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| Southern California wide receiver Marqise Lee, left, can't hold on to a pass in the end zone as UCLA cornerback Sheldon Price defends during the first half of their NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Pasadena, Calif. Price was called for pass interference on the play. |
LOS ANGELES
(AP) -- Not many young quarterbacks would even have the audacity to
imagine making their first career starts under the circumstances
surrounding Max Wittek on Saturday.
The
freshman is replacing Matt Barkley, an injured senior who has claimed
most of the career passing records at Southern California. He's facing
Notre Dame (11-0), a storied football power with a No. 1 ranking and the
nation's most feared defense.
The Irish need
just one more win to book a spot in the national title game, and the
struggling Trojans (7-4) have lost three of four. Yet Wittek also has
arguably the best receiving duo in the nation catching his passes and a
sold-out Coliseum firmly at his back.
If the enormity of this occasion is scaring Wittek, he hasn't shown it a bit.
