Wednesday, August 23, 2006

[Markazi] Postcard from camp: USC - CNNSI
John David Booty awoke early Monday morning for his first class of the fall -- sociology -- one of four courses he's taking this semester to complete his major. Sitting in the back of the classroom, relatively unnoticed by the other students, Booty must have felt a strong case of déjà vu. Not from past sociology classes he's taken but from the countless quarterback meetings he's been in since coming to USC three years ago.

It seems as if Booty has spent his entire college football career in a classroom, studying for a test that kept getting delayed and sometimes felt like it would never come. That all changed this semester, however, when Booty was named the team's starting quarterback and co-captain. Although the first test -- a road game against Arkansas -- is less than two weeks away, Booty hardly seems fazed by the challenge.

"It's awesome, I can't wait," said Booty...

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