Here’s a photo from 1964 when the Coliseum fireworks show on the Fourth of July lit up the sky in Exposition Park. Continue reading Happy Fourth Of July

See if you can find a problem with this list below: Rank these dudes: Mark Carrier Kevin Ellison Ronnie Lott Taylor Mays Tim McDonald TJ McDonald Dennis Smith Troy Polamalu — Reign of Troy (@ReignofTroy) June 24, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Now where is Charles Phillips? He was an All-American in 1974. He had 13 career interceptions. He was a second round pick of the Oakland Raiders. … Continue reading Bad USC List Of The Day

All this talk about three-star offensive linemen makes me think back to 1979. Here was a starting offensive line: OT: Keith Van Horne OG: Brad Budde C: Chris Foote OG: Roy Foster OT: Don Mosebar   Continue reading USC Offensive Line Flashback

Lynn Swann used to host the show, “To Tell The Truth.” Maybe he should learn to start telling the truth at USC. Below is his farewell to the show, when he would soon be replaced by Alex Trebek.   Continue reading Lynn Swann Video Of Day

In the middle of UCLA’s domination in basketball under John Wooden, USC actually had a freshman team that went 18-1 and swept the Bruins freshman team during the 1971-72 season. The Trojans even beat UCLA, 89-86, at Pauley Pavilion. The top Trobabes were forward Clint Chapman (17.7 points per game), forward Bill Boyd (15.4), guard Gus Williams (14.3), forward John Lambert (13.5), guard Biff Burrell … Continue reading In Praise Of Freshmen Basketball

I wrote this morning about the controversial hit Mike McKeever put on Cal tailback Steve Bates. Here’s another hit from the same season that appears to be delivered by Marlin McKeever. And below is Marlin after USC defeated UCLA. Continue reading USC Picture Of The Day