Does this mean he will be drafted by Chicago and grow a neck beard?

Reggie Bush may be the next Gale Sayers, but Matt Leinart is the next Joe Namath.

It would have been so much better if she were a cow.

BTW, in a "Ridiculous Televised Football Moments" deathmatch, would Joe Namath's "I want to kiss you" moment with Suzy Kolber beat Jeremy Shockey's "Haha! Feely made the... wait, what?!?!" gaffe? Will, please settle this.

That blond behind Leinart in the first photo looks like she's having a blast. She must have been the other chick's wingman. And neither of those chicks are that hot anyway. Why you slummin' it, Matty? You may have had beer goggles bro, but you're Matt Freaking Leinart. In NYC. 'Nuff said.

"It would have been so much better if she were a cow." Visiting from Texas...in NY for the weekend? It would have been so much better if she were Vince Young's girlfriend.

At least she is true to her 'Horns. Vince Young probably would have left with her. BTW, how about the look of pure jealousy on the face of the far less attractive woman in the back. She definitely would have been down for a Cleveland Steamer from a past heisman winner.

I love the look on the girl-in-the-background's face in the first picture. Excellent perma-grimace. I bet she's pure joy to hang out with.

For the 1st time ever, Page Six will be sending a reporter to the NFL draft and hoping the Jets get the #2 or #3 pick...

That second photo looks like it's being shot by the vic' herself. Any chance photo's of sports-celebrity-gropings are worth cash (either from gossip rags or the perp blackmail)? Nah. Nice scoop, Will. The only thing Line Hart is missing is the Kyle Orton drool.

Awesome. And while the brunette is definitely hot, her blonde friend's death glare into the camera is pretty disconcerting. Matt Leinart is currently my favorite person on the planet because of stuff like this. He is a regular guy - how many of us wouldn't use their newfound fame to try and get laid on a road trip to Manhattan? Exactly. My 2 cents is that Namath's gaffe blows away Shockey; we all know Shockey is a goof, while Broadway Joe was actually a New York legend held in high regard and drunknely hit on Kolber (who, while attractive in that all sports network way, is no Sam Ryan). Bonus points for Kolber's "Thanks Joe, a huge compliment" response.

This paints a totally different story: http://uscfootballblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/behind-scenes-...

Yeah, nothing beats Ol' Stoli Joe.

I'm not sure I'd cross the street to get a better look at either of the ladies pictured, and I have a hard time believing that Leinart couldn't have done better just within Marquee, much less lots of other places. Perhaps Leinart is going for volume instead of quality.

I would like to remind everyone that Joe Namath went to the University of Alabama, and that's just how we roll down there. Now, if Matt was having that good of a time, you have to wonder what Reggie was doing. Now those are pictures I would love to see.

Scott Chill- FYI, Sam Ryan is not that great in person. Too much makeup; leathery.

And where was Nick Lachey in all of this? Who do you think introduced Matt to the joys of Marquee in the first place?

Random sidenote: Recently hired as Matt Leinart's personal photographer...Nick Lachey

Perhaps he was so distraught after his failure to repeat as Heisman winner that he felt the need to find a slumpbuster. And actually, Dr. Herpenstein, the blond in the first photo looks like someone just gave her a Cleveland Steamer.

That girl on the right resembles Temple coach John Chaney a little bit. I polled my readers recently on Sam Ryan v. Rachel Nichols v. Kolber v. Starks. I'm a Rachel Nichols fan myself.

I bet LenDale White went home with the gas face girl. He always gets the mop up duty.

Rachel Nichols can't even enunciate the difference between an 'n' and an 'm.' Am I the only person bothered by her perpetual "Rachel Nichols, ESPM" signoff? She's the female equivalent of Jeremy Schapp. (And she's got a long way to go before she'll be as good as her dad.)

re: uscfootballblog. Only in L.A. would sportsbloggers have headshots.

Rachel Nichols reporting E-S-P-Ennnnnnnnnnn (emphasis on the obnoxious nasal sound). I just can't stand the way she says it. Gimme a Johnny Walker on the rocks and Kolber any day of the week.

After failing with the brunette, all three Heisman finalists ran the train on the butterface skank on the right. She loved every minute of it an told her friends at home she is Matt Leinart's new girlfriend.

Nick - I am so glad you said that. Her signoff drives me crazy. "I'm Rachel Nichol *dramatic pause* ESP N"

The discussion re: sportscasters stops at Erin Andrews, tho I did like Melissa Stark.

Yep, he appears to have developed all the intangible skills neccessary to succeed as a quarterback in the NFL.

I can't wait to haze his girlfriend at the next USC womans basketball game. Anyone know where I can turn these into a giant poster? She's gonna be so fazed at the free throw line. yes!

That's my Texas girl, slap him. Slap him hard. Right in the arm.

Right on, Shanon, That IS how we roll. And "while Broadway Joe was actually a New York legend held in high regard," I'm sure the run-in with Kolber wasn't his first rodeo. Bear Bryant used to bail him out of trouble down here ALL the time. I'm sure there were many, MANY others that contributed to the "Broadway Joe" mystique; the incident with Kolber just solidified it in titanium.

Bar in Chelsea... Hitting on women... Does not compute. I'd be sending these pick Nick Lachey's way!

I'm gonna call bullshit on the slapping part of the story, the pictures make it look like the chick is doing a little groping of her own...

BenMaller.com is running this story as teir own exclusive (special red lettering and exclamation points and all): http://www.benmaller.com/archives/2005/december/14-uscs_le...

The hidden gem in this whole story is the girl's comment to her friend "Do you know who Matt Line Hart is?" which all but guarantees that, when all else was failing him in his drunken state, Namath Jr pulled out his trump card: "Honey, don't you know who I am? I'M MATT LIENART!" Just a guess that this immediately preceded the grope/slap...

Just dynamite. Mr. Heisman gets wasted, hits on some chick, and she pimp slaps him. The ramafications of this are endless. His volleyball playing GF dumps him, and he is so distraught that he totally blows it in the National Championship game, and this leads to Vince Young going pro, getting picked by the Jets 3rd or 4th, and ensuring 10 more years of Jets futility Imagine if Matt had some cash to go along with that big name of his, too? If this isn't the #1 reason to pay college athletes like they were pros, I don't know what is. And on a side note, Rachel Nichols is HOT. I would totally hit it, annoying sign-off or not.

I am glad that the Rachel Nichols thing bothers the rest of the world too... when I tried to explain it to my friends, I felt like I was the only one taking crazy pills...

Rachel Nichols...... e.s.p. ehhhhhhhmmmmm Drives me effing CRAZY! I'm glad I'm not the only one.

We need a Rachel Nichols post...who is she really and where did she come from?

After getting bored with having every woman at USC, he's moved onto Texas. Access: Denied. Is this denial foreshadowing for the Rose Bowl?

I know the girl in the picture personally and I can tell you that not only is she a very attractive girl, but also one of the nicest people I knew while in college. Leinart was hardly "slummin it" when he spotted her at the bar. It does not suprise me at all that she smacked him in the face as this girl is not one to allow that kind of behavior, even if she was dancing with him. I wish I could have seen his reaction...

1. How very media-savvy of Fatty's friend to snap a photo of herself mid-grope with a guy she must have thought was Bachelor Bob's younger brother. 2. In addition to being a spitting image of the talented Bachelor Bob, Leinart also has his knack for self-promotion as evidenced by him buying his own jersey at the USC student store: http://uscfootballblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/bush-or-leinar... Good luck in the most dramatic Rose ceremony ever!

Damn, over 40 commentators? I feel insignificant...

There's only one part of this story that I see as remotely true, and that is that Matt Leinart is a cocksman of some renown in Southern California. That is fact. Ask Kristin from MTV's "Laguna Beach." More power to him. Other than that, the pieces don't fit. A girl from Texas (which coincidentally is playing USC in the Rose Bowl) who may or may not be the lass pictured in the photo, just by happenstance, shows up in the VIP room of a lame NYC club, which is crowded one particular night, principally because two Heisman Trophy winners from USC (but not anyone from UT) are partying there. A third party (hearsay, as lawyers call it), also by happenstance esconced in the Heismanesque VIP area, but conveniently blithely ignorant of everything college football, proceeds to rattle off a story about the sweet little Texas girl who rebuffed the sloppy advances of the unknown,"Line Hart," and then slapped him. Doubtful. Doesn't mean that Leinart isn't a dipshit for falling for a scam worthy of Scarlett O'Hara, if it actually happened.

I feel as if the friend with the death glare is staring into the core of my soul and inner being. She has scolded me until I am a child and I cannot defend myself. I didn't mean to do it, please leave me alone. I think she hates all men.

We all knew that Leinart has no touch on his passes.

So do the Track girls read Deadspin or do they have the same "Big Apple Spy" as you do? Their quote is WORD FOR WORD. And did Deadspin inspire the email that has been bouncing from coast to coast? http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?article...

Leinart lost? Aw, man.

I find it funny that the "unknown" person who sent this email & accompanying pics around refers to the two chow hounds featured in the photos as "pretty" and "gorgeous." LOL Gee, ladies - be more obvious could ya??

I think the blonde might be Lizzie Grubman. Matty should beware of flying SUVs.