaxed now, didn't take long. What should we call his hair-do? Auburn game? Wasn't that 23-0? Hehe. Leadership, leadership, leadership. Onto Matt's parents... Bob Leinart looking oh so proud. Gotta love the Leinart family. They are one tight group

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360 degree dunker! I didn't know that. What I do know is that he throws incredibly well with his right hand. Update: They're using the USC talking points here, love it. Photos from his blog... So Cal cook kid image... Leadership with a new surrounding cast. Superior stats to Carson's Heisman season. 58 TD/9 int in USC 21 game winning streak, better than 6:1 ratio!

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Hard nosed guy. Fun music from the era, Paul McDonald and Brad Budde, and John Robinson and Anthony Munoz. Those were the GREAT days at USC. Oh, and Charles White. 25 years ago he won the award. Update: A shot of Mike Garrett, USC athletic director. Gotta love Mike.

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"The Lefty" ha! My Dad's a lefty.

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You mean, he came onto an ESPN camera? That guy's a big baby, the class of his two stars aside. Grow up, Bob.

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Count on it. USC's already thinking about it, trust me. Think about USC and its tailback tradition, the #5, etc. He's got a lot working for him and will only get more AP yards.

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Is a bit like Michael Jordan. Great smile, bald head, big eyes. Should become a media giant if he has any personality.

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If Jason White had repeated. He's a nice kid.

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My inbox is lonely...

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Jason White got stopped at the airport for having the Heisman trophy. They made him pay $75 to get free. Wow. Poor guy.

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Thank YOU for Reggie Bush! Not so big thanks for Bill Walton.

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He's known as a classy dresser. Word is he wants the Heisman, not a relunctant winner like some of the more recent candidates.

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I think Desmond had more touchdowns though, 17 I believe? Someone find that out.

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ESPN will feature Matt Leinart and Adrian Peterson first in their profiles. Does that mean they're working backwards in terms of projected order?

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No further message.

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Teammates, younger players, top 10 programs...

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They call it for Matt Leinart! name first second third ballots points Projected Projected % M Leinart 58 48 19 125 289 1181 24.2% A Peterson 48 46 34 128 270 1052 21.5% J White 44 27 28 99 214 754 15.4% R Bush 29 27 24 80 165 703 14.4% A Smith 28 22 26 76 154 681 13.9% ---------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- J Campbell 3 5 12 20 31 126 2.6% J Arrington 1 5 6 12 19 88 1.8% C Benson 2 1 15 18 23 82

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Awesome!

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From Chuck Transcript of Email- Hey, For you blog; a little before 7 p.m., ESPN posted the results of the Heisman voting on its Web site. It since has removed the information. Leinart first, barely edging Peterson. Peterson got more first place votes, but Leinart is first in overall voting. If true, there ya go!

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Matt Leinart had a ton of magazine covers, a new blog... and a bad arm. He's still wearing a little arm piece for stability. Just one more thing in his way that didn't STOP him from leading this team to #1 and an undefeated season.

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Are you excited yet?! I am. I just got off the phone with a good contact, the USC people seem relaxed, enjoying the process. As an added benefit this lays the groundwork for Reggie Bush's campaign next year, because he's probably shining as bright as the lights in New York City right now.

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Last night, ESPN game at least a minute to Mark May to talk about the Heisman trophy. Apparently it's something he knows very little about. He said he thought Matt Leinart would win it because he threw for 400 yards against Notre Dame, BUT BUT BUT Notre Dame had a low ranked pass defense (90th or 106th, something like that). Well, Mark, people tuning in saw him in command of the offense

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I came across these, and really don't know what to think of them. Wait and see... If they're not right... then take them with a grain of salt as I have. Candidate---School---1st-2nd-3rd-Total Matt Leinart Southern Cal 257 213 175 1,368 Adrian Peterson OU 205 195 143 1,195 Jason White OU 186 196 121 1,154

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As you know, Matt Leinart's our candidate on here. But in our heart of hearts we absolutely love Reggie Bush. The guy is the most exciting player in college football in a long time, and has absolutely made some breathtaking plays this year all while saving USC's butt several times (Virginia Tech, BYU, Stanford, UCLA). And while Matt Leinart is our choice for Heisman winner, we've strongly

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Another thing... Matt is the first major Heisman candidate to ever publish a blog. Obviously he couldn't do that alone, but I have it on very good word that he was an active and excited part of that process. What was on there was Matt, contrary to some skeptics' beliefs. There have been many Heisman websites, but I've always felt those were kind of useless, more of a one-and-done thing.

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Matt Leinart-24.5% Adrian Peterson-21.6% Jason White-15.5% Reggie Bush-14.2% Alex Smith-13.7% Matt's lead has increased, a good sign. I think he's being undercounted, a bit. I wish they'd show the updated regional breakdown, maybe that's coming later?

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Read here and here. The gist? Jason White walked into this season with every tool necessary to obliterate the field. Instead, his numbers went DOWN despite having all the gifts Matt Leinart was not blessed with. Adrian Peterson rode a wave of freshman excitement, an NCAA record and his program's name to get here. He's amazing, but that team's lead driver is really Jason White. What would

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Off to the bookstore to check out the new Sports Illustrated with Reggie Bush on the cover and I think a story on the Heisman tandems. And to run some errands. Be back in a bit. Stay tuned by checking out our Heisman Voters' Guide below.

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More Heisman updates... This story from Todd Harmonson/Orange County Register- Game Faces All Grins It shows the class and energy exuded by all the Heisman finalists. It's a class bunch of guys. Love this.

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Just a reminder, join us during the ceremony here on Leinart4Heisman, I'll be live blogging during the ceremony, and responding to comments below as well as any emails sent in. Be a part of the action! Also, here is the latest update from HeismanProjection this morning- Matt Leinart-24.1% Adrian Peterson-22.1% Jason White-15.0% Reggie Bush-14.1% Alex Smith-14.0% Congratulations, again, to

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Guiding Light-Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register A GREAT read on Matt Leinart as a youth, his character, his family, his struggles, his humility. The guy is amazing. Read here Success Worth The Wait For Leinart-Scott Wolf, Daily News Another good story, showing Matt's maturation and coping with being the backup's backup as Carson Palmer made his Heisman run. Read here Also, several

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One aspect of the Heisman trophy race is the candidate/media relationship. This year, we have some interesting dynamics going on. Jason White is a very nice guy, but he's a bit standoffish and after two years, his story is old and his reluctance for the award makes him clearly uncomfortable. That said, he is a class act, smiles, and obliges those who demand his attention. Matt Leinart is a

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Matt Leinart is the one constant. Mr. Reliability and Mr. Consistency. Off to New York. Fight ON Matt!

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MattLeinartBlog-----HeismanPundit-----Heisman.com-----HeismanProjection.com Heisman Countdown-TODAY! Televised at 8 PM EST on ESPN Live From New York City Updates: *HeismanPundit predicts Matt Leinart will win Heisman trophy *HeismanProjection in its latest update has Matt Leinart narrowly leading Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson (24.3% to 22.1%) *The Scripps-Howard Heisman poll final tally has Jason

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Matt's a fun, fun dude. Read his chat here. Lots of good stuff inside. Vote Matt! Leinart/Bush '04!

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The hits keep coming for Matt Leinart. Just the other day he was named a Football Coaches Association of America All American. Yesterday, he was awarded the Walter Camp Foundation Player Of The Year. Congratulations, Matt!

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Tentatively, we will be "live blogging" on this very site Saturday night. The Heisman ceremony is on ESPN at 5PM PST, so join us here, and participate by reading our various update of posts as the evening rolls along, and by emailing in questions or comments (email address at right) or replying to the posts. You will need to register with Blogger to post comments, so be sure and do that ahead

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That's right, after all these months we're down to just one day and then it's the Heisman ceremony. Taking a look at the various projections, we find the following: *HeismanPundit-Matt Leinart *HeismanProjection-Matt Leinart (as of now) *Scripps-Howard Poll-Jason White *The Oklahoman Exit Poll-Matt Leinart This appears to be a very close race, but one that Matt Leinart may have an edge in

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We've neglected the countdown of late, so how about we just post the last 15 winners? 1989-Andre Ware 1990-Ty Detmer 1991-Desmond Howard 1992-Gino Torretta 1993-Charlie Ward 1994-Rashaan Salaam 1995-Eddie George 1996-Danny Wuerffel 1997-Charles Woodson 1998-Ricky Williams 1999-Ron Dayne 2000-Chris Weinke 2001-Eric Crouch 2002-Carson Palmer 2003-Jason White 2004-Matt Leinart?

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See the gallery here You gotta love that look on his face

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ESPN announced today that the five players going to New York City for the Heisman ceremony (time to get fitted for a suit, pronto)--- Matt Leinart Reggie Bush Adrian Peterson Jason White Alex Smith Congrats to all of those gentlemen! How remarkable is this final five, historically. We have two sets of teammates, and one set of high school teammates (Bush and Smith, from San Diego's Helix HS,

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Over at Heisman Projection it appears Matt Leinart is taking a slight lead in the Heisman race over Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson. Reggie Bush and Alex Smith are statistically tied for fourth, just behind a sliding Jason White. What a Heisman race this year! And Matt appears to have a slight edge right now among declared voters. We'll have more tomorrow...

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It was a memorable evening at the Los Angeles Coliseum as Matt Leinart smoothly dismantled Notre Dame before a national audience. The Trojans won 41-10, the third consecutive 31-point victory over the Irish. Matt Leinart threw a career-high 5 touchdowns, completing 71% of his passes and tossing a career-high 400 yards. Aside from a few rocket balls to start the game, Leinart was on, hitting

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We are tentatively going to be "live blogging" before and during Saturday's Heisman ceremony. There will be a continuously updated thread, and I'll be checking the email inbox for anything passed my way, questions, comments, whatever. I'll do my best to respond and make this as interactive as possible. Be sure and register at blogger so you can comment in the comments section below, and mark

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For the first time in his career, Matt Leinart did not throw a touchdown pass! But fear not, Leinart fans, he had a fabulous game, throwing two catchable touchdown passes to Steve Smith and Dominique Byrd that fell just out of reach. He also directed an impressive seven USC scoring drives, five of them field goals, and kept the ball away from UCLA while the Trojan defense tried to find ways to

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What a game! If you missed it, cross-town rivals USC and UCLA played one heck of a game Saturday in the Rose Bowl. UCLA had its best effort of the season and played nearly a perfect game, but still lost to USC. Man this USC team has the feel of a juggernaut. The Trojans' offense had trouble at times punching, but made the necessary plays to consistently move down the field and kick field

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BIG rivalry game here in Los Angeles. I'll be up in LA for the game and probably not blogging until late Sunday or Monday. Stay with us for this last week! In the meantime keep visiting our links like HeismanPundit and HeismanProjection to see what's going on. We'll very soon have Notre Dame and UCLA game recaps, get caught up with that Heisman countdown and other unfinished business. Vote

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Here's the link Excerpt: RACHEL: Ah, a secret past. Good to know that if this whole football thing doesn't work out, you'll have something reliable to fall back on. Like acting. Or maybe just advice columnist. The next soul desperate for your services is Steve Pruer in Baltimore. He says, "I work construction; and every day, my wife packs me the same ham and cheese sandwich. I don't mean to be

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HeismanProjection.com (here) is tabulating votes from actual Heisman voters. Follow everything from their site, and we'll give you rundowns as the last 8 days roll along. Current totals (very early)- Matt Leinart-51 points (35.5% projected, for 1674 points) Adrian Peterson-37 points (24.9%/1174) Jason White-37 points (22.9%/1083) Alex Smith-13 (8.3%/393) Reggie Bush-4 (3.1%/146)

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We've got some BIG things planned ahead. I hope to complete the voters' guide, and continue the Heisman countdown (now just 8 days away!). We may also do a special feature during the Heisman ceremony, live blogging as we witness it on TV. Be sure and get yourself near a computer if you do that, and keep up to date with our comments and feel free to reply in our comments section or email us as

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The American Football Coaches Association named its 2004-2005 All America team today, and Matt Leinart topped the list. Congratulations, Matt! Leinart was joined by teammates Reggie Bush and Matt Grootegoed (a teammate at Mater Dei high school).

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Matt's game against Notre Dame Saturday was memorable, and relevant. Every year there tends to be a game that people can look back and say, "that's the Heisman moment/game" or "so and so won the Heisman there". We can all look back to what Matt did Saturday as that moment. He won the 2004 Heisman trophy there, in the rain, against Notre Dame, to a nationwide television audience. Notre Dame

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Matt Leinart against Notre Dame on Saturday: 400 Yards 5 Touchdown Passes 70% Completions Nearly a perfect game... More updates coming.

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In 1989, Houston's Andre Ware won the Heisman trophy, beating out Indiana's Anthony Thompson by 70 points. Ware led Houston's gimmick offense to amazing heights, ushering in a new era in college football for mid-major programs.

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Matt Leinart is the 2004 Pac-10 co-offensive player of the year. He is the first two-time winner since Stanford's John Elway. Congratulations, Matt! He beat out an incredible field of Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Arrington and tied Reggie Bush. Wow!

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Well, Matt Leinart had a hell of a game against Notre Dame on Saturday, probably putting the proverbial cherry on top of his Heisman-worthy season. We'll have many more updates in the coming days, but first things first let's congratulate Matt Leinart on one heck of a season and one very impressive outing against Notre Dame in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Congrats, Matt! We knew you'd do

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Earlier this season we talked about a cancer-stricken young boy, Ryan Davidson, and his trip to USC to see the USC/Cal game. Along the way he was able to meet the team and be a part of the action, as well as meet his hero, Matt Leinart. Well, on this Thanksgiving day, a follow-up story was written about just how much Ryan influenced this year's USC team, as well as Leinart's kindness. Here is

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Perusing the local papers, I found this little note: Several players from outside the area will spend the day with quarterback Matt Leinart and his family. LEADER. How can you not love Matt Leinart? The USC team has quite a few out of state players, and the ones who can't bring in family are able to spend the day with the Leinart family. Nice.

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Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders captured the 1988 Heisman trophy after a spectacular junior season in which he amassed 2,628 rushing yards and scored 39 touchdowns. He beat out USC's Rodney Peete and UCLA's Troy Aikman for the honor.

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Notre Dame's Tim Brown won the 1987 Heisman trophy, making spectacular plays for an Irish team that was building towards the 1988 national championship. Brown beat out Syracuse senior quarterback Don McPherson for the award. Brown is best remembered for some amazing punt return touchdowns.

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In 1886, Miami's Vinny Testaverde captured the 52nd Heisman trophy award. Testaverde led a resurgent Miami team in the middle of an impressive two-decade run atop the national ranks. Testaverde destroyed the field, achieving 2,213 voter points, way ahead of runner-up temple back Paul Palmer, who had 672 points. Check out what Barry Switzer had to say about Testaverde- "In 21 years," Switzer

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Focused...

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A warm message from the folks here at Leinart4Heisman to you and yours. Enjoy the day, and get ready for Saturday's game against Notre Dame!

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Leinart's, For The Taking-Art Wilson, Pasadena Star-NewsLeinart Can Just About Lock Up Heisman vs. Irish-Michael Ventre, MSNBC.com The O'Heisman-Robyn Norwood, Los Angeles Times The big picture---Matt can make a huge and deal-closing splash with a big game this weekend on nationwide television against Notre Dame.

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Auburn's Immortal Bo Jackson won the 1985 Heisman trophy, narrowly edging Iowa quarterback Chuck Long in the closest Heisman race in history. Jackson was the award's 51st winner, and went on to a career in both baseball and football before serious hip injuries limited his baseball abilities and cut short his promising football career.

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Boston College's Mighty Midget, Doug Flutie, won the 1984 Heisman Trophy after a stunning hail mary pass floated into the hands of Gerald Phelan to stun the Miami Hurricanes. He beat out Ohio State back Keith Byars and Bringham Young quarterback Robbie Bosco.

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Courtesy of NationalChamps.net Take a look at an official Heisman ballot from 2003---here Notice there are just three slots to make choices.

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I've been told that Matt Leinart was at his alma mater, Mater Dei High School, tonight, for a big ceremony. Notre Dame Heisman winner John Huarte, another Mater Dei alum, donated his Heisman trophy to the school. If Matt Leinart wins, it will be the second Heisman trophy from Mater Dei high school! Come on Heisman voters, make this happen! Imagine, a Domer and a Trojan with Heisman trophies

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Matt Leinart is 11-0 in home games in his career, and has extended USC's Coliseum winning streak to 19 games. With a win this Saturday against Notre Dame, he will have led USC to two consecutive undefeated seasons at the Coliseum, and pushing his home record to 12-0 and USC's overall home winning streak to an amazing 20 games. Keep up the good work, Matt! Vote MATT! Leinart/Bush '04

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Matt Leinart and the #1 USC Trojans face rival Notre Dame on Saturday. The game will be televised on ABC nationwide at 5 PM PST (8PM for you folks back east). Even better, ESPN GameDay will return to the Coliseum for the second time this year, so wake up bright and early to once again catch the telecast. Here is USC's media release for the game. And to get an idea of how many teammates Matt

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Nebraska back Mike Rozier won himself a Heisman trophy 20 years ago, strongly outpacing BYU's Steve Young. Quarterback and teammate Turner Gill finished an impressive fourth. Read more about the 49th Heisman trophy winner here

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Matt Leinart is preparing for his final two games of the 2004 season in two of college football's greatest rivalries, USC vs. Notre Dame and USC vs. UCLA. The Notre Dame game is the greatest intersectional rivalry in all of college football, and has decided many a Heisman trophy and national championship. It is that important. USC/UCLA is very unique in that it pits two schools within the same

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