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If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

The Pac-12 farewell tour continues Saturday as USC plays what could be its final game at Arizona Stadium.

In 2012, Arizona defeated USC, 39-36, in Tucson. Those Trojans were ranked 10th and 6-1 overall. USC is 6-1 again and ranked No. 10 again in 2022.

Am I predicting an upset? Uh, no.

  • Arizona defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen isn’t the only ex-USC assistant on the Wildcats’ staff. Brennan Carroll is the offensive coordinator and DeWayne Walker is the defensive backs coach. Carroll and Walker are former Pete Carroll assistants. Arizona defensive line coach Ricky Hunley was a graduate assistant at USC from 1992-93.
  • This is something that won’t happen in the Big Ten: USC flies an hour to Tucson to play Arizona, then plays three games at the Coliseum and a road game at the Rose Bowl vs. UCLA to finish the season.
  • USC baseball received a commitment Thursday from Hiro Wyatt, a pitcher/infielder from Westport, Conn.
  • Oregon coach Dana Altman had the best quote at Pac-12 men’s basketball media day on the departure of USC and UCLA.

“Since I’ve been in the league, USC hasn’t won the conference title or the tournament. UCLA maybe won one tournament, one league title. Arizona’s been up there. We’ve won 4 conference titles. So our basketball league is going to survive.”

There is no way USC and UCLA basketball coaches are happy about joining the Big Ten. Maybe that’s who George Kliavkoff talks to.

  • And now for some history:
  • Former USC tailback Allen Carter was honored at his high school, Bonita in La Verne, on Thursday night for the school’s Homecoming game.

Carter rushed for 4,388 yards 70 TD’s at Bonita. During his junior year in 1970, he was the state champion in the 100-meter dash. During his USC career, he rushed for 1,100 yards in just 184 carries.

Believe it or not, I’ve spoken to USC coaches and players from that time who say Carter was the best tailback on the team. He was the starting tailback on the great 1972 team until he suffered leg injuries.

  • Don’t think I will ever pass up a chance to show Marv Goux and the Trojans taking the field in 1974.

Roll call from left: Rob Hertel (6); Jim Lucas (40); Pat Morris (63); Dale Logie (54); J.K. McKay (25) and Eugene Lawryk (54). The obscured number could be Allen Carter, Bernard Tarver or Joe Shipp.

  • It’s Charles White vs. Alabama in 1978 as the Trojans upset No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide, 24-14.
  • You know why I’m posting this photo of John McKay and Anthony Davis? Because this was when McKay sported the rare “Univ. of So. Calif. Football” jacket. Not USC. Not Southern Cal. Not SC.
  • When the stars come out for USC, they really come out.

Take the fall of 1959, for example. Here is singer Bobby Darin at a football rally in September, 1959. This was a month after Darin released, “Mack the Knife,” which was No. 1 for eight weeks and earned Darin two Grammys for Record of the Year and Best New Artist. A month after visiting USC, Darin released “Beyond the Sea” which was another huge hit. The previous year, he released “Splish, Splash” so Darin couldn’t have been hotter than when he came to USC.

By the way, the chimp in the photo was an unofficial mascot at the time.

  • Senator John F. Kennedy spoke at USC in Bovard Auditorium on Nov. 2, 1959. This may be at the USC Law School, where he met with students that day. On the left is political consultant Joe Cerrell, who graduated from USC in 1957, became friends with Kennedy and invited him to campus. Cerrell also taught at USC for 15 years.
  • Here is legendary director Alfred Hitchcock speaking at halftime of a USC game in 1959, where he urged female graduates to attend the Alumnae Day Picnic. Hitchcock is speaking at the USC-Baylor game on Nov. 14, 1959, a week before Homecoming vs. UCLA. So you had Kennedy at USC on Nov. 2 and Hitchcock there on Nov. 14.
  • Also in the late 1950’s, Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio attended a USC game with his former wife, world-famous actress Marilyn Monroe. The pair sat in a VIP section of the Coliseum. At halftime, ABC-TV wanted to interview DiMaggio so he came into the pressbox and went to the broadcast booth. He was not joined by Monroe.
  • Here’s a 1953 photo of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in West L.A. The 6,000-seat venue was a home to USC basketball games during this period. The Pan-Pacific closed in 1972 and burned down in 1989. The entrance gates at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim are modeled after the Pan-Pacific’s facade.
  • And here is a 1954 USC-Stanford game inside the Pan-Pacific Auditorium. Notice fans placed their coats on the wooden barrier that surrounded the court.
  • The Sports Arena could be a vibrant place during the 1974-75 basketball season as the Trojans defeated LSU, Oklahoma State, Utah, Nevada, Vanderbilt, New Mexico, Villanova and Furman before some good crowds at the arena. Andy Enfield is breaking out in hives thinking about that home schedule.
  • USC used to have a family-feel to it at one time, like in 1954, when legendary ticket office manager John Morley would pull double-duty and also serve as an advisor to the El Rodeo yearbook. Why? Because he was the yearbook editor in 1932 and cared deeply about it and loved USC. A foreign concept, I know.
  • I’ve written frequently about the Olympic Auditorium and if you live in Orange County, the Regal Irvine Spectrum will show the well-received documentary “18th & Grand” on the venerable venue Saturday night at 7 p.m. It’s always better to see a film like this in a theater instead of watching it on TV or YouTube.
  • Here’s what the Egyptian theater in Hollywood looked like in 1979 when it showed the sci-fi classic, “Alien.”
  • Tony Curtis and Sharon Tate on the set of the film, “Don’t Make Waves” in Malibu, during the the movie’s famous trampoline scene on Sept. 5, 1966.

84 thoughts on “If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column”

    1. Clay Helton hired that clown Donte Williams because he was suppoed to be a recruiting guru. That Bozo Donte Williams had quite a few 4 and 5 star DB recruits that he inherited and was never able to develop not a single one worth a shit, he just wasted talent.

      And ‘Ol Mule Shoe was stupid enough to keep him around

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      2. That does suck, George. I don’t wish that on anyone.

        But as we often see from the left, including my stalker here, they like to resort to violence when people don’t see things their way and are proven wrong on almost everything they believe. (“Let’s meet up! LOL) Some of them were bound to get a dose of their own medicine.

        Wish him a speedy recovery!

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      3. UPDATE
        THE ATTACKER ASKED
        WHERE IS NANCY

        OUR SOCIETY IS SICK SO CAL

        AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE TOO MY FRIEND

        ON ALL SIDES AS YOU SAID
        FROM LEFT AND RIGHT
        REALL SICK

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      4. Inner tebowobma: that clown is a bozo, bozo is such a clown, geez a total clown is bozo, no two ways about it, bozo is a clown…and I don’t give a single shit or double shit or triple shit worth of shit what any clown says. you are all clowns and bozos if you don’t believe me.

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  2. I went to the Egyptian once for Ben Hur’1959, very nice theatre, and Pan Pacific for lots of auto shows,and a few ice capades. I think there was also a farmers mkt and maybe Gilmore stadium (Hollywood Stars triple A )was near bye?
    BTW…DJ PEEVY IS A 4 STAR…but wolf would not know that,’cause he does not want to…

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      1. ME TOO
        CAN WE ADD JILL ST JOHN ??
        WOW !!
        SHE REALLY GOT AROUND. CHECK HER OUT ON GOOGLE

        BY THE WAY
        AS I TOLD MG MUCH EARLIER
        I DID NATALIE WOODS TAX RETURNS FOR A WHILE IN THE SIXTIES

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      2. All great-looking gals. Sharon Tate tragic ending … Manson wanted to to start a race war … so does #JoeBiden.

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    1. AND EXCITING WRESTLING MATCHES
      TOO
      DICK LANE AND WHOA NELLIE
      FREDDY BLASSEY
      LORD JAMES BLEARS
      DR LEE GRABLE AND WILD RED BERRY
      GEORGE TIREBITER
      BARON MICHELE LEONE WAS MY FAVORITE !! A TOUGH MAN TO BEAT !!

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      1. I’ve been wanting to go check out the Derby Dolls in Vernon. Not quite the LA T-Birds, but looks as if it would be fun to check out at least once.

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  5. “Sharon Tate was a beauty” is an understatement, you can have Marilyn Monroe and her fame, she was popular even in Russia, but Ms. Tate had ‘the look’

    Yeah, those 1-hour flights to Arizona are going to start looking good when the team is embarking on a 5-hour jet ride to Penn St. with but 24-hours to recuperate quickly from their jet lag. Hey, you go from $30-mil to a $100-mil gig you got to pay the price

    Loved how the Oregon coach put down sucla basketball, and with SC we have gotten used to it over the decades

    And wouldn’t you know it they would pair up JFK and Alfred Hitchcock with JFK’s future demise having Hitchcock written all over it

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    1. HI JOHN
      HITCHCOCK WANTED TO SCREW TIPPI HENDRIN
      SHE REFUSED
      THATS WHY WHEN THE BIRDS ATTACKED HER ALFRED SHOT THE SCENE ABOUT THIRTY FIVE TIMES—— NO HARD FEELINGS
      THO AS ALFRED STARRED HER AGAIN IN MARNIE.

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      1. Alfred Hitchcock —certainly not always nice to his blond leading actresses—-but responsible for at least a half dozen film masterpieces [back in a time when studios usually didn’t allow directors to make highly personal films such as Vertigo or Rear Window]……
        #…ARealMixedBag

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  7. You said, “a road game at the Rose Bowl vs. UCLA to finish the season.” I think you missed Notre Dame at the Coli to finish the season.

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    1. HE WAS TRYING TO LUMP THE THREE HOME GAMES AND THE ROAD GAME ALL TOGETHER BEFORE THE PREDICUT PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE BUT ITS HARD TO READ THAT CLEARLY
      HE NEEDS WORK IN THE AREA OF CLEAR WRITING LINGUISTICS

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      2. Yeah, MG, one of these days a misplaced ‘reply’ might look like this:

        Just Owns (JO): My doctor told me I’m dying tomorrow
        GT: My doctor told me I still have years to live
        MG: Glad to hear it

        What happens when MG’s reply to JO’s tragedy goes before GT’s post?
        This could adversely affect the blog friendship between JO and MG

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      3. No worries, John…. I bet we could easily straighten things out….
        #[….It’sProbablyGonnaBeMoreDifficultForSoCal&Gab]….

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  8. So now adding to his claims of having been a coal miner, a big rig driver, having beaten cancer and having his entire house go up in flames, we can add his claims of having been a starter on Delaware’s football team and gas having been over $5 a gallon when he took office!! (And a couple of morons gave Cal shit for saying it was closer to $2, which it was. An average of $2.39.)

    The little bitch will cry “Biden 24/7” again, but if Dementia Man didn’t give us daily reasons to mock him, people wouldn’t bring it up so often.

    Don’t want to be reminded of how dumb you were for voting for this? Then don’t vote for senility and outright lies.

    HAPPY FRIDAY ALL!!

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    1. Hey stable genius, Costco has “trump approved” industrial strength Depends BOGO. We all know SS is your only source of income and the price of diapers has tripled since Biden allowed Putin to invade Ukraine.

      It’s criminal that the shar pei allows you to marinate in your diaper for up to 72 hours.

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      1. I hope no one notices how obsessed I am with So Cal. He just keeps spinning me around every which way–I am so dizzy. My strategy of trying to avoid discussion on Biden is just not working. Hell, there is no defense for the Biden catastrophe..I know that, you know that, everyone knows it. I really don’t know what to do next–So Cal is just making me look like a complete fool or to use my pal Tebowy favorite term–a clown, a bozo, and worst of all a bozo clown! Maybe I should ask Hunter for some help, what would he do? I got it! I will use Tebone’s fake moon landing ploy–ya know, the one where the landing was filmed in a garage somewhere in Somoa. Nah, come to think of it that is no good. And if that does not work, I just don’t know….(sob)….what.. (sob)… I will do! Have to stop writing and go get my hankie.

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      2. Everything you said is so so true. I’m glad there is a voice of reason that follows me. Keep up the great work…..I’m very impressed with your style..Love it!… You should let friends and family in on this skillset you possess.

        It makes my fragile ego feel better that a have a true admirer out in cyber-space…thank you!

        #MORE!

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      1. WOW!!!!!….another incoherent comment from the blog dance.

        The dude flushed all his self-dignity down the outhouse shitter!

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      3. says the blog dunce who has bed sores because he’s an old relic that lacks the muscle mass to get out of bed

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    3. you senile troll……Another comprehension issue, pathetic…..What was said in reply to Cal75, was that gas had never been $2 a gallon pre-covid in Ca. Stop twisting the facts to fit your agenda.

      #blog-dunce!

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      1. Damn!! I did it again! I hope no one fact checks this..on the eia website. Okay, so I bend the truth every now and then..completely harmless
        California All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (Dollars per Gallon)
        Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
        2000 NA 1.669 1.754 1.720 1.869 1.856 1.811 1.726
        2001 1.646 1.682 1.738 1.837 1.993 1.975 1.817 1.608 1.708 1.592 1.403 1.204
        2002 1.231 1.319 1.507 1.657 1.617 1.633 1.648 1.637 1.627 1.579 1.624 1.585
        2003 1.662 1.853 2.150 2.092 1.890 1.809 1.789 1.913 2.068 1.839 1.740 1.681
        2004 1.722 1.914 2.143 2.185 2.298 2.322 2.233 2.131 2.115 2.376 2.350 2.143
        2005 2.016 2.163 2.346 2.596 2.520 2.410 2.559 2.721 3.032 2.926 2.570 2.319
        2006 2.424 2.540 2.624 2.925 3.337 3.260 3.260 3.212 2.937 2.593 2.508 2.587
        2007 2.616 2.713 3.105 3.339 3.485 3.329 3.174 2.948 2.922 3.112 3.394 3.353
        2008 3.296 3.231 3.609 3.846 4.015 4.531 4.511

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      2. you sound confused, you fucking troll!….. seems like you have some fucking comprehension issues also. Of course, gas has been $2 or less in Ca, at one point in time. I recall when it was under $1.

        Let me add some context since your fucking limited mentality needs some clarification. Pre-covid means right before Ca. lockdown, not fucking 20 years ago……fucking dipshit!

        It really speaks to how much of a fucking coward you are, hiding behind your keyboard down in your mom’s basement marinating in a soiled Depend, while you beat off to a trump cut-out.

        It’s truly childish how you choose to mock others to feel better about the pathetic life you live…….you’re embarrassing and need to work on your self-esteem

        #FUCKING-COWARD!

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      3. Oh no! Now I am debating myself!! The end is nigh! Golly, darn, gosh–reply to myself: “pre” means before X. As in times before X. I guess I have some comprehension issues. Well, self, take that!! Ha! I win (and lose).

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  9. That ’53 photo of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in West L.A. is surreal. Everything looked so immaculate back then. I would love to have lived in the 1950’s minus the racism and alcoholism.

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    1. Thanks for the photo of the Pan Pacific, Scott –site of so many grand Los Angeles extravaganzas …& featured in Olivia Newton John’s Xanadu [one of the truest guilty pleasures in movie history —wooden acting, no story —but still fun —-same story as One Touch of Venus —- Muse enters real life & shows everybody the light].
      Joe Cerrell [pictured with JFK above & L. A.’s extraordinary political consultant} was part of a panel that interviewed me when I ran for City Attorney. What a decent and intelligent human being. I was very sorry to hear he passed some years back. The dems could sure use people like him today.

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    1. WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN GOIN ON !!

      I THINK HE MARRIED HIS COUSIN WHEN SHE WAS ONLY THIRTEEN

      BUT

      THATS HOW THEY DO IT IN THE SOUTH !

      GREAT BALLS O FIRE !!!!

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      2. Wait!!!!!!…..your boi, the twice-impeached grifter used to shower with Ivanka up until when she started pointing at it and laughing.

        I call that the ultimate crushing of a man’s ego.

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    3. The press release declaring his death “bullshit” was a sure sign it was around the corner…
      #RIP
      #[MaybeTimeToRewatchTheDennisQuaidFlick]

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      1. …reply to So Cal’s post [which included the relevant #]….
        #Man,ThisReplyFunctionSureMessesWithYour”Timing”

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    1. ARE YOU THE REAL ORIGINAL CHARLIE BUCKET. ??
      EVERYONE POSTS AS CHARLIE BUCKET THESE DAYS
      BUT YOU CAN OFFER EVIDENCE FROM YESTERYEAR IF YOU SO CHOOSE

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  13. #2!

    Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley died Friday. He was 90 years old.
    Dooley is the winningest coach in Georgia history with 201 wins and the Bulldogs won six SEC titles during his tenure. He was the Bulldogs’ coach from 1964-88 and Georgia went 201-77-10 in that time. Dooley was the coach of the 1980 national title team, the last Georgia team to win a national championship before Georgia beat Alabama for the national title in January.

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    3. Yeah, Dooley was racist. Not like Dementia Joe, who in 2010 warmly eulogized Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan, saying he was “one of my mentors” and that “the Senate is a lesser place for his going.”

      In 2007, he referred to Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.”

      In 2006, he said, “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”

      In 1977, he said that forced busing to desegregate schools would cause his children to “grow up in a racial jungle.”

      And we all know that in 2020, Dementia Joe said “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”

      Good thing he’s not racist.

      What a dumbass.

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  16. –Saw the casino odds of about 15-points for SC beating Arizona soundly which seems high due to Arizona’s “3-Ring Receiver Circus’ whose men move as if true Wildcats biting at the bit to get at those Trojan pass-defenders learning on the job

    What else is going on– oh yeah in boring non-sports news High-Ranking Pelosi’s San Francisco house was broken into with assailants armed with a hammer aimed for Pelosi’s husband’s head, surgery is still ongoing. Don’t know about Nancy, presume she was not touched
    But the men entering yelled out “Where’s Nancy?” the most terrifying words a woman could ever possibly hear, ‘These strangers want me, what are they going to do me’

    Funny how on the tail of Wolf randomly running a piece on one of the prettiest women to ever grace the earth one Sharon Tate, we hear of the Pelosi nasty break-in. Perhaps not of Charles Manson horrifying-grade but a reminder that criminals have not retired and are as scary as ever

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  17. Vince Dooley was a great coach. Sorry to see him go. Leave it to you Wolfe and your predicting an upset. I don’t think so buddy. How do you figure when the have no defense. We should beat them by 30. 54-21

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  19. Among those Trojans standing in the tunnel with Marv Goux, none are wearing yellow panty hose…and that 1974 USC team would beat this year’s team by 3 TDs!

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    1. Dude, that team from 1974 would not beat today’s team……the players today are a lot bigger, stronger, and faster…..with more complex schemes.

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