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• EL PASO, Texas -- Matt Barkley came to Southern California as a hot-shot recruit, seemingly destined to be the Trojans next star quarterback. Wholesale Jerseys China . For the most part he delivered on that promise during a record-breaking four-year run as USCs starter. Barkley, though, wont get to give a grand finale. He wont play in the Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech on New Years Eve because of a lingering injury to his right shoulder. Doctors didnt clear him to play, coach Lane Kiffin said. "Its a tough day," Barkley said. "As you heard from Coach Kiffin I wont be playing on the 31st. Ive worked as hard as I could to get back for this game, but natures not allowing it and the doctors arent allowing it, which is the most important thing. Theyre lo note. Hes not been hurt very much in his four years here, but unfortunately when he has hes missed some really big games." Barkley was a celebrated prospect from southern California-- he went to the same high school as Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart -- who grew up dreaming of playing for USC. He won the starting job as a freshman in 2009, beat Ohio State on the road in second game of his career and appeared on the way to becoming a college football star to rival Leinart, Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez. Barkley went on to rewrite the Pac-12 record book during a USC-record 47 starts over four seasons, becoming the conference leader in touchdown passes, yards passing, completions and total offence. But so much more was expected from him and the Trojans this season, when Barkley announced last January that he would return for his senior year. Coming off a 10-2 season, and out of a two-year stay in NCAA jail for rules violations, USC started this season ranked No. 1 and a consensus national title contender. Barkley was the Heisman Trophy favourite and an almost certain high first-round NFL draft pick. Neither he nor the Trojans could reach those high expectations. Barkley was not bad. He threw for 3,273 yards in 11 games and 36 touchdowns. But he also threw 15 interceptions, the most since his freshman season. "Im at peace. Yeah, absolutely," Barkley said. "I try to find peace in every situation. Its not what I thought would happen, its not I dont think the most ideal situation. But at the same time, I do have peace and I know that whatever the case is right now, I can make it into a great case come April (in the NFL draft), which is what my goal is now." He will end his career having played in the post-season just once. He led USC to a victory against Boston College in the Emerald Bowl in 09 as a freshman. Barkley, the only three-time captain in USC history, owns 20 school records and 10 Pac-12 records. He is the Pac-12s leader in total offence (12,214), yards passing (12,327), completions (1,001), TD passes (116) and combined rushing and passing TDs (122). Hes also the only player in league history to have 2,500 yards or more of total offence four times. "I think that Matt has had a great career here at USC," Kiffin said. Wholesale Jerseys Store . -- Jimmy Graham flies airplanes upside down. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap . The 18-year-old who reached the junior boys final of all four grand slam tournaments this year, winning at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, got the confirmation Tuesday when the International Tennis Federation announced its champions for 2012. http://wholesalejerseys.ucigreeks.com/ . Few could have predicted things would go sideways so quickly for the Lakers after the way they loaded up this summer. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys . -- Robert Griffin III looks good to go. Wholesale Jerseys USA . The seventh-seeded Cornet, who is ranked 73rd, earned her second career title after winning in Budapest, Hungary in 2008 and is now 2-3 in WTA finals. She lost the final in Strasbourg last month.Leftover Ryder Cup thoughts: - You can second-guess Davis Love all you want about his captains picks, about who he played and when, and about the order he put out on Sunday, but none of his moves mean a thing if his players dont perform. Its really as simple as that. - If I was Jose Maria Olazabal, I would have told Francesco Molinari to give Tiger Woods his final putt. It didnt really make a difference to the outcome and with the celebrations already taking place beside the green, it would have been the right thing to do. Whether the score was 14-14 or 14.5 to 13.5 made no difference; a tie is a win for whichever side has the Cup. - Up until Sunday, the crowds in Chicago were excellent. They cheered their side and rarely booed the opposition. There were some funny chants too, with the fans on the opening hole coming up with some good ones such as, "Cen-tral Time Zone" for the late-arriving Rory McIlroy and "Weve Got Majors" when Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley were taking on Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald. However on Sunday when the U.S. started to lose, there were too many ugly catcalls, too many off-side, rude and even horrible comments that tainted things. Ugly Americans, indeed. - If Justin Leonards putt was the touchstone for the Americans in the big comeback in 1999, another Justin – this time Rose – will be given credit for the biggest putt of the competition in 2012. The bomb he holed on 17 may have been the moment the Euros took over. Anyone who has seen that green close up knows just how crazy it was for Rose to make it. It was one tough putt. Of course the one on 16 and the one after on 18 werent bad either. - There are lots of second-guessers saying Love should have put out Mickelson and Bradley for thee second time on Saturday despite the plea from Mickelson to the captain to do no such thing. Wholesale Jerseys Supply. What many forget is that if he was to put them in, another team would have to come out. Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar only played once before the Saturday afternoon session, Woods and Stricker sat in the morning and that came after Woods made seven birdies on his own ball in a losing cause the previous session. Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner were 2-0 and had already sat once, while Bubba Watson (the teams emotional leader) and Webb Simpson were 1-1 and had sat once. It would be a hard choice to make. If it was me, I might have put Stricker and Mickelson on the bench, and paired Woods with Bradley for the afternoon, sitting Watson and Simpson. - If the Euros had lost, do you think Olazabal would have been criticized for sitting a red-hot Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald for the same session? And for not ensuring his players knew what time their matches were? Winning changes everything, doesnt it? - Love may have been the best captain in terms of signifying what the Ryder Cup was all about. The guy downplayed all the military-war-type comments, saying this was just a friendly golf match. He never seemed to get too amped up about anything that was going on and he always had a smile on his face wherever he was, including in the press room after the crushing loss. It would be nice for the PGA of America to give him another turn at the helm, if he wants it of course. - One of the strangest stats of the week was that the Molinari-Woods match was the only one to be halved. Every other match was decided in full. In two Ryder Cups, Molinari has never earned a full point in a match. He has just two half-points to show for his play. ' ' '

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