BOOTY GETS PERSEVERANCE AWARD QB DOESN'T LET MISTAKES GET HIM DOWN.Byline: MATTHEW KREDELL Staff Writer John David Booty John David Booty (born January 3, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.) is the starting quarterback of the University of Southern California (USC) football team. He is called "John David", and sometimes referred to as J.D., because his father's name is John. came out Saturday looking like he was trying to match the Heisman Trophy-winning performances that former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. quarterbacks Carson Palmer Carson Palmer (born December 27, 1979 in Fresno, California), is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He attended the University of Southern California, where he won the Heisman Trophy Award in 2002 in his senior season. and Matt Leinart Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback (QB) for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California Trojans, leading them to an AP national put on against Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame in the past three years. Then he began looking like a first-year starter again. Booty threw two interceptions in the second quarter, allowing Notre Dame back into a game the Trojans were dominating. Some USC fans at home probably were yelling for backup Mark Sanchez Mark Sanchez (born November 11, 1986 in Long Beach, CA) is a college football quarterback attending the University of Southern California (USC). High school career . But Booty did what he's done all season -- he bounced back. Booty recovered from an ugly second quarter to play flawlessly the rest of the game as USC took a step closer to the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. Championship game by beating rival Notre Dame 44-24 Saturday at the Coliseum. ``It's football,'' Booty said. ``You're going to throw interceptions and make bad reads. Everyone does that. I don't really know what everyone's expecting me to be. But the mistakes don't bother me. There's four quarters. What happens early on, you just put in the past and move on.'' That's an attitude Booty learned growing up watching his brothers. He saw older brother Josh make bad plays for LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit . He heard people get down on him, then watched Josh come back to make a great play. Booty finished the game having completed 17 of 28 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns -- all to Dwayne Jarrett Dwayne Jarrett (born September 11, 1986 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers. Early years Jarrett attended New Brunswick High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. -- and the two interceptions. He started off completing six of seven passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns in the first quarter. It looked like Palmer and Leinart tearing apart the Irish all over again as the Trojans took a 21-3 lead. But as good as the first quarter was, the second was equally awful. Booty connected on just one of seven passes. He underthrew to the wrong side of Steve Smith for an interception at midfield, then gave Notre Dame the ball in USC territory when his screen pass went right to an Irish defensive lineman. ``They were mistakes that can easily be fixed,'' Booty said. ``The first was a bad ball and the second kind of an unfortunate event. If you get caught up in that, then you start forcing the issue and disaster really strikes.'' Booty regrouped at halftime. The way the Trojans' defense was playing, he just needed to avoid mistakes in the second half. The performance won't remind anyone of Palmer or Leinart, but Booty did outperform Notre Dame's Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach candidate, senior Brady Quinn, who completed just 22 of 45 passes to get his 274 yards. The game was indicative of Booty's season. At times he has looked like the next great USC quarterback and at other times, his mistakes have had fans calling for his head. He shakes off the criticism and, in the end, he's solid if not spectacular. ``He solidified the way he's played this season,'' Smith said. ``He made some big-time plays when we needed them.'' matthew.kredell@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 6 boxes Photo: (1) USC quarterback John David Booty went 17 of 28 for 268 yards and three touchdowns in the Trojans' win over Notre Dame. He also had two interceptions. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer (2) USC wide reciever Dwayne Jarrett Box: (1) BY THE NUMBERS (2) THEY SAID IT (3) HERO (4) GOAT (5) STAT OF THE GAME (6) USC LOG |
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