USC sent out this email to some fans who bought tickets to the Pac-12 title game.
It claims USC needs extra tickets for the game. Now before you get too excited, the ticket allotment is 3,500, so USC should sell those tickets quickly.

USC sent out this email to some fans who bought tickets to the Pac-12 title game.
It claims USC needs extra tickets for the game. Now before you get too excited, the ticket allotment is 3,500, so USC should sell those tickets quickly.
A jury finds the NCAA is not responsible for former USC LB Matthew Gee’s death.
Proving Gee died specifically from invisible injuries suffered at USC, and not something that occurred before or after his college career, was always going to be challenging, especially when he had so many other health problems.
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Yeah the counter to the family’s claims is Gee’s demise was due to his excessive drinking and drug use.
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This was the first case of this type to actually make it to a jury. Given the verdict, I’m sure there are a lot of disappointed families and former plays.
I read he had a great fondness for cocaine.
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players***
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Then there’s the Tyler Skaggs lawsuit by the family against the LAA. Still simmering as all parties await the sale of the franchise and yet GM Minasian is making more moves than a centipede in its’ death throes.
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Eric kay, a former Angel’s employee, who was responsible for his death received 22 years in a Texas prison….The Angels might be on the hook for some serious coin
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Come on, Gabby, Don’t denigrate the poor SC kid because he had a drug addiction problem like millions of other Americans. Besides, it takes a lot of cocaine to kill a man of 50-years-old, I am sure his playing days were the largest factor in his demise as the premature death of all his fellow Trojan linebacker buddies would tend to establish
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I think the point was that the Cte and the head pain, and the onset dementia triggered the self medication of alcohol and drugs. True very hard to prove. But the assertion is not that cte was the cause of death but that cte contributed to it as well as brought in the masking of pain and disorientation also drew the substance abuse accelerated the issues
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Marv Goux got Matt Gee hooked on drugs and alcohol
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Hey tonight USC beat BYU
USC 82
BYU 76
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Sweet!…..BYU was a 2-point favorite…..A little tournament action in the Bahamas
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Yeah, but at one point late in the game SC was up by about 20 so what happened at the end to make it so tight?
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A nice matchup versus Tennessee.
I believe CU beat the Volunteers earlier in the season.
A nice test for the 4-1 Trojans.
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Who do the Ladies of Troy play next the Conchshell Cay Coconut Pickers?
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I really wanted to go to the Championship game to see Gabby, but we’re going to pass.
Lady Trojans about to take on the Lady Huskies in volleyball on Pac-12!
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Sorry, you can’t make it. My lactating 74-year-old mom was really looking forward to meeting you….She was going to give you a special treat, nipple Leche!
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Now now boys it is the eve of Thanksgiving so why not give it a rest for 24-hours at least, although truth be told I would pay to see any kind of match between Gabby and So Cal as long as I wasn’t drawn into it
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“As long as I’m not drawn into it.” Yes. As I think I’ve already mentioned, whenever I see something brewing at the park or at a bar I whisper “somebody should stop this” within earshot of the strongest looking guy around….
#….InOtherWords,”Somebody”OtherThanMe….
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Oh damn! Would have been great to see her, cuz as Ron White says at the 1:50 mark, once you’ve seen one, you wanna see them all.
He was the least known of the 4 in the Blue Collar tour, but by far our favorite!!
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I have seen Ron White perform here in Las Vegas! Out of the four, he’s the only one I have seen live!…… Happy drunk!
(Get ‘er Done)
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Have never seen him live.
Have seen:
John Pinette (twice)
Pablo Francisco
Carlos Mencia
Saw Jo Koy and Ronny Chieng on Netflix. Both were great!
But the one I’ve watched most on Netflix….Jim Gaffigan! Freaking hilarious!!
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I just saw a writer say that SC-ND have crushed the other’s National Championship hopes 7-times although I can’t confirm that is a fact, but there is no doubt that the Irish are arriving in Los Angeles tomorrow confident they can blow-up SC’s season
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Well ‘old stick’ pray tell why wouldn’t they? They have nothing to lose whereas USC hopes for the playoffs hinge 100% on winning this game and the Pac-12 CCG. In addition, Freeman will get a walk as a first-year coach.
What is never discussed is ‘the princess’ always able to avoid (save 2019) a CCG – no need to ‘look ahead’ no this is their last game of the season.
All the pressures on USC but I still sense the drive will more than prevail <72 hours hence.
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Good point, Alvarado. This is Notre Dame’s Big Season Ending Game. For USC it’s sandwiched in between UCLA and the Pac 12 Championship.
It is what it is. We’re relatively healthy. We’re at home. And we play like a team….
#…ThatShouldDoIt
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-Missed the point rusoviet, ND has a history of beating SC even in Los Angeles and so that legacy instills confidence in any Irish team playing any Trojan team, similar to the ‘hold’ SC football has on sucla
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You nailed it, John. Beating USC has always been Notre Dame’s #1 goal. But Coach Riley has to KNOW that’s their mindset…..and be prepared to spoil their Big Dream…..
#….KickTheirAssesAndGet’EmOnAPlaneBackHome…
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Sorry for the onslaught of words but as SC gets deeper into these de facto Playoffs the more nervous and excited I become as should you because you never know when SC will be traipsing through these amazing times again
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Remember, John: Anything Notre Dame can do on offense, we can do better.
#WeDon’tEvenNeedTurnoversThisTime…
#..AsLongAsWEDon’tTurnItOver
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Should be the same as Caleb Williams returns next year in addition USC’s OOC are the same quality as this year only less – San Jose and NV (home) and @ Notre Dame in addition Troy plays @: AZ, Cal, CO & OR.
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‘Next year’ sounds as if it is several galaxies away as I am sure you have heard of
“The Now” as being the only true real reality
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Live in the Now, man.
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Focus on ND.
In all fairness, the computer gives USC a 3% of making the final 4.
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Of the teams outside the top 4, what team has the best percentage?
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‘Believe only half of what you see and nothing what you read,’ Bourbon–
SC is in if it wins out # which computes to at worse having a 25% chance of singing “Hello Final-4′ if the odds were 1/2 in beating ND and 1/2 in beating probably Oregon, but Troy is favored in both games so that 25% shoots up somewhat
# With the exception if LSU beats Georgia or the possible exception of the Ohio St-Michigan loser only dropping to No. 4
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USC has to win two games, the probability of that should be much higher than 3%
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To MG’s comments about steering carefully around near-by fighting
My ‘yellow-streak’ is so pervasive that even in my nightmares I run away from possible physical confrontations
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Well then stay away from mirrors
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Alvarado!
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John — When I’m dreaming, I now am very aware of the fact I’m dreaming. If I see something threatening in a dream I actually say “wow — that’s bad ….but not as bad as it would be if this weren’t a dream…”
#AfterAllThoseUSCPhilosophyClasses…
#…IsBishopBerkeley’sPhilosophyFinallyTakingHold?
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wow, this basketball team gets to 3:50 with an 18 pt lead and just absolutely forgets how to play basketball. Give up a 3, needless turnover, give up another 3, get a 5 second call on an inbound, give up a 2, miss a front end, give up a 2, commits a 10 sec violation, give up a 3, blow a lay up and so on and so on. they miss 14 free throws and 10 down the stretch. Worst part is that they show you on film exactly what to do to break them down. They do this time and time again. You press them and they will turn the ball over. They play good D and when they get on a run, they get sloppy on D and don’t get back and that reverses momentum. They have a lot of work to do.
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well BYU did switch to a full court press, and fouling 100% of the time…and hit 4 straight 3 pointers …U R CORRECT…THEY HAVE A LOT TO IMPROVE ON …
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Vault91 your correct, Enfield needs to really start coaching up these players the right way. I don’t like this 4 gaurd line up. Reese Dixon can’t shoot 3s, Boogie is streaky, Peterson will be great at the next level. He has a skill set that is tailor made for the NBA. Is freshman center ever going to play?, or is he just going to be a medical redshirt . and pair him with Isaiah Collier?
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To be honest…no one can shoot right now. They made 2 of 10 and 3 of 17 last 2 nights . They are averaging 14.8 turnovers a game. Peterson, I expect more from. Way too many turnovers for him. Often times commits to the pass after he leaves his feet and doesn’t have anywhere to go with it. He will be on one side of the floor with 3 defenders between him and the bucket, and try to back them down and get a very low percentage shot off. And everyone is just standing around on the backside and not giving him a place to pass because they know he will try to take it himself. The worst thing is that he will make some of those low percentage shots. That’s why he keeps shooting them. They are all too concerned with drawing contact. They just need to focus on putting the ball in the hole and if they get contact great, its an “and one”. They still are a horrible free-throw shooting team so just drawing contact is not a good thing. And remember, as bad as RDW is shooting from behind the arc, Peterson is shooting 2% lower behind the arc. I like peterson and think he is an asset (but I think he hangs on the ball too long) but why is a guy who can make off balance, low % shots, only shooting 61% from the line. Missed both FTs on a 2 shot fouls twice last night. Not to mention front ends of 1 and 1s. You can actually rely on the big men from the stripe more than Peterson or Elis (see the 2 very short technical foul shots early in the game, barley hit the rim).
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Cam Hart is out. Starting safety for the Irish is questionable. Can the Irish qb beat USC on 3rd and long? Serious depth issues for Notre Dame this late in the year and how does Notre Dame guard against USC when the rb motions out? LB or inexperienced safety?
How many punts can the Irish block on Saturday?
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How many did they have against Ohio State?
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Ohio state has a full time special teams coach.
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Not enough
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Ha!
#WhichIsAlsoTheAnswerToYourQuestionAbout…
#”WhatDidUSCDoAfterBeingUp20PointsOnBYU?”
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ON A MORE IMPORTANT NOTE…SC WON ITS FIRST ROUND GAME IN THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT in the Bahamas vs BYU…another round today and finishes tomorrow…today they play Tennesse,they beat Butler
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‘We were the greatest team ever.’ Anthony Davis, 1972 USC Trojans savor their legacy
https://news.yahoo.com/were-greatest-team-ever-anthony-130015223.html
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Heisman campaign for USC QB Caleb Williams kicks into gear
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/heisman-campaign-for-usc-qb-caleb-williams-kicks-into-gear/ar-AA14u0dK
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I have a little prayer I often use–
Dear God, however we choose to perceive You whatever religion we use to find You
You probably have no preference either way because You are the All with no needs
So allow me to presumptively say on behalf of the nearly 8-Billion people still alive
and the 20-Billion or so deceased a thousand times a thousand ‘Thank Yous’
for extending to us-all through You the privilege of experiencing life on earth
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Amen!
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Sorry LJ but I can not say amen to your prayer. I am going to be awfully judgmental here but you lost we at “however we choose to perceive You” followed by “You probably have no preference.” You are advocating a religion of relativism where “all views are equal and equally valid” and this thinking is at odds with the Catholic church.
“In recent years I find myself noting,” Cardinal Ratzinger said in his Without Roots, “how the more relativism becomes the generally accepted way of thinking, the more it tends toward intolerance. Political correctness … seeks to establish the domain of a single way of thinking and speaking. Its relativism creates the illusion that it has reached greater heights than the loftiest philosophical achievements of the past. It presents itself as the only way to think and speak — if, that is, one wishes to stay in fashion. … I think it is vital that we oppose this imposition of a new pseudo-enlightenment, which threatens freedom of thought as well as freedom of religion.”
That last point is key. While appearing to be the very essence of neutrality and equity — “all views are equal and equally valid” — it actually undermines both the freedom of thought and the freedom of religion. As to the latter, it does so (ironically) as a new religion itself, “a new ‘denomination’ that places restrictions on religious convictions and seeks to subordinate all religions to the super-dogma of relativism.”
Happy Thanksgiving LJ. I hope I did not offend you.
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Wow!….. Triggered Again!!!…. Why don’t you practice some tolerance, hypocrite? Every time someone posts a comment you can’t accept, you instantly spin off into some lame rant.
No one on here needs to be educated on your self-righteous religious beliefs. I see why the relatives hide from you, I would also…… Enjoy your Thanksgiving alone
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You didn’t because I didn’t read what you wrote
One thing one can count on when wading into a religious or political ‘pool’ is get ready to be splashed-on by those claiming “It is my way or the highway’
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I’m a Catholic, Plow Horse, so I guess, temperamentally speaking, I’m on your side. But I ask you to consider this concept: There’s a distinction between moral evil and ontological evil —just as there’s a distinction between moral good and ontological good. In other words— whatever the correct theological recipe for good or evil, right or wrong, any person doing the best they can, by their own lights, is gonna be okay big picture-wise.
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MG……you hit it out of the ballpark again, well said!… I tune out when someone pushes their narrow religious beliefs as the only pathway to salvation.
On a happier note- A personal, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, my dear friend!
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Ditto, Gabby!
[Woke up to a full double rainbow here in Maui —pretty cool Thanksgiving]!
#FightOn!
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The baby boomers were the first generation that actually believed 2,000 years of western Christian morality/strictures had no bearing on how they conducted their lives. I give you relativism and yeah so-called tolerance by such is about as tolerant as hard core bolsheviks because that is what they are. The three targets of ‘progressives’ are:
USA
Catholic Church
Israel (conceal their hatred by demonizing the state rather than openly its’ citizens).
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Today is a good day to read the Good Samaritan [which I’m pretty sure is part of Christian morality & tradition].
#GoodComesInManyForms
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Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of you. May we take the time to realize the blessings we have to be thankful for.
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I take a special liking to this God because on August 28, 2010
I was dying because I couldn’t breathe when a small piece of food caught in my throat
We tried everything with my girl screaming as she helplessly was watching me die
After 2-minutes I passed out only to momentarily later awaken with my first breath and the piece of food lying on the floor
I know God seldom physically intervenes in earth’s affairs
But this unknowable Spirit living inside each of us (that’s why you can’t hide your thoughts from this mysterious ‘Thing’) can
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John,
Not to put too fine a point on it ….but…glad you lived, bro.
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…ya had a lot more good to do with your time….
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LJ….on Aug 28, 2010, the big guy upstairs said, “not today”…… glad to see you here posting your perspective and life lessons
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Steveg49, Bourbon Trojan1967 Nasir Bryan Carol, Pasadenatrojan gametv, I left you guys out of my shoutout to great posts blogger’s. It is such a great time to be Thankful. If we make it to the CFP Championship Game at SO FI, my buddies daughter works at the gate, wink wink. I’m going to ask her how much to let us in the gate, so we can go to the standing area because the seats have no room for you to stretch out. I personally have a bad left knee tore my MCL back in 91. Those who I forgot to mention in giving props to for good posts. Happy Thanksgiving to all n have a great time with your families. If you have any problems be thankful that you have a roof over your head, food to eat. Give glory to God.m, our almighty savior. God bless everyone. Scott where is yourThanksgiving pictures blog for past 60 years, oh that’s called Friday’s column, do one today please.
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Very, very nice Eric!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my brothers [and sisters if any are left!] on InsideUSC!
#AndThanksForLettingUsComeTogether,Scott!
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Have a great Thanksgiving Day, Eric.
Your enthusiasm here is infectious.
You’re a great Trojan fan.
Fight on!
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Eric, the passion you bring to this blog is contagious. Your knowledge of sports is informative and brings value to the blog.
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Eric
Thank you for the recognition. I am impressed with very knowledgable people and you are one of them. Happy thanksgiving to you and to all. We have our differences but we are all here to either show our compassionn or hate for SC football. For the haters, we still love u. We will argue and we need you to argue with. If we didn’t have you then we woukld all be singing Kumbia about SC football and that would get old.
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Indeed Michael, a real privilege that Mr. Scott Wolf has laid out for us
a forum where we can autobiograph and tease each other from
mild to scalding with no fear of Wolf retribution or censorship
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Meanwhile, there is a rumor there’s a football game on Saturday,
Luck of the Irish?– Some years back I was in Notre Dame stadium on a windy rainy afternoon as the 20 mph wind blew in the SC team’s faces in the first half while looking forward to a changing of sides in the second half when lo and behold if the darn wind didn’t change direction and was still blowing in SC’s faces
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John — I remember being at a few USC/Notre Dame games where USC exploded in Notre Dame’s face in the second half…
#IKnowYouKnowTheOnesI’mTalkingAbout…
#Heavenly
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Aaaah memory lane Michael, no other route quite like it
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
WOW
IVE BEEN READING THR COMMENTS THIS MORNING
I GENERALLY REFRAIN FROM MAKING RELIGIOUS COMMENTS BUT POPE FRANCIS HAS SAID ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO EARNESTLY SEEK GOD IN THE WAY THAT IS MOST SINCERE AND MEANINGFUL FOR YOU AND BEYOND THAT DONT JUDGE
I FULLY UNDERSTAND PLOW HORSE COMMENTS BECAUSE I WAS THERE MYSELF FIFTEEN YEARS AGO BUT HAVE MOVED IN THE DIRECTION THAT MICHAEL OUTLINED TODAY
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE EVEN OWNS AND TEBOW !!
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God bless you, George ….and all our friends [and friendly enemies] on Scott’s blog….
#WeHaveALotToBeThankfulFor!
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Man if USC could make a layup they would be beating Tenn by 20 points. Never seen so many missed shots.
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Thank you everyone for your great compliments. Like MG said we are all brothers and sisters of another mother. Enfield tell Peterson to stop jumping up to pass, just be more decisive with ur moves.
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Scooter,
How many seats does the pac 12 staduim have, 10k? It is a joke that SC only gets 3,500. 3,500 show up for an SC practice alone. I know. I have been there for a practice.
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