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USC Notes: Another Sketchy Sellout

USC announced the Ohio State game is sold out.

But then dropped the follower disclaimer: “Third party tickets are still available via the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace on @seatgeek”

So it’s not a sellout, just like other announced sellouts in recent seasons. USC puts its unpurchased seats on third-party sites, and maybe at a cheaper price than what fans who bought directly from USC paid, but still announces it as sold out.

  • USC plans to depart Friday to Wisconsin. It’s worth mentioning because USC has often flown Thursday for trips of this length, especially Notre Dame, which is practically the same distance.

Maybe Big Ten travel isn’t so ornerous after all.

18 thoughts on “USC Notes: Another Sketchy Sellout”

    1. It is, GT!

      But first come Halloween and All Saints Day!! Dia De Los Muertos falls on a Monday this year. It’ll be Caleb versus Sam that night, unless injuries get in the way.

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      1. He complains because this is the repetitive ‘nose out if joint’ whining by Wolf specifically Riley but also the athletic department.

        We have: a new university president. A new training center….a new heritage center….a new baseball field…an ascending football program moving towards its’ 7th victory against WI…Defensive Coach Gary Patterson has much more confidence in his staff thus.. up to the coaching box…the 2nd year GM Chad Bowden is prudently spreading NIL monies to those who produce. The team is jelling steadily….defeat WI tomorrow and prepare for OH St…

        Ken is right

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      2. KAM: The team didn’t jell against Oregon and it hasn’t played anyone else of any regard.

        DON: Kenny is always wrong.

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  7. DON: Football crowds only matter for the visiting team when the hostile audience tries to jam their signals with noise

    KAM: The coliseum may not sell out very often, but there are never enough visiting fans to jam SC’s signals like on the road

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  8. I hope that leaving on Friday rather than Thursday does not hurt the Trojans chances of winning in Madison. Maybe I am just being superstitious, but I don’t believe in changing something that has worked in the past. Beating Wisconsin is the most important game in the season so far. We can win if Patterson pressures the QB with a good package of blitzes. Three man rushes with a soft zone will mean a win for the Badgers. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. KAM: Jet lag, anyone?

      DON: Like Sean McVay’s blunder. In the Rams’ 27–7 loss to San Francisco in Melbourne, the Rams arrived only about 28 hours before kickoff, while the 49ers had been there a week. Sleep experts said the late arrival likely made adjusting harder, and 49ers linebacker Fred Warner said the Rams seemed to fade as the game went on.

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    2. since i know Lil’ Lord Riley reads this blog religiously, AND i want the trOJies to win this game, i will give him the benefit of Chucker Bucker’s scouting report on Badgers: most important, designate a Spy on that QB, he is more than 50% of their running game and is not a good passer. his favorite thing to do is to extend the play with his legs and then take off and he has really good running instincts. i would expect HOF’er Gary Patterson knows all this having reviewed the game film, but some of those old dogs refuse to change their “system” to account for one player.

      #RileyCanMessageMeForOffensivePlan

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  9. the hubris of Heritage Hall thinking they could bamboozle the wolfman with their Hide The Tickets scam!! wolfman has sniffed out every scam, trick, misdirection and subterfuge in the book!! how dare they try this shenanigan on his watch!!

    #VigilantSentinel

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  10. speaking of game travel, i knew an old Wolverine sports honk who complained bitterly that Big10 teams would come out here a week early from the frozen tundra and get softened up with Disneyland, the beach, Lawrys prime rib. and then suddenly have to play a big game and got beat. not an issue on reg season games, but still seems short sighted to leave the day before game out there.

    #WolfmanSawItInstantly

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