USC’s Big Ten Football Records

USC football’s record against every current Big Ten school (75-30-3 overall)

Illinois: 11-2 (84.6%)

Indiana: 4-0 (100%)

Iowa: 7-3 (70%)

Michigan: 6-4 (60%)

Michigan State: 4-4 (50%)

Minnesota: 6-1-1 (81.2%)

Nebraska: 4-0-1 (90%)

Northwestern: 5-0 (100%)

Ohio State: 13-10-1 (56.2%)

Penn State: 6-4 (60%)

Purdue: 3-1 (75%)

Wisconsin: 6-1 (85.7%)

Compiled by Evan Desai (reignoftroy.com)

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July 21, 2022 10:47 am
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Always seemed pretty thuggish to me. Good for Cristobal.

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July 22, 2022 7:22 am
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Well, I agree.

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July 21, 2022 10:48 am
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K. Smart is overrated….

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July 20, 2022 5:27 pm

Hey Trojan fans. I’m hoping to return the favor of a request. What are your thoughts about Justin Frye? He was OL coach for UCLA and now same at Ohio State.

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July 22, 2022 5:58 am
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I watched on a small TV atop a houseboat my family rented at Lake Shasta, CA. The TV reception wasn’t very good so all we could see was a figure bouncing up and down on the surface of the moon. I was 14 years old at the time and asked my Dad if the figure was a “moonster”. When we returned home from our vacation, we watched a replay of the event. I’ve always been amazed at what it took from a technological standpoint to get our astronauts to the moon and back. It was a fulfillment of a promise… Read more »

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July 22, 2022 8:20 am
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My father-in-law worked for NASA in JPL Pasadena (really La Canada – it was located next to my high school at the head of the Arroyo Seca). He was head of the “containment” division – his job was to make certain the “Andromeda Strain” was not brought back to earth by the astronauts. Remember all the clean rooms and the 30 day isolation for astronauts and the moon rocks? He was the lead that set those protocols. The moon landing was a huge point in his life (his entire career had been invested in the moon project) and my wife… Read more »

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July 30, 2022 5:56 am
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TrojanRJJ: Did you go to La Canada High or St. Francis? I went to Glendale High from 1970-73. We always had a pre-Foothill League football game vs La Canada but never played St. Francis who was always quite a powerhouse.

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July 30, 2022 7:01 am
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St. Francis, Class of 65. La Canada High was built I think during my junior year. Our class went undefeated in football during my junior and senior years. I did not play. Best high school player I ever saw in person was Adrian Young of Bishop Amat. The LB SC just recruited reminded me a lot of Young, who was an immigrant from Ireland. We played them twice during my freshman year. We won the AA my freshman year (beating Bishop Amat) and then won the AAA my junior and senior years.

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August 1, 2022 4:55 am
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Thank you Allen for this great post regarding Adrian Young.

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August 1, 2022 4:53 am
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TrojanRJJ: thank you for the wonderful reply. I seem to recall Bill Reddell (sp) coached football at St. Francis. Bill later coached at my son’s High School, Oaks Christian in Westlake Village where I lived for many years. I remember Adrian Young as a USC LB. Just off pure memory and no Google, I remember him having a stellar game vs Notre Dame in South Bend in the late 60s. My Grandmother had USC season tickets from 1926 to 1994 when she passed away. My first USC game was in 1965 in Palo Alto watching Mike Garrett run wild vs… Read more »

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July 20, 2022 8:32 pm
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Normally, I follow Stu. But, this time IMO he got it wrong. First, college football as we knew it ended with the Supreme Court opinion. The era of NIL and transfers completely changed the game. All SC was acknowledge reality and adjusted to it. Second, college football as we knew it a decade ago died when Saban arrived at AL. He played basically three or four competitive games a year and dominated the sport with superior talent and genius coaching. He make the SEC a league apart except for Clemson. So, the game has changed. It has been changing for… Read more »

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July 20, 2022 9:17 pm
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Fox Sports and ESPN world wide are both owned primarily by Walt Disney Corp. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck control world sports media.

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July 19, 2022 6:45 pm
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Bryson Shaw was a 3* in the 2019 class out of Maryland’s Bullis School. The only recruit brought in by Alex Grinch (don’t ask any Buckeye fan what we think of one Mr. Grinch). He’s a good player. Good speed, hits hard. He started for Ohio State last year because Josh Proctor suffered a compound fracture of his leg in the the first half of the Oregon game (second game of the season). Proctor was a huge loss. Shaw had an awful game against Oregon, but steadily improved through the season. The Ohio State D staff last year was as… Read more »

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July 20, 2022 8:59 am
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Wow Scioto expectations are high at OSU. The Buckeyes went 13-1 in 2018, end up ranked #3 in the nation, only 4 close games. The only negative was what looks like a melt down game at Purdue. This was on top of the Urban Myer blow up to start the season. Grinch was only there that 1 year. Oklahoma was 22-5 with Grinch running the defense the last 3 seasons. What’s the beef with him?

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July 20, 2022 11:22 am
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Statistically, Ohio State’s D was its worst in history. Ohio State went 13-1 because of the offense. Grinch was co-DC. I don’t place all of the blame on him. It was a dysfunctional situation allowed by Meyer. My gripes about Grinch are threefold. One, he checked out when Meyer re-hired Schiano. That was unprofessional. I get being upset, but he was still paid high 6 figures for a high-profile position. Second, because of #1, he also didn’t recruit. He was in charge of the secondary and Ohio State is still struggling with depth in the secondary to this day. Shaw… Read more »

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July 20, 2022 12:10 pm
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Well I hope for SC’s sake he has fixed most if not all of that in the last 3 years. I bet that Urban Meyer thing was a real mess with the staff. They did an amazing job considering the mess Ryan Day inherited. Coach Ed O did not behave the most professionally when Pat Haden showed him the door and he went on to win a NC.

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July 20, 2022 3:35 pm
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There are clearly some hard feelings about Grinch for us Buckeye fans. But like I said, it was a dysfunctional situation created by and allowed to persist by Urban and that had to have some effect on Grinch. He’s your DC now so deserves USC fans’ full support and respect. Lincoln Riley has forgotten more than I know about college football. Grinch attended and played football for my alma mater so that also plays into my views about him I’m sure.

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July 19, 2022 10:41 am

This will be a bummer, but I could easily see USC opting to not play ND every year once we move to Big10.

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July 19, 2022 10:52 am
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Chris, That will never happen. The audience is too large for that game. The B10 will demand SC keep ND, hope SC kicks ND’s behind having far more income to invest in staff and players, and that ND chooses to enter the B10 to keep up.

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July 19, 2022 11:44 am
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I think USC may drop ND for multiple reasons.

  1. their schedule will be brutal every year. Not sure you want to add another November game on the road.
  2. if ND opts to stay out of Big10, why continue to give them their highest revenue game? USC will not get additional revenue from Big10. Plus It will put pressure on ND if they no longer can pencil in USC every year.

just a thought. Texas no longer plays A&M. Pitt and WVirginia stopped playing.
with realignment you sometimes get rid of long standing rivalries.

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July 19, 2022 5:07 pm
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If ND remains independent, I could see the superconferences squeezing ND off their schedules in not needing a marquee non-conference game anymore to get into the playoffs. USC would then be ND’s salvation in giving it a boost in schedule ratings.

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July 20, 2022 5:24 pm
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When you think about the probability USC will be in the western division of the Big Ten playing the likes of Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinios, Northwestern, Iowa and Wisconsin, there will be plenty of winnable games to be had. Of course there will be cross over division games playing Penn St. Michigan, Mich,St. & Ohio St. but not all in the same season. Playing your arch rival with the programs knowing eachother so well is not going to be a negative when it comes to wins & losses. It will only showcase an advantage in national ratings.

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July 19, 2022 2:02 pm
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CBS Sports is reporting that Notre Dame is looking for $75M annually from NBC in order to remain independent. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/notre-dame-targeting-75-million-annual-media-rights-payout-in-quest-to-remain-independent/amp/ No way in hades do I see ND getting that kind of payout. I believe currently they are getting around $22M from NBC and another $10M from their ACC arrangement. That’s only 7 games on NBC. ND hasn’t won a NY6 bowl game since January 1, 1994, and let’s not even mention how they’ve fared in BCS championship games (I think only the 2012 season championship) and the CFP. They’ve fared even worse than Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma!!! Zing. September… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 8:39 am
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Interesting, 1,000 donors kick in an average of $2500 and you have a base income for every member of the team. I think Utah or BYU have a similar set up. I wonder what other NIL structures are going on? Are many of the millionaires sharing the wealth? With donor money flowing to NILs will donations to the school AD decline?

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July 19, 2022 10:59 am
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Golden, You nailed why SC’s move to the B10 is pure genius. It puts at least $50 million more in the SC Athletic Department’s coffers, thus freeing up donor money for the NILs. The full impact of the NIL/transfer rule will hit in about two years. For example, Oregon State is going to very competitive this year. It has a great OL (better than SC’s), solid RBs, a very talented QB and a very competent coach. I would not at all be surprised to see the Beavs beat the Trojans this year. But, that success is very short lived. The… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 7:42 am

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July 19, 2022 8:42 am
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1976 and 2001 are my favs. Having Trojans on it leaves no doubt. When my mom moved to North Carolina, folks would see her license plate cover and ask if she is a Gamecocks fan!

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July 19, 2022 10:36 am
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I always walk around ATL and the rest of the Southeast announcing I attended the “real USC” and now I have the law behind me for support!

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July 19, 2022 8:52 am
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I prefer the 1976 version as well.

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July 18, 2022 7:25 pm
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Herbstreit thinks there will end up being 3 power conferences. It’s a shame that what remains of the PAC seems to be the least attractive merger candidate. I wonder if the ACC will be the aggressor trying to add teams quickly because of rumors that the SEC may go after Florida State, Miami and Clemson

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July 19, 2022 9:47 am
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I agree Allen. The ACC is locked up until 2036 with only Notre Dame free to leave that conference. If NBC is unwilling to up the ante paying ND a reported $75million they are asking in playing the home games of the likes of Navy, Army and others (with the exception of USC every other year) ND will soon see the writing on the wall and join the Big Ten which would be more attractive to NBC to bid for that package instead. The SEC would then feel the pressure to expand, but who could they bring in other than… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 10:50 am
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Not that I care (for I do not). As you noted, I have no sympathy for the rest of the Pac – they did this to themselves. Hypothetically, if I were Utah, I would leave the Pac and go to the B12 for several reasons: first, the culture matches much better and I get to accompany BYU (this locks up the SLC/Vegas market for the B12); second, Utah will never been viewed as a equal in the Pac (Stanford, Cal, and UW will see them as second rate barbarians who are tolerated at the table) – Utah will be seen… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 7:19 am

I agree with Herbstreit…but who will the third Super Conference be…?

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July 19, 2022 8:22 am
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alfa, I think there may be four, but not five. It appears to me that the B12 and the ACC are stronger than the Pac. The remaining Pac has two quality teams(Oregon and Utah) and a bunch of second tier teams. Oregon State should be very good this year. But, in the world of NIL and transfers, in two years, the Beavers will be on a par with San Jose State or Utah State. The same with Washington State. The starting QB at WSU got $90,000 in NIL money – compare that to what a kid can make at SC… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 7:56 am

San Diego, Isn’t it nice to be on the inside looking out? For the first time in a decade, SC is now ahead of the game. In fact, SC’s management saw the writing on the wall and jumped first. Combined with the advent of NIL and transfers, SC’s move was really earthshaking. It has forever changed to landscape of collegiate football. In the days of NIL and transfers, you need media income to support your staff as the booster funds will be going to pay players. I hope SC’s “you earn it” NIL approach works – but I have my… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 7:16 am
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Keeping in mind, the new members of the BIG12, starting next year 2023. BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston would not be push overs for any of the remaining PAC12 teams. I see from a media perspective the addition of perhaps, Colorado(former B12 team) Utah or Arizona State as additions whose media footprint is as good as any of the BIG12 future teams, with the exception of Houston, who’s coverage is large.

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July 19, 2022 8:15 am
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Allen, I think the number of superconferences will be 3 or 4, certainly no more than 4. Hence, the race is on between the Pac, the B12 and the ACC to see which ones will make that cut. Personally, I think four will survive and I give the Pac the least chances. This report matches what I would expect – George is not going to get any relief on the conference to conference level. As you report, the B12 has turned him down and I cannot imagine the ACC will be interested. The B12 is now at 12 teams and… Read more »

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July 19, 2022 12:44 pm
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NBC Sports will continue overpay for Notre Dame because it is their only way to have college football on their network. The only that will change NDs mind if their chance to play in the playoff were increased by joining the Big Ten.

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July 19, 2022 4:29 pm
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If NBC buckles under fearing they cannot get into some kind of package arrangement with Fox or CBS to broadcast superconference CFB, and gives ND what its asking for (which will be 2nd rate games compared to the superconference one’s) and, ESPN keeps the Big-12 & ACC games and any leftover superconference games, then I don’t see the Big Ten expanding any further unless inviting Stanford and CALwith their superior academia is what the Big Ten wants to enhance itself with. Oregon without ND to ride its coattail is out of the scenario.

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July 19, 2022 6:56 am
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Yes, he’s in the mould of Matthews III, McGinest, Cushing, Maualuga
and should wear one of their numbers.

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July 18, 2022 2:15 pm
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That’s a big time commit! He was OSU’s top LB target. Let’s keep it rolling!

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July 18, 2022 3:17 pm
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Thanks for the good news, Allen. I’m 100% confident in LR to bring in a great class with legit playmakers everywhere. I think he will surprise us all with o line guys this year, either with flips or with transfer portal guys. Like you, I trust in LR.

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July 18, 2022 5:19 pm
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Tough loss for the good guys. You guys got a good one. This one hurts.

Best wishes kid. I’m sure he’ll ball out. See you in two years.

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July 18, 2022 6:52 pm
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Not sure how to digest all the stats there. What stands out to me is Oregon. For what success it has had over the last 10 years it really doesn’t have the fan base that a very mediocre USC has over the same time. No wonder the BIG 10 had no interest.

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July 18, 2022 9:23 am

Just now guys on NFL Network doing a piece on “Who Will Be This Seasons #1 Wide Receiver in the ENTIRE NFL ? ” getting some votes for “Best WR in NFL ” this season ?????>>>>> Colts Michael Pittman ! (Gotta say it would be kinda cool but I gotta see it first ) .

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July 18, 2022 7:09 am

It appears that the B10 is done with expansion unless ND wishes to enter. If ND wants in, it appears that the B10 would welcome ND and Stanford and call it done. Oregon and UW simply do not fit in the picture. I wonder what Oregon will do? My guess is Phil Knight’s best play is to hold together the Pac and have Oregon dominate it. Right now, the issue is what will the 4 corner states (ASU, UA, Utah and CO) do? As a package they bring a solid media presence. I do not know if they will get… Read more »

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July 17, 2022 4:42 pm

Have I missed something? When did USC turn its back on Charles White? According to the Times that’s what has happened. I know I’m getting old but I have always thought of him as a USC treasure. Someone may have escorted LenDale White out once, but even that is past history. Anyway Charles White is living in an assisted care facility, he has dementia, but I don’t think the University has turned their back on him. Finally, a few days ago people were posting degrees from USC and I didn’t say anything. My degree is cobbled together by New York… Read more »

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July 18, 2022 6:27 am
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You played in the USC Band? That makes you a Trojan! We need way more electricians than Humanities Majors that’s for sure. Fight On! 😎
Speaking of electricians, my old office (thank the Lord, old office) had an electrical fire on July 4 no one hurt but made a big mess. A good electrician will save lives.

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July 18, 2022 12:07 pm
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Thanks I was afraid of being labeled a Tino (like a Rino or a Dino)

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Rialto, Your views are always welcome by me. I was extremely fortunate to get to go to Law School at SC when it was affordable and accessible. At the present tuition rates (when I attended tuition started at $1800 per year, when I graduated it had increased to about $4,000 per year, and is now $73,000 per year) and with the present entrance requirements, I doubt my family would have been able to afford it and doubt I would get in. I think I have posted that I would discourage any of my grandkids from attending SC undergraduate. First, SC… Read more »

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July 18, 2022 2:19 pm
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That’s Plaschke–standard operating procedure is to make SC look bad any way he can. The dude is way over-rated as a “journalist-columnist.”

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July 17, 2022 12:36 pm
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Typical legislator comment, Only they can be in charge. Backwards thinker who thinks that leaving for Big10 will be a some sort of tax drain. The football TV contract alone will pay for the rest of the athletic department. But don’t let logic get in the way of stupid bureaucracy

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July 17, 2022 4:16 pm
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The UC System as well as the CSU system are a set of independent campuses. The governor oversees a few meetings a year, but really isn’t involved in the day to day operations. Ucla markets themselves as private university. They have a school president and an athletic director. They don’t need the governor’s permission to do anything. Someone is trying to make a case for student athletes being “employees” based on the move to the Big 10 having so much travel involved. I think that’s a moot point because athletes at this level are in school to showcase their skills.… Read more »

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July 18, 2022 7:20 am
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Rialto, Thanks for the info. So, Newsome complained about UCLA not seeking an approval it did not need (and would have never gotten) and it costing Cal money that Cal did not deserve and was not entitled to. All the while saving UCLA athetics and the UCLA student athletes that would have had their sports and scholarships ended.

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July 18, 2022 1:33 pm
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Newsom is one of the biggest Dirtbags in all of politics, and that is saying something.

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July 18, 2022 7:17 am
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Allen, Based on my reading on the internet (and they could be all wrong), Newsome is simply grandstanding for sake of political theatre. He seems to be very good at that. From what appears to be the truth, the Regents had no control whatsoever over this issue. And, in the end, it saved UCLA athletics. So, he appeared to claim that UCLA was required to obtain Regent’s approval for the move (which is simply false) and then claimed the move was harmful to the UC system (which it is also false – it saved UCLA athletics). Man, is this guy… Read more »

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July 18, 2022 5:14 am
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Not only is Allyson a tremendous athlete, she’s also a Mother and wonderful human being. Fight On Allyson!

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July 16, 2022 12:26 pm

Have to say, some of you guys are talking some smack. That’s fine. Trojans have two years to walk the walk. But remember, it’s not the 1970s or 2000s.

I find it noteworthy that the Trojans and Buckeyes have met on the football field twice as much as the Trojans have played any other Big Ten team with the exception of Illinois (next closest at 13 games). I’m laughing that Ohio State and USC have met 24 times, but that team up north (“ttun” from now on) has only played USC 10 times.

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July 16, 2022 8:13 pm
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You are on a USC board, what would you expect?

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July 17, 2022 7:32 am
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I know man. It’s all good.

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July 16, 2022 11:29 pm
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I’m assuming most of these games were in the Rose Bowl New Years Day. I always felt a little sorry for those Big 10 teams. You spend December in the upper mid west. Then after Christmas you come to So Cal. They take you to Hollywood, the Playboy Mansion and then you have to play a game in January and it’s 80 degrees! You are behind and you don’t even know it yet. All in good fun Scioto.

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July 17, 2022 7:34 am
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To this day, I still claim the Song Girls were SC’s special distraction. I know they distracted me watching the Rose Bowl on ABC as a teenager!

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July 17, 2022 3:00 pm
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I bet you cried on January 1, 1969. Woody went 4-4 in the Rose Bowl. #2 to McKay at 5-3. Two “what ifs”. First, what if the OSU faculty had not voted to decline the invite to a repeat Rose Bowl following the national championship 1961 season? Could that have contributed to 5 wins? Second, what if Woody had announced his retirement after the 11-0 1975 season and the team didn’t lay that egg in the 1976 Rose Bowl against UCLA? I’ve always believed Woody should have and the team would have been on fire for him in his last… Read more »

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July 17, 2022 8:29 am
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You forgot the Feast they get at Lawry’s … or use too?

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July 17, 2022 9:43 am
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Oh and Disneyland and The Beach.

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July 18, 2022 8:59 am
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And this is the outburst that led to the ending of Coach Hayes career.

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July 16, 2022 11:20 pm
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Carol Folt….”I can’t wait to fire this golf bum empty shirt!”

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July 16, 2022 10:51 am
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Top one has more style, looks faster. If you look faster you will be faster.

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July 16, 2022 8:10 am

LOVE IT! Per Fox News, Gavin Newsome is now complaining about UCLA leaving the Pac for the B10 without UC Regents approval. I wonder if he will now seek to reverse it on the grounds that the move required UC Regents approval. OR seek to force UCLA to pay a percentage of its increased revenues to the UC system (or to Cal) as a whole for that permission. This is so great you could not make it up! As a result of SC and UCLA leaving, the Pac disintegrates (now at least at 50/50) and, as a result, Cal drops… Read more »

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July 16, 2022 10:11 am
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This news and of course Newsom’ antics, in spite of our efforts to depreciate and rile the little ‘gutties’ I do have a shallow bit of sympathy for their plight.

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July 16, 2022 10:49 am
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Lame bankruptcy story! Good one! 😂

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July 16, 2022 3:02 pm
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Do I need to remind anyone this is the system politics that’s been running Sacramento for years & years. It’s called take from those who earn and give it to those who don’t. And oh by the way, don’t forget who to vote for next election to keep it going!

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July 16, 2022 7:38 am

The essence of “Fight On” for our future conference partners….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHftDbXiuk

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July 16, 2022 8:25 am
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alfa, I was at that game. That last drive was electric. Probably the best drive I have seen in person. My seat was in the closed end of the end zone. Stefon’s run was right in front of me. What I remember from that game other than this drive was a kid from Ohio State had a punt blocked from an outside angle; the kid left his feet on angle to block the punt from the side and the punter let him fly by and then punted it. Never seen a play like that before or since. Kind of like… Read more »

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July 16, 2022 10:45 am
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Ahhh, Joe McNight, RIP.
Looking forward to SC playing great games against great teams again.

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July 15, 2022 5:20 pm

IMPRESSIVE!! USC is going to the right place at the right time. Always a threat of an upset so USC will have to learn to play their A game every week.

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July 15, 2022 5:29 pm
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Fortunately we won’t have Larry Smith here to coach USC to more losses to Michigan St. Most of those losses to Ohio St. & Michigan happened before John McKay turned the program around and gave those two programs a good taste of losing.

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July 15, 2022 6:55 pm
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At this moment in time you guys are closer to the 2017 Cotton Bowl than the 1973 Rose Bowl (dang was that one painful, but forgot about it 365 days later).

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July 15, 2022 7:41 pm
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Boy what will be more fun sticking it to the Ruins and Leprechauns or sticking it to the Buckeyes? Giving the Buckeyes a black eye will be hard to beat the satisfaction of a good beat down of the other two! This will be fun Scioto. 😎

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July 16, 2022 8:41 am
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It certainly will be a blast. I can’t wait. Wish it wasn’t two years, but we’ll pay far closer attention to our respective new conference opponents over these next two football, basketball, and other sports seasons.

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July 16, 2022 8:21 pm
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Yeah I remember watching the Buckeyes & Ducks playing last year and all in the horseshoe thought this was going to be easy destroying those little ducks in their cute little uniforms?

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July 18, 2022 5:20 am
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Ahhhh, Larry Smith. I’ll never forget when SC lost to Memphis State, ugh.

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July 20, 2022 7:32 am
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Thank you for the memories Allen! I met Todd a few years after he retired from football. He was an artist and that’s what he really loved. Todd beat Ohio State twice in the regular season, one as I recall in the Coliseum in 1989 and the other in the “Horseshoe” in Columbus, Ohio in 1990. The weather was so nasty in Columbus so the officials shut down the game with a few minutes remaining. The memory of that bad weather day kept me from accepting a very good job with a company based in Columbus, OH. Like I said… Read more »

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July 21, 2022 5:44 am
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Allen: I’m glad you were able to get out of the “Horseshoe” after that sheet lightening strike in 1990. I’m sure it was scary with the weather and game being called. My best memory from that game was Scott Lockwood’s long run for a TD. Scott’s Dad John Lockwood, USC Linebacker and briefly with the Rams, was my 8th grade gym teacher at Wilson Jr. High in Glendale, CA. I’ll never forget a deer wandered on campus and John chased it away. Up to that point, I’d never seen such a big guy run so fast. Scott was blessed with… Read more »

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July 22, 2022 5:51 am
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Thank you Allen for the piece on Lockwood. The year after I had his Dad for PE, the family moved to Colorado. His Dad John was one of my favorite teachers as he understood what I was dealing with coming off a broken leg suffered in a snow ski accident. I could barely walk in 8th Grade and John Lockwood worked with me patiently as I struggled in Physical Education to keep up with the other kids. Fight On to both John and Scott!