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USC Morning Buzz: Do Fans’ Matter To Colleges?

Do fans matter to colleges? No.

Only their money does.

Michigan State fans are furious that their game at the Coliseum kicks off at 11 p.m. ET. USC fans aren’t happy about that either.

Look at what a USC season-ticket holder gets this season: Games vs. Missouri State and Georgia Southern. A Friday night game at the Coliseum vs. Northwestern. And now an 8 p.m. kickoff with Michigan State.

What a dreary schedule. Not even Notre Dame at home this season. And let’s be honest, if Lincoln Riley had his way, would USC ever host Notre Dame again?

And ticket plans are going up next season with Fresno State a nonconference game.

USC also announced that its women’s basketball team will play South Carolina on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. That’s the same day as Homecoming, which is a 12:30 p.m. kick off vs. Iowa.

Who is going to want to go to a women’s basketball game after Homecoming? A lot of alumni will be at campus around 9:30 a.m. and then would stay until 8 p.m. that night for the end of the basketball game? Pass.

USC couldn’t have played South Carolina on Friday or Sunday? Again, it’s not the fan who matters when these decisions get made.

That’s why a bacon-wrapped hot dog costs $14 inside the Coliseum. Outside, it’s $5.

29 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Do Fans’ Matter To Colleges?”

  1. From the looks of the first two ” crowds” at the SC games, doesn’t seem like the fans care about the football team.

    Someone should write a book about how many different ways USC manages to phuck things up, it’s amazing how they just keep doing it day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. And they do it across a wide spectrum of subjects, that takes talent !

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  3. Homecoming game at 12:30, women’s hoops at 6:00?! That’s perfect!

    It’ll give us just the right amount of time to run out and pick up dinner between games.

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      3. KAM: Cowardly Gabby sez, “Who will cook our hot dogs and pick our cotton now that the illegals are getting sent back to their own countries?”

        DON: Poor Cowardly Gabby!

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  5. Do Ohio St., Michigan, Penn St., and Oregon play on Fridays or at 8 at night with the same frequency as USC. I doubt it. The old guard runs the BIG and has leverage with the television networks.

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    2. Michigan and OSU don’t have to play on Friday night, period. And I doubt they’ll ever play at 8pm PST on a Saturday either.

      I can just hear the call.

      ” Hi Carol, this is the Big 10 Comish. How is Santa Monica ? Hey, we’d like you to come to the BIG 10, we’ll pay you 100 million but you’ll have to bend over on the schedule, is that ok ? It is? Fine, we’ll draw up the contracts and get them to you to sign ASAP. “

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      1. Someone is going to be knocking on your door, accusing you of tapping their phones. Because I am sure that is exactly how the conversation went!

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      2. …he’s okay…. he left out the dead giveaway “woof, woof” part…..

        #AsAPublicService…..

        #TheMissing10SecondsOfAudio:

        #”ComeOnCarol..Let’sHearIt…”

        #”Arf,Woof,Bark,Arf,Arf”

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      3. …”Thanks, Carol. Forgive me for abasing you.”

        “No Problem… I did it plenty of times for the Board.”

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    1. $16 for a cup of flat Bud Light ????????????

      So for a burned hot dog on a stale bun with a cup of flat Bud light, it’s $30 ? Plus $50 to park and $90+ for a ticket to see Michigan State at 8pm ? Throw in the traffic and swerving to miss the homeless, illegals and pray the gang bangers don’t carjack you.

      That’s a hard pass

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      1. Plus you go get the $16 bud lite a minute before the first half is over, walk out of the stadium, wait in line, and by the time you return to your seat, you have missed the first five minutes of the third quarter. And half the corona spilled when somebody unintentionally bumped into you.

        Either go with the 60″ flat screen and the cold Coronas 10 feet away at home sweet home, or the luxury box with wait staff, though that probably sets you back 4 figures, all in.

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      2. …or you can always do it the way Sybil does it: go to YouTube on Sunday and watch “USC Saturday Football Highlights” with a coke and a tab of LSD….

        #”Oh,Look!ClayHeltonIsBeingEatenByAGiantPreyingMantis!”

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