 In addition, "Playboy" and "Phil Steele" chose Tom Malone to their first teams, "Athlon" chose Jarrett to its first team, and "The Sporting News", "Street and Smith", and "Phil Steele" chose Bing to their first teams.White was chosen to a number of third teams.The Trojans began the season by traveling to Hawaii to face the Warriors led by sixth–year head coach June Jones and quarterback Colt Brennan, Leinart's backup in high school.