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Saturday Buzz: There Are Always USC Connections

Former Stanford and San Francisco 49ers star QB John Brodie died yesterday at age 90.

And there was plenty of USC connections.

His brother, Bill Brodie, was a quarterback on the USC freshman team in 1956, graduated from USC and was also an apartment manager just off campus in 1959.

John Brodie’s daughter, Diane, was a tennis player at USC and a membere of the 1985 NCAA championshp team. His son, Bill, was on the golf team in the 1980’s.

27 thoughts on “Saturday Buzz: There Are Always USC Connections”

  2. Hi Scott. It seems like USC football has always had some form of controversy. During Jess Hill’s HC stint from 1951-56, USC was penalized for scalping the free tickets that the players received. We are talking about ten or so tickets and a ticket price on the ticket of five or ten dollars. So in 1956, the seniors including Jon Arnett and CR Roberts were only allowed to play in five games of the ten game season. They could play in either the first or second half of the season. Jon Arnett was a top candidate for the Heisman Trophy which went to Paul Hornung of ND instead, even though ND had a subpar team and USC beat them even without Jon Arnett playing the last half of the season. That was a travesty of football justice. Then Jess Hill Resigned, he was still athletic director, and Don Clark a former Trojan took over as HC. He inherited a depleted roster and had two terrible years in 1957 and 58, but with excellent recruiting his 1959 team was unbeaten for the first seven games of the season at a time when unlimited substitution was not allowed and players had to play both ways. Because of the scalping, USC was not allowed to go to the Rose Bowl and they wound up losing their last two games to UCLA and ND in South Bend. Don Clark retired after the season and went to work for his family company. If he had not resigned, his assistant, John McKay, would not have been hired as the head coach for the next 15 years and four national championships. Clark was an excellent coach, but he made more money working in his family business. 1940 to 1962 were definitely down years for USC football.

    Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

    Fig

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  3. I remember watching the 49ers play the Rams with my Dad in the early seventies. I was a big Ram fan and my Dad who was from San Francisco loved the 49ers. Seemed like Brodie always got the best of us. Those damn screen passes! RIP John Brodie.

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    1. KAM: Brodie had a three year window of chances to get to the Super Bowl but the Niners came up short including blowing a 28-16 lead over the Cowboys in 1972.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3UooqFxJ0Q…

      DON: In the 1972 playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys staged a remarkable comeback against the San Francisco 49ers, overcoming a 28-16 deficit in the final two minutes to win 30-28. Roger Staubach, who came off the bench, led the rally with two touchdown passes, including a recovered onside kick and the game-winner pass to Ron Sellers.

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  4. wolfman, i know your beat is “One Sport buy this is basketball season, how ’bout them Bruins taking care of bidness at Pauley!! AND covering the spread to boot! that’s how you deal with Big-10 also-rans! as usual, Scrappy Mick Cronin’s teams start to gel in Late Jan-early Feb in anticipation of a tourney run! wolfman, i’m starting to get all TINGLY!!!

    #IfBeingAllTinglyIsWrongIDontWannaBeRight

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    2. Yes, Charlie, some people will whine if you post about basketball. (One “person” whines about everything.) Some of us don’t particularly like basketball, but will root for USC even if it’s tiddly winks!

      As expected, our girls are getting thrashed my Michigan right now. It’s still very early in the game, but I doubt the ship will be righted in this one.

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      1. Ha! [That “one person” is sorta like Godzilla —not the ‘good’ Godzilla that appears in the later films who goes around killing the other monsters threatening Tokyo, like Mothra, and has a cute little son called Baby Godzilla who blow smoke rings…but the bad Godzilla who can’t help breathing radioactive rays of everything in his/her path]….

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      2. That’s why “person” is in quotes. I’m not really certain that thing is human. It would to be a truly vile one, to post the stuff she’s posted. And get the enjoyment that it does out of it.

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      3. …would HAVE to be…

        Paying attention to game. Our girls wiped out a 13 point halftime lead and are trading the leading the Wolverines by 5 near the end of the third quarter!

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      5. The Village Idiot proving that she can’t read AGAIN. Claiming I wrote something that I didn’t.

        Lies & excuses in 3, 2, 1…

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      6. you got slapped around like a pinata. So, in your typical way, you’ll try to change the narrative by deflecting from your stupidity.

        you get caught every time…….

        wait for it 3…2…1…. the freak will take the bait and respond with more stupidity…….sooooooo predictable

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      7. Quit lying. I said nothing about a “moral victory”. You just made that up because you’re an idiot.

        I expressed not one thought about being happy if they lose, but make it close. I was hoping they were going to pull off the upset.

        You’re the only one trying to make excuses for your stupidity.

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      6. Ava was incredibly sexy and wild. Sinatra said she was crazy. He couldn’t control her. That may be true, but for some reason I’d be willing to overlook it.

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