Mater Dei vs. Centennial

Submitted by TomVH on

I'm watching the Mater Dei vs. Centennial game right now in awe. Mater Dei is the school that Matt Barkley quarterbacks, and is the number one recruit in the country.

There's 5 minutes left in the first quarter, and there's been a combined 500 yards of offense, and the score is 21-20.

Barkley looks legit. There's one kid that I just learned about. His name is Victor Blackwell. He's a sophomore WR, he's 6'1" 185, and runs a 4.4 40. He's a sophomore, and already a monster.

This game is ridiculous. I'm not sure why I posted this, but thought I'd let you know.

WolvinLA

November 28th, 2008 at 10:02 PM ^

My roommate's boss has a kid who plays at Mater Dei (kind of a stretch, I know) and we have checked out a couple of their games this year. Barkley went through a little slump at the beginning of this year, but he is pretty solid. Mater Dei is nuts about football (Matt Leinart went there as well) and it is a school rule to wear school colors on game day. If you don't, you get a detention.

M. Stansfield

November 29th, 2008 at 5:14 AM ^

Tom,
Thanks for all your insight, i have lived in orange county for all 36 years of my life, let me tell you that mater dei is a sports powerhouse like no other in high school sports,(even though newer private schools in oc are closing the gap. Barkley is legit, with less talent around him than last year. Victor Blackwell is already all american level at an eary age. There is no mystery as to why SC is so much deeper than everyone else in the country, makes me pine for the 90's when they sucked, but nobody remembers that around here anymore...Go Blue
M. Stanfield

cpt20

November 29th, 2008 at 11:22 AM ^

USC-bound Under Armour All-American quarterback Matt Barkley completed 11 of 31 passes (35.5-percent) for 236 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions in Mater Dei's 38-35 loss, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Eight of Barkley's incompletions were the result of dropped passes but two of his interceptions were returned for touchdowns.

TomVH

November 29th, 2008 at 4:36 PM ^

I wouldn't read too much into this. Like it says, 8 of the incompletions were dropped, but also 2 of the interceptions hit the hands of his receivers and the receiver flung it into the air behind them, where a DB was waiting and picked it off. They have one kid on the whole team that plays on the O-line that's taller than him.

At one point in the game he was getting drilled and completed a 30 yard pass on a rope. He's a senior in high school.

He's legit.