Sam Darmold. Is it as easy as merely watching him?
Was actually rather happy I had never heard of this young man prior to picking up the late game from the W. Coast. Really had difficulty in grasping two things. USC has never been bashful at hyping any qb they believe will be All-Conference as true Heisman material. Don't really know how it happened, if he was forced in due to injury, thus not allowing the hype machine to get rolling. It's also better this way, imo. Like me, everyone else can watch him for five minutes and make the determination he's the best qb in college football.
After that first game, was able to watcfh him approximately three more times. More impressed with each viewing. Some of you guys realfy have to analyze to earn that much deserved paycheck. Is this kid really that good, and I think he is, where you realize immediately you are watching someone they simply don't produce in large quantities. They've had as many great ones as any other school I can think of. But for some reason, and like I said, you don't have to wait for the numbers, you don't have to compare him to what the kid in UT or OR does. Certainly not declaring him as the best in their history. Simply too much time until he's off to the NFL. It was not difficult to determine Woodson as our greatest db ever, probably best football player. I'm sure LSU fans knew Leonard was the best RB they've ever had play there, but qbs are football players as well, yet fans seem hesitant to make the same determination, and as I've said, its a process that leads to the conclusion.
In my opinion, Sam Darnold is better than any other Trojan qb at this point - very early in his career.Anyone want to tell me why I'm wrong? Lots of keen football minds here. Will be interested to view your takes.
February 24th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
question...if the moon was made of barbeque spare ribs, would ya eat it?
February 24th, 2017 at 11:57 AM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 11:59 AM ^
Good ol' Wolfman.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
Tell me moar !!!!
February 24th, 2017 at 12:01 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:01 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
This looks like a post that was submitted to mgoblog one too many times.
February 24th, 2017 at 2:26 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:06 PM ^
I'm not curious anymore but don't feel like I gained anything...
February 24th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
Saw him in, I believe three games and he simply appeared to be far ahead of any other freshman qb last season, hell almost all the qbs of last season. Young man plays in an almost effortless manner that allows him to make the perfect read on almost every play. I don't care where a young man is from. I enjoy watching the game's best. Don't mind criticism at all, but damn, some of you are among the rudest cock suckers I've ever met, even if only through the net.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
some of you are among the rudest cock suckers I've ever met,Seems like you mind.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
There is simply no reason for it. I mean what great feeling is produced by speaking to a fellow UM fan in an manner so obviously rude, it pretty much sums up one's personality or lack therof. Don't give up though. I've read about cases where they appear as late as the early 40s. If that's the best response I can offer, I'd probably just pass. And I never understood why certain people feel as if they've earned any special status that allows them to speak to anyone in any manner they determine. Understand we'll probably never meet. However, the clever mechanisms at work behind such productive minds, capable of stringing together three or four derogatory statements must be impressive. I just haven't figured out why.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
In any form of life, you better be somewhat well-spoken or at least coherent. Why are you surprised that people are giving you push back with a giant, gobbled up post on Sam Darnold, the USC (underline, bold, italic) QB??
Hell, even your initial title of the thread makes no sense. What do you expect?
February 24th, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
I mean this with complete sincerity and not with any intent to insult. Truly.
If you want people to take you seriously... not just on this blog, but in any place where you are represented by your writing... you definitely need to figure out an effective way to edit your work. Stream of consciousness may have worked for James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, but it's not doing you any favors.
Your posts, particularly the longer ones, get denser and more impenetrable with every line. Keep it concise, clean and grammatically correct and most people will stop being "rude cock suckers" to you.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
If someone is sucking your cock, are you really concerned about their manners? #misguidedpriorities
February 24th, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
If she (or he; nttawwt) likes to rudely white-knuckle your satchel whilst she (or he) gives you a gobby, then yes, I'd say manners can be of great concern.
But hey, username checks out, so I'll defer to the master.
February 25th, 2017 at 8:23 AM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
So you write a rambling borderline incoherent post filled with inaccuracies that could be corrected with a 30 second google search and the rather benign pushback you're recieving makes people the rudest cock suckers you've ever met?
OK, this is definitley performance art. Well done sir!
February 24th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
I had 2 margaritas at lunch and thought I was actually drunk while reading....then realized everyone else felt the same way.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
I see dead people... behind Sam Darnold.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
took the edge of my awareness and mental acuity. Now I can take a nap.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
Yeah, Darnold is so great! Not! Maybe the mighty Trojan will be forced to play in a game not in Pasadena and they can improve on that 9-9 record in all other bowl games outside of the Rose Bowl. Isn't that what a dynasty is? Winning big games away from the stadium that is in the next zip code to the north or south. Whatever direction it is. USC has been protected over the years. It was politics and television/hollywood that made their teams in the 70's and they cheated to have that good run a few years back with Pete Carroll.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
I love the drive-by threads because you know the OP was thinking he would get met with positive responses.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Sugar or Plain?
New Coke or Crystal Pepsi?
Boxers or Briefs?
Kate Upton or Charlotte McKinney?
I could go on....if I felt like it.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:32 PM ^
Whopper, Sugar, Coke, Boxers, McKinney for the win.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
Give me
Chang, Big Mac, Plain, New Coke, Boxers, McKinney
February 24th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
Here's a dog. He's also confused.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
Did you get lost on your way to a Trojans' message board?
February 24th, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
let's hope he recovers.
February 24th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
Mrs. Darmold
February 24th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
February 24th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
I compare all of us on this board to the Delta House pledge review in Animal House when they show the photo of Flounder.
Either that, or we're all Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show.
In either case, we're all awesome......
February 24th, 2017 at 1:04 PM ^
He was not even the starter to begin the year, so no it's not that easy. His own coaches who saw him day in and day out started someone else and I believe that guy played the first 3 games - once he was shown to be ineffective they went with Darnold. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle as they say.
Also when you peg him the greatest USC QB of all time you should probably spell his name correct.
February 24th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
It was more out of respect for starting a senior is what I heard
February 24th, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
I was living in San Clemente when Darnold played there and can say his recruitment story was pretty much the definition of unlikely, in terms of the turns it took.
Travis Wilson was finishing his final year as a starter at SCHS when he was a freshman, taking them to a CIF SS title game agaisnt Mater Dei. The next season, Wilson's long time backup, who was a senior, started the season, then got hurt early on, Darnold probably wasn't totally ready, but flashed a ton of potential, enough for Utah to offer. Then, junior year, he breaks his foot in the team's early season rivalry game, which was especially charged since it was the first game after Nick Pasquale's death. He's out for the year.
He didn't do a lot of the camps early on, because he was a basketball player, but he did shine when he attended some after his jr. basketball season ended. The next year, he basically dragged the team to another CIF-SS title game personally (though they did have another couple of D-1 guys on the team), then goes out with a shoulder injury on literally the last drive of the game, with a chance to win. SC lost.
Say this for him, he's basically the ideal Harbaugh QB recruit, too.
February 24th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
Dana Point resident here, about five miles from San Clemente HS, as you know. Always good to see a local kid finding success, even if it's at USC, where, of course, a lot of D1 kids from Orange County end up. I had my doubts when they threw him into the slaughter in the first game last year against Alabama, but the kid picked himself off the turf and simply got better and better as the season went on. His play for USC turned the whole thing around by mid-season, and suddenly made Helton look like he had a long term gig, in the same way McSorley and Barkley bailed out Franklin when it was looking doubtful.
February 24th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^
Came against Dana Hills, which is pretty much the last time anything good happened to the Dolphins, since they won the game.
February 24th, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^
You mean Dana Hills actually won a football game, let alone against the Tritons? Ahahahahhahahahah!
February 24th, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
Sam Darmold. Is it as easy as merely watching him? Great buzzfeed article
February 24th, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^
Grad student at USC right now. Sam Darnold is really really really good. His combination of size and athleticism is very accompanied by elite arm strength and accuracy which is very very rare. I don't know if I'd go as far as calling him the best ever yet, he had a lot of good WR's last year, so 2017 will be the true test. That said however I think he will win the Heisman.
FYI he also only has 1 year of college left as he was a RS Freshmen last season and will 100% leave for the NFL after next season.
February 24th, 2017 at 1:42 PM ^
Vintage MGoblog offseason