Leinart is Coming Back To Be The Pimp of College Football

So on Friday afternoon, Matt Leinart made it official. He will reside as the Pimp of College Football for the 2005 -2006 season. He shunned being the first pick in the NFl Draft because pimpin aint easy he has it so good right now. He was the clumsy fat kid with crossed eyes growing up. He worked hard to be a pimp and when you work that hard, its hard to give your pimpdom to someone else.

Three years ago, when Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy Award and ended his USC career with a victory in the Orange Bowl, many wondered who was going to take his place. For the last five years, Palmer was the only quarterback that the Trojans had. The second string quarterback was probably having two or three hot dogs during the games.

The only excitement at quarterback the following summer was a freshman who skipped his last semester of high school to be able to play for the Trojans. Everyone assumed that there was nobody who could do what Palmer did the previous season. They just wanted someone who wouldn't lose games for the team. The papers and the alumni were ready to turn over the team this young phenomenon.

Everyone except Matt Leinart. He edged the kid in the summer and then led the Trojans to an 11-1 season and a share of the national championship. He didn't just play adequate, he outplayed Carson Palmer statistically. Not bad for a guy that nobody heard of before the first game of the season. He hadn't even taken a snap under center for the Trojans before the first game of the season. Let's not forget that he was a Heisman finalist.

Then there was this year. The Trojans started off the season ranked #1. The odds are stacked against them though. The surround Leinart with a bunch of underclassmen. All Leinart does is make the people around him better. He puts up even better numbers and leads the Trojans to a 13-0 national championship season. Let's not forget that he won the Heisman Trophy also. He is such a big pimp that the Heisman Curse that has haunted it past winners in the national championship game can't prevent Leinart from breaking the record for touchdown passes in the first half. He might have obliterated the record had the Trojans not eased up on those Sooners in the second half.

So what kind of guy throws away $10 million to finish his college career. Obviously there is more to this guy than money. He's not chasing fame. Nick Lachey is chasing this guy around town trying to ride his coattails. The President has invited him to the inauguration. Its not about women either. He is rumored to be messin around with Jessica Simpson's assistant CaCee Cobb. He's off and on dating pro surfer Veronica Kay. Maybe because of all the drama with the Dodgers and Kobe, Leinart realizes he is not only the pimp of a entire college campus, but the entire city of Los Angeles. He is the premier athlete in the City of Angels.

He's a pimp who is going after an unprecedented third national championship. Something that people will be talking about long after he is the number #1 pick and has signed his big contract and walked away with a $25 million signing bonus.

By: Phin Samuels