Mark Sanchez News

Mark Sanchez balanced his duties last week as the scout team quarterback for his old high school and the starter for the Jets.

Pete Carroll always strives for balance on offense. But with USC's season hanging in the balance, it's time to toss that concept in the recycling bin.

Matt Barkley is 7-1 as USC's starting quarterback, a heady accomplishment for any player, especially a freshman.

For the first time in the Pete Carroll era at USC, the Trojans were humiliated and Caroll isna t afraid to take the blame for the disaster that occurred at Autzen Stadium.

Shaun Cody watched helplessly from a hotel room in Buffalo, N.Y. Kyle Moore tried to make sense of it from Los Angeles.

This is the one just about everyone's been waiting for. The eyes of the nation will be on Oregon and USC Saturday, and ESPN's College Gameday guys will be there to see what could wind up being the unofficial Pac-10 championship game.

With a couple of days to analyze the Oregon game, USC coach Pete Carroll found someone else to blame Monday for the worst loss in his career: himself.

Here's a scary scenario for USC fans: It's Halloween night and the USC football team is up in Eugene, Ore., trick-or-treating. But instead of terrorizing the homeowners with intimidation and trepidation, the Trojans fall victim to the spell of the Ducks and leave empty-handed. This isn't your far-fetched Halloween horror movie movie.

EUGENE, Ore. a ' Hollywood couldn't have scripted it better: Halloween night, the din of Autzen Stadium, crisp fall temperatures and No.

Oregon has waited for this day for years. USC has made it Groundhog Day for years.

Every time I hear one of my cardinal-and-gold decorated USC friends say they "have a bad feeling" or they "don't like the looks of this one" on the eve of each week's football game, I chalk it up to Amos Alonzo Stagg Syndrome.

Over the last few years no college football program has garnered more national media attention than the University of Southern California.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller USC may be rebuilding, but it's still contending for another Pac-10 title and, perhaps, another shot at the national championship.

More so than perhaps any other conference in the country, the Pac-10 has been known for producing some golden arms this decade.A Currently, six starting NFL quarterbacks spent their time in college at a Pac-10 school, and many others are carrying clipboards waiting for their shot.

This time last year, Matt Barkley was a high school senior. Saturday, he will start at quarterback against Oregon State.

Another victory over Notre Dame. Another loss to a clearly inferior opponent. A few fumbles by tailback Joe McKnight.

FLORHAM PARK a ' Mark Sanchez did extra work with his receivers after practice Wednesday.

As Mark Sanchez sank last Sunday into an abysmal performance, his body language followed suit.

Rex Ryan is staying positive these days, refusing to lose his swagger while dealing with his first real crisis as coach of the New York Jets.

NFL Week Six The right stuff Quarterback Mark Sanchez #6 of the New York Jets scrambles away from Jeff Charleston #97 of the New Orleans Saints at the Louisana Superdome on October 4, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.