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USC Notes: Former Quarterbacks Have Sons Teaming Up

Last night’s Santa Margarita football game featured QB Fletch Palmer throwing a TD pass to WR Grant Van Raaphorst.

Palmer is the son of Santa Margarita coach and ex-USC QB Carson Palmer. Van Raaphorst was the son of former USC QB Mike Van Raaphorst.

Carson Palmer and Mike Van Raaphorst were teammates at USC.

  • Some sad news: Ralph Allman, who was a huge supporter of USC athletics, passed away earlier this week. Allman was a member of the Board of Trustees in the 1990’s and served as President of the General Alumni Association. He was also a major supporter of the USC dental school and taught there part-time in addition to his private practice.

If you went to a USC basketball game at the Sports Arena or Galen Center, he was fixture sitting courtside and loyal booster.

46 thoughts on “USC Notes: Former Quarterbacks Have Sons Teaming Up”

  1. Fletch Palmer looking like a young Carson, 21/31, 242 yards and 2 TD in a 27-0 win. Maybe Carson will be the coach waiting in the wings for USC down the road, I have seen nothing but great discussions about his coaching ability.

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    1. In an email, Hal?

      Look for an icon that looks like a staple. Click on it and it will prompt you to identify where the PNG, JPEG, etc. file is located.

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      3. Oh well – Gonna have to give a “Words eye view”. I have a game program from the USC vs. Notre Dame game back in 2000. On the cover side by side are QB’s Carson Palmer and Mike Van Raaphorst.Just can’t drag a photo onto the comments section.Thanks SoCal -you’re the best.

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    2. By the way, I failed to mention that you need to click on New first, to compose a new email.

      After you add any email addresses and a subject line (this can be empty), go to the body of the email. The “staple” icon will not appear until you are in the body of the message.

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    1. I’ve never posted a photo from a file, only something that was online.

      Right clicking on the picture for “Copy Image Link”, then pasting it as previously described. Sorry.

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  4. Good report Scott, and good tribute to a great Trojan fan. What year in high school are the two legacies? Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  5. I MUST BE LOSING MY MIND. SOMEONE JUST TOLD ME THE NOTRE DAME SERIES WAS CANCELLED. NO WAY IN HELL THAT EVER HAPPENS. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

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      1. KAM: Sure they will.

        DON: There won’t be a NCAA in 4 years, the Big Ten and SEC will take over college football and none of these agreements in the future will be in effect.

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  7. KAM: A shout out to Mr. Allman who had the passion to root for SC basketball through thick and thin

    DON: And beyond that he was a generous gentleman

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  8. KAM: So Carson Palmer’s son is now throwing touchdowns just like his old man

    DON: I guess it’s all in the genes– some got it and some don’t

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    1. KAM: A billionaire heiress whose family got filthy rich offshoring American manufacturing jobs and turning the Midwest into the worlds biggest meth lab has a condescending girl-boss lecture from her adult daycare about how men are disappointing her.

      DON: Millions of men had their livelihoods destroyed by DEI policies promoting untalented and unqualified women and ‘minorities’ like her.

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      1. Charlie,

        Please do a little more photoshopping — so D. T. is making it with 2 of the the Martians in Spielberg’s War of the Worlds…. and maybe fake NASA astronauts are landing on the moon in the background….

        #….Yeah,That’sTheTicket!

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  9. KAM: These movies about children magically assuming adult bodies such as “Big” and “13 going on 30,” is remindful of keeping alive that inborn sense of wonder

    DON: Speaking of children, did you know the great Plato once wrote: “Of all animals, the boy is the most unmanageable”

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  10. KAM: A word you don’t hear much anymore is ‘modest.’ It seems to be a lost art

    KAM: I like what Mark Twain said about modesty: “I was born modest; not all over, but in spots”

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    1. John —The great Oscar Levant once said to the lady who wore bangs throughout the 1950’s, Joan Collins, “I’ve seen every square inch of you except your forehead”……

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  12. KAM: If you are a public figure you are fair game for all kinds of photoshopping and libel

    DON: Have you seen some of the caricatures of me?

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      1. you’re so right, it troubles me that i’ve been so easily tricked into these political jibber jabbers! but just when i think i’m free of them i get pulled back in!!

        #JustLikeMichael

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  14. I just looked up Maui’s volcano Haleakala, and it has only erupted 10 times in a 1000 years.

    Besides, in case of an eruption the Maui authorities will assure all is well

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