Matt Leinart has sort of faded away from the public spot light. He is a backup quarterback in the NFL. Not a bad job, especially on a Super-Bowl team. After being drafted in 2006 he hasn’t exactly set the NFL on fire. He did set a rookie record with 405 passing yards in a loss to the Vikings. Now he holds a clip board backing up Kurt Warner. However in college he was the “big man on campus” at USC. Leinart led USC to two national championships and won a Heisman Trophy in 2004. And those accomplishments along with some other stats seem good enough for sportingnews.com to name Leinart college football athlete of the decade. Decade man!! From Sporting News; “He was never a living legend like Tebow—never quite had the same visceral presence—but Leinart had a 37-2 record as a starter, won or shared two national titles and owns a Heisman Trophy. Moreover, he was Pete Carroll’s point man as the Trojans went from rising power to the kings of college football. If not for a historic Vince Young-led drive in one of sports’ greatest championship games ever, the case for Leinart would be crystal clear.”
Leinart: 37-2 record, 10,679 total yards, 109 total TDs, one Heisman, two national titles
Tebow: 25-5 record, 9,115 total yards, 118 total TDs, one Heisman, two national titles*
* Not a starter on first title team.
I guess that settles it. Readers of Sporting News had Tim Tebow winning 79% to Matt Leinart’s 21%. But how many girls can Tim Tebow fit into a hot tub? How good is he at letting girls drink from a beer bong? People, some things can’t be taught, they just come naturally.
