Good morning.
Here’s one of my favorite USC-Nebraska stories. Tailback Johnny Rodgers, a native of Omaha, Neb., wrote a letter to USC when he was in high school saying he wanted to play for the Trojans.
A USC assistant coach in charge of out-of-state recruiting read the letter and never got back to Rodgers and didn’t tell John McKay about the talented player. So Rodgers went to Nebraska, won the Heisman Trophy in 1972 and became a two-time consensus All-American.
The assistant coach shall remain nameless but it wasn’t one of the well-known coaches under McKay (of course).
- Who do you pick for today’s game? The line has dropped the past few days from USC being a 9.5-point favorite to 7.5 points. Now you can pick the score.
- Here’s how the Coliseum field looks for today’s game.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThis place gives you goosebumps. Tomorrow, we go! Go Big Red! pic.twitter.com/qlTq1d8IoA
— Ben McLaughlin (@bmclaughlin4) November 16, 2024
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
Rodgers ended up being arrested for being part of a gas station robbery while he was at Nebraska and had run ins with the law afterwards, USC dodged a bullet
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“This place gives you goosebumps,” talking about the Memorial Coliseum of course, my best memories are of the crowd noise, the screaming of 70,000-fans is indescribable
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Prediction:
USC leading in the 4th quarter by eight points with four minutes left and have the ball. Nebraska out of time outs. No idea who wins.
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I have been approached by Nebraska people when wearing my ‘Huskers t-shirt with Johnny Rogers electrifyingly carrying the ball. He was one of a kind
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The SC-Neb score?– who knows?– a turnover here, a 15-yard penalty there, and the game swings another way
A lot is riding with SC’s ‘Second Stringer’ quarterback, so I’d be happy if he has SC within striking distance in the 4th quarter, and pulls it off after a rocky start– SC 27 Neb 24
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It’s nice to have a running quarterback again, the Lamar Jackson types are what teams need
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Ok, Censor, and they say Scott Wolf never intervenes with his posters, except through his Censor
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I find that if I don’t capitalize surnames, then the chances of a post flying under the radar are much higher. Or maybe the key is to include the word “goat” in the post? Those seem to get through.
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Rodgers had a severe addiction problem. Gary Beban who became friends with him through their Heisman connection, helped him enormously over the years.
Trojans 30, Huskers 27
Win one for J Rob
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USC 34 Nebraska 24
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Big news coming from Jen Cohen next week.
You will happy
Caleb will be ecstatic.
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she got a new color of nail polish ?
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She joined Weight Watchers?
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They have not played like they should win…but with new q/b they may. They can always put back in the old q/b which I think would mean a loss for sure.
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