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[Viva]

From The Daily Evergreen:

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Angels on the USC sideline

Trojan winning streak began after coaches ashes were spread at Memorial Coliseum.

KYLE BONAGURA(Bio)
STAFF WRITER

USC is a different world.
Not only did it not feel like the end of October at 75 degrees on Saturday, but the team on the field didn’t look like a college team.

The Trojans have to be the most talented college football team ever, and that coupled with an NFL head coach and 92,000 fans at home generates nightmares for opposing teams.

USC has won 24 straight games at home, a streak which started in 2001 when the Carson Palmer-led team needed overtime to beat Oregon State.

While battling the horrid L.A. traffic on my way from the game to a friend’s house in Orange County I listened to the USC post-game, call-in show.

Most fans were just drunk and screamed into the phone about how Pete Carroll should run for president and Reggie Bush should come back for his senior year, but there was one guy who told a story worth repeating.

Before USC’s win against Oregon State in 2001, J.K. McKay, who is the son of legendary Trojans coach John McKay, sneaked into the stadium with former USC quarterback Pat Haden and spread his father’s ashes along the USC sideline.

Call it a coincidence, call it divine intervention, call it whatever you want, but somehow since the ashes of the winningest coach in USC history were mixed in with the L.A. Memorial Coliseum grass, USC has been unbeatable.

Something tells me this team would be undefeated if it played its games at any L.A. high school as well, but in the spirit of Halloween, I thought it was something of note.

The Trojans didn’t need help from any higher powers this weekend though as WSU appeared intimidated from the start and was clearly outmanned at every position on the field.

When the first quarter was over, USC was on pace to score more than 100 points and gain more than 1,000 yards of offense. It’s not even worth the time of day to start playing the what-if game, because every scenario short of a game-canceling earthquake would have ended with a USC win, and even then USC should have won based on what everyone knew would have happened.

By the time USC scored its fifth touchdown Saturday I was more concerned with what Snoop Dogg was up to on the sideline while trying to breathe without getting a lung full of smog.

It was almost funny watching WSU trying to keep up with USC because no matter what WSU did, USC was always a step ahead and it was usually a five-step margin.

Last year WSU coach Bill Doba said something to the effect of “If you put a linebacker on Reggie Bush, you might as well start singing the USC fight song.”

This year he should have said, “Every time our defense took the field against USC, you might as well have started singing the USC fight song.”

Granted the WSU defense isn’t the ’85 Bears, but USC’s offense was impressive nonetheless.

USC punter Tom Malone might have the most boring job in college football. He flirted with the idea of going pro after last season, but what he really should have done this year was red shirt because he sure doesn’t get any playing time.

USC will go undefeated, it will win the national title and Snoop, Nick Lachey and the ghost of John McKay will be there along the way.

[DaveTV]

Is "Basket Weaving" still offered as a major at these schools?

[teledave]

Paging Teledave. I was really looking for a good old-fashioned revenge ass whipping, but Spurrier's curse lives on.

The Vols are inexplicably bad this season. There's the usual coach speak about how they are 3-4 plays away from being a 5-1 team, but the offense is pathetic. Sanders resigned as offensive coordinator yesterday (but will remain as the QB coach thru the end of the season), Phil is gonna call the plays. Look for lots of "off-tackle-right". Hopefully following the season they'll run the O-line and receiver's coaches out of town.

It's good having the old ball coach back in the SEC, he definitely makes things more interesting and can take a team of nothings and create a game plan that will challenge most any team.

[Viva]

Is "Basket Weaving" still offered as a major at these schools?

I've heard that Ballroom Dancing is offered at USC. Shall we dance?

[atomicboy]

I've heard that Ballroom Dancing is offered at USC. Shall we dance?

Don't knock ballroom dancing A friend and I needed a PE credit at SDSU and decided to give it a go. Best decision we ever made...hotties everywhere and the ratio 9 to 1 in our favor. It was such a goldmine my friend continued to show up even after he graduated.

[FollowMe]

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Arizona embarrass UCLA - 52 to 14 - gotta love it!

[baseWeldr]

the Gopher game today was the first time I heard a woman doing the play by play announcing (I skimmed half the pages and attempted a search- has this been covered?...) espn2 Pam (?Oliver?)- very pro job, took a minute to realize why it sounded different...

[Egon]

Wyoming, sucked. What a beating.

[jayfrizzo]

The Vols are inexplicably bad this season. There's the usual coach speak about how they are 3-4 plays away from being a 5-1 team, but the offense is pathetic. Sanders resigned as offensive coordinator yesterday (but will remain as the QB coach thru the end of the season), Phil is gonna call the plays. Look for lots of "off-tackle-right". Hopefully following the season they'll run the O-line and receiver's coaches out of town.

It's good having the old ball coach back in the SEC, he definitely makes things more interesting and can take a team of nothings and create a game plan that will challenge most any team.

Word, and I can't really talk about the SpurDog beating the Vols. Oof.

[Woodsy]

The Iowa Hawkeyes of a REAL football conference, the Holy big ten, shall smite down the Gators of Florida and their traitorous overpaid coach from the backwater lands of the SEC.
again.

[mr_gyptian]

nice digging Woodsy.

don't remember if you're an ol' ballcoach fan. but one of my favorite moments this year was when the 'cocks stuck it to the gators ('gators?). He was so smug it was tangible.