From ESPN: USC quarterback Aaron Corp has been chosen to start the Trojans’ Pac-10 opener against Washington on Saturday, a person briefed on the decision told ESPN’s Joe Schad on Friday. Freshman Matt Barkley is expected to regain his status as starter when he is healthy enough to resume throwing, the source said. Barkley continues to experience pain in his bruised right (throwing) shoulder, which was injured in the third-ranked Trojans’ 18-15 victory at Ohio State last weekend. USC coach Pete Carroll said Thursday that Barkley is improving every day, and Carroll wants to give him as much time as possible to heal before ruling him out against Washington. This makes a ton of sense. Corp was a guy who was thought to have the inside track on the starting job when camp opened in August. He’s a more than capable backup to make a start against Washington. Good news for USC fans is that Matt Barkley doesn’t appear to be hurt to bad. I get the sense that if this was a sense that if this was a tougher oppoent, Barks would be in. That being said, pretty good subplot in this one: first year head coach Steve Sarkisian against his old team. Tags: aaron, aaron corp, barkley, buckeyes, Carroll, college, college football, corp, espn, first, football, head coach, jordan, jordan lauterbach, Lauterbach, Matt, matt barkley, news, Ohio, ohio state, pete, Continue reading Corp To Start Against Washington

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