From artist Aloe Blacc, whose latest album Shine Through is on Stones Throw Records, and gasp... has even been reviewed by the music nerds at Pitchfork.
[Thanks Bill]
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Reggie started it. Now Tino Dominguez (Head of Equipment Operations) does it for 17 players. Pete Carroll explains that writing on their eye black is the one statement they are still allowed to make by what they wear.
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[Thanks Chris]
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It's already midweek and we haven't done anything to kickoff FUCLA festivities!
This audio surfaced a couple weeks ago, but we set it to a classic LenDale picture, and put it on YouTube. Enjoy.
Please send all FUCLA material to fucla@trojanwire.com.
FREE TrojanWire t-shirt to the best submission.
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From Darren Everson of the Wall Street Journal:
USC 2008 is as elite as defense gets. The Trojans aren't merely tops in most defensive statistics. Their 3.4 yards-per-play average is miles ahead of the field. To put this figure into perspective: The 1997 Michigan defense, the Charles Woodson group generally regarded as the most dominating defense of recent years, allowed 3.7 yards per play. And that predated the spread of the spread offense.
USC: The Best Team, Not the Most Deserving [WSJ.com]
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The Rose Bowl is USC's home away from home. Or at least that's what the uniforms will tell you come Saturday. As we reported last year, there has been consistent support for USC to wear their cardinal home jerseys against UCLA, rather than the NCAA sanctioned white jerseys that away-teams typically don. But the NCAA held fast to the rule, and the color clash had never come to fruition. Until now.
Pete Carroll has found a way around the problem: ignore it. Carroll will take a two timeout penalty, one from each half, so his Trojans can wear their home uniforms at the Rose Bowl this Saturday. Why would Carroll take such wanton risk for this game with the BCS Rose Bowl on the line? If you're still wondering, re-read the title of the article. It may be a brazen move, it may be a cocky move, but it's definitely a ballsy move. Big Ballsy. There's no reason for USC to get complacent now, we all remembered what happened two years ago. Start the team with a disadvantage, give them something to fight for and they will fight.
Fight and Fight On!
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Thanks to Chris for bring us this latest installment. You can check out his entire gallery here. Make sure to click the continued button below to see an extra special image of Jimmy Clausen disgracing the "V" for victory.
Patrick Turner with one of his final grabs in the Coliseum.
Flea, bassist in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is taking in some USC football in addition to a couple courses on jazz trumpet from USC's Thornton School of Music.
Sweet necklaces, LenDale. You continue to amaze us.
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Barring a cataclysmic failure, USC will destroy UCLA — keeping the Oregon State Beavers and the rest of the Pac-10 from getting a taste of what USC has been suckling on the entire decade.
Enjoy the Jeremiah Johnson show (#24 on Oregon) and the "Ah, fuck. We blew it." from the Beaver believers.
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Makin' losses, makin' sadness and fightin* around the world!
(But hey, at least there weren't any snowballs involved.)
* - until kickoff
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To help get you ready for today's matchup at the Coliseum, we figured we'd kick things off with a poem from WeAreSC's Jeremy Hogue:
I think Weis
is not so nice.
He’s an offensive genius,
But they can’t move the ball
Teams facing their defense
Don’t fear them at all.
Click here to read the rest of the "tribute" to Charlie »
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