Category: Sport
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NCAA rules regarding sideline management will be followed. Each team will only be allowed 5 sideline guest passes for former players. But 700 press passes will be issued. Celebs are out. This means no Kirsten Dunst, Alyssa Milano, Will Ferrell, George Lucas, Dr. Dre, The Game or Andre 3000; no Snoop Dogg, Henry Winkler or…
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The LA Times had a great article written up about John McKay… One night while out at Chasen’s of Beverly Hills with Bear Bryant, a waiter approached with a request. “Coach McKay,” he said. “Mr. Sinatra has a table in back and wants you to stop by.” McKay, who already had won two of his…
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Ohio State topped Notre Dame 34-20 tonight in the Fiesta Bowl. I report this news for two reasons: As a Trojan fan, we always enjoy a good Irish loss. I’m officially placing the over-under on the “USC barely beat Notre Dame, and Texas barely beat Ohio State, and Ohio State beat ND, therefore Texas is…
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TrojanWire was out in Azusa as the final preparations were being put on some of the 2006 Rose Parade floats, including the USC float and the impressive ESPN entry, which features a Trojan and a Longhorn leaping from a big screen TV and into your living room (pictured below). But why take my word for…
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The Trojans took their turn in The Beef Bowl at Lawry’s Beverly Hills tonight, to dine on all the beef they can stuff themselves with. The Beef Bowl is an annual Rose Bowl tradition dating back 50 years, where both teams come and dine on all the beef they can, and they actually announce a…
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Fascinating (and not at all cliche or trite) insights on California from John Kelso of the Austin-American Statesman–a paper whose readership is surpassed by the local student newspaper: Except for fanny tucks and other plastic surgeries, there really isn’t much that passes for culture in Southern California, a godforsaken stretch of parched wildfire and smog…
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The L.A. Times has published an interactive team photo of the 1989 Trojan team that played in the 1990 Rose Bowl — you can mouse-over players to see where they are today. There are those you probably know about–like Junior Seau, John Jackson, Pat Harlow, and Dan Owens, who went on to enjoy different degrees…
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I’m sensing a little bitterness towards the L.A. Times from the Austin-American Statesman, as evidenced in this post Saturday on their running Bevometer (which is sort of like a permalink-less blog): The LA Times spent several inches of newsprint Friday extolling the virtues of how open USC practices are, a long-standing tradition that was presented…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a friendly bet on Wednesday’s Rose Bowl game between Texas and USC. If USC wins, Perry will send citrus, Blue Bell ice cream and barbecued beef brisket. If the second-ranked Longhorns beat the top-ranked Trojans, Schwarzenegger will send Perry a basket of…
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The L.A. Daily News has a feature today on Vince Young — did you know Vince has a tattoo of a rose on his shoulder? Apparently it has nothing to do with last year’s win over Michigan, or the Longhorns’ 2006 Rose Bowl berth. When asked about the flower permanently etched into his shoulder, Vince…
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The Trojans took advantage of the rainy conditions in Southern California on Saturday to get a good ol’ fashioned muddy practice in at Howard Jones Field. The conditions evoke memories of Miami last year, when the Trojans were out slopping around in preparation for the Sooners (as thoroughly detailed in Gary Klein and David Wharton’s…
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The L.A. Times’ Bill Plaschke and David Wharton break down the all-important battle of the mascots at the 2006 Rose Bowl — Plaschke describing being constantly horrified in Bevo’s presence, David Wharton gets personal and asks Traveler where he lives. A few interesting factoids from the two articles: This is the 14th Bevo that the…
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