What is this play, of all plays, doing on the eve(ish) of a new season? Well, we’re just wrapping up some loose ends to clear the slate. With Texas trailing USC 38-33, Vince Young already had used 928 Sneak to score in the fourth quarter of the 2006 BCS Championship Game. On fourth down at [...]
Posted in "The 100", Texas, USC | No Comments »From Nov. 18, 1967: UCLA led USC 20-14 in the fourth quarter in 1967 when junior O.J. Simpson made the most famous run in Trojan history. USC quarterback Toby Page audibled to 23-Blast. Simpson, behind guard Steve Lehmer and tackle Mike Taylor, started left, moved to the middle, stumbled, righted himself and sped away 64 [...]
Posted in "The 100", UCLA, USC | No Comments »With mere minutes to go before the college football season starts, we thought it was time to tie up some loose ends. Namely, our promise to highlight all of the USC-relevant plays that show up in Ivan Maisel’s “The 100.” But first, by way of preparation, The Extrapolator brings us the five least exciting plays [...]
Posted in "The 100" | 3 Comments »Remember The 100? Neither do we. So here’s a refresher: Notre Dame dominated at USC, leading 24-0 with :11 left in the half. After another 17 minutes of play, USC led 55-24. It was 1974 A.D., as in Anthony Davis. Davis released the deluge by taking the second-half kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown. He [...]
Posted in "The 100", Notre Dame, USC | No Comments »A bit of a slow weekend for sports (although we’ll admit that the finish of the British Open was fairly entertaining), so we thought we’d dig back into The 100. Reggie Bush makes his second appearance,* this time against Oregon State in 2006: It’s hard to say if Reggie Bush’s 65-yard punt return for a [...]
Posted in "The 100", Oregon State, USC | No Comments »Some say the Flutie-to-Phalen Hail Mary, others say The Play. In defense of the latter, this first-person account from Michael Silver is good reading.
Posted in "The 100", Boston College, Cal, Stanford, The U | 1 Comment »Our rundown of The 100 was preempted for a bit by Lestergate. But now that things have settled down somewhat, we thought we’d get back into reporting (and in some cases commenting on) USC’s appearances in college football’s “most iconic moments.” Next up, #57: In 1964, new Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian revived dreams of [...]
Posted in "The 100", Notre Dame, USC | No Comments »As we continue our march through The 100, we’re still waiting for the first USC-related entry from the Paul Hackett era … until then, here’s a little something from 1970: Sam Cunningham rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns in No. 3 USC’s 42-21 victory over No. 16 Alabama in Birmingham to open the 1970 [...]
Posted in "The 100", Alabama, USC | No Comments »Taking in The 100 all at once strikes me as kind of like watching an entire college football season on TiVo in one sitting. So we’re spreading out the enjoyment, savoring (or not, or savoring while trying to ignore the bitter taste) each moment. At any rate, almost 70 years after #66, we have the [...]
Posted in "The 100", Notre Dame, USC | 1 Comment »Continuing with ESPN’s The 100, it’s time for the next USC moment: USC fourth-string quarterback Doyle Nave, who had played 28 minutes all season, came off the bench in the last two minutes and completed four passes to Al Krueger, the last a 19-yard touchdown pass, as the Trojans stunned Duke, 7-3, in the 1939 [...]
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