With the news of Fluor Tower scheduled for demolition, here’s a story:
Erik Affholter got thrown out of the freshmen dorm (Flour Tower) for throwing furniture out of his 10th-story window. The window was closed.
He got his own apartment and quickly became involved in the drug world around the campus.
He said it eventually became part of the football program until disciplinarian Larry Smith was hired as USC football coach.
“Drug use really started to affect the team,” Affholter said. “Larry Smith really saved me. We’d have never beat UCLA if he hadn’t been the coach.”
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
Sorry, owns, next year’s team won’t be tripping out on ‘shrooms.
#DingDing
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I just looked it up– Affholter played 4 games and had 6 receptions in his pro “career,”. Hopefully he got a good signing bonus.
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….but one key catch (or not a catch) VS the bRuins, JW.
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Maybe Affholter would have “definitvely” caught that TD (bobbled/possession/inbounds/out of bounds) in the corner of the end zone vs. UCLA if he hadn’t been so involved in the drug world near school.
#1987USCvs.UCLA
#Don’tKnowIfCallWouldHaveStoodWithInstantReplay
#RefsCalledTDAnyways
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We won — that’s all that matters.
#TheMoreQuestionableTheWinningTD,TheMoreSatisfyingTheWin…
#EspeciallyIfItHappensInANotreDameOrUCLAGame
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Lol, love the hash tags, MG!
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im glad he didnt get hirt wen he got throw out the biulding,poeple gotta remeber that firnutire aint got fealings like the poeple do,
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eD, g, the Cali Confucius …
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You back, brother?!?
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No
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Just trollin
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The neighborhood has improved a ton since you left…
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Because I left..
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I “liked” your reply, Pudly — but I don’t “agree” with it….
#ItWouldBeBetterIfYouCameBack…
#…AndEnjoyed”TheThrillOfVictory&TheHeartbreakOfDefeat”
#..[AsTheyUsedToSayOnWideWorldOfSports]…
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Johnny is going to need a sixth finger on his hand next month.
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Tebow-Obama is in the ER, ruptured hernia after laughing so hard. Owns is running bake sales to supplement ucla’s $40 billion athletic deficit. SteveG is back. If Pudster comes back, the band is all together.
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…in inimitable Pudly76 fashion!
Best post of the New Year.
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It’s good to see Pudly76 again, I loved his point of view on USC topics. Although he is a Clay Helton Cock Sucker , Nutt swallower, he’s still my guy.
Cockadoodledoo!!!! You Bitch!
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well now Ed, ain’t su sure bout that..firture has arims, leggs just liek plain ole folks.. I give up. I cannot top Ed.
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Where the hell is OWNS? Maybe he left the country he sees little hope for UCLA now that the EMPIRE CALLED USC IS STRIKING BACK.
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Maybe OWNS bought it
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Don’t say that.
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Does that mean USC is going to freeze Chip Kelly in carbonite…and ship him to Jabba the Hutt?…
#Cool
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[As you can see I make exceptions to the “let’s only talk like civilized people” rule when it comes to myself]…..
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Carbonite is expensive. Chip has too much surface area to cover.
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…but can you imagine that lump of a man inside a sheet of carbonite? Hint: It wouldn’t resemble Harrison Ford….
#[Let’sJustSayPrincessLeiaWouldn’tComeToRescueIt]…
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We threw furniture from the Birnkrant lobby off the roof our first night there and promptly got put on housing probation. 1985 was lunacy if you were looking for it. RA scoring party favors. The next week we got introduced to Pico/Hoov. Pure Bolivian monkey piss off a boat in San Pedro harbor. Owsley’s special tabs were everywhere. Pre-AIDS. Traddy’s opened that year and took Validine. Vertigo on Thursdays circa 87/88.. A special time that I likely came through more intact than Affholter.
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I guess I’m wrong for enjoying that story….
#[MaybeItJustRemindedOfCarol’sDaysAtUCSantaBarbara]….
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Thankfully, the big man above looks out for 18-22 year old males, for the most part.
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Correct. [If He didn’t nobody on this blog would be here]….
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MG – I left out the Tony Montana weekend at UCSB Halloween 87 – surfed Campus Point during the day and went to the parties in our wetsuits
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100K people in IV. Best costume was the Pope and a group of nuns.
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Do you remember Maria Hamm?
#JustAsking
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100K people in IV. Best costume was the Pope and a group of nuns.
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What were those weird fucking birds in the water you had to watch out for at Campus Point? Remember those?
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Ha, I was at IV that night. Lots of Tony Montana parties that night.
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For all of you Affholter critics out there – what about the TD they “gave” ucla’s Scott Miller in the the 1990 shootout with Tommy Maddox? That “rollover catch” wouldn’t pass instant replay either. #SC Wins Again!
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During my time at USC 85-89 NO ONE had more stories about them then Affholter. After his senior year playing he moved in with Dan Owens, Gary Wellman and myself oh the stores/memories from that semester!! He was already drafted into the NFL, graduating and part of Skull and Dagger with Rodney – Affy was a great teammate and friend!
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Great history Brad. Thanks.
While a Med student at USC, I remember going to watch the Trojans Summer camp at UC Irvine (when I was not at Big County) during the Tollner years. Practice was wide open there.
I watched this WR kid running nice routes, showing good hands, and making acrobatic catches. He had a lot of shake and shimmy.
I asked around and was told his name. That Summer I pegged Affholter as our next star WR.
Enjoyed watching you guys play those years.
Great relief from Med School.
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And “myself”?! LMAO!
Definitely not an English major.
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Caruso stepping down as BOT Chairman.
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He would have stayed on if the Caleb announcement had been delayed till tomorrow….
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Look for Carol to be fired sometime in the next 48 hours…..
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L. A. Times Headline for Wednesday:
#”USC Board of Trustees selects Disgraced Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as Chairman”
#SubHeadline:”DisgracedPrinceAndrewComesinCloseSecond”
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It might be Kamala after they lose in ’24…
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If she lasts that long….
#I’mThinkingKamalaWillStepDown..
#….”ToSpendMoreTimeWithHerFamily”…
#..AfterNovember22Elections
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