I remember being baited and switched by the Financial Aid office, so I had to work 2 jobs and tutored athletes at Heritage Hall -even with my personal 16 unit class load. So when I walked into Doheny library, or crammed on 2nd floor Leavy library I was not all smiles like this lass. I truly learned the meaning of "Fight On!" before I graduated from USC. I think that story needs to be told as well, I am a Trojan to the bone, but I DO NOT APPROVE of this fairy tale ad (lowers bifocals down nose).
I will always remember the day I got the big envelope in the mail that contained my USC acceptance letter. Being a student-athlete, I was practically guaranteed a spot, but knowing I would have an opportunity to fulfill my dream/goal of becoming a USC Trojan athlete and learn from the best professors while getting a chance to stay close to home was unforgettable, especially since I was like it's "USC or nothing"! I thank God for allowing dreams to come true!
I was accepted at a number of universities, but when I visited USC, the warmth of the reception was incredible. I needed financial help to come to USC, and response of the Dean of Engineering was: "Don't worry, I will get you all the help you need." And he did. The academic and social aspects of the University were great, and I still visit regularly, but USC's spirit runs through all the administration too. The dedication of every member of the University is what sets USC above the others.
USC holds a special place in my heart, as it guided me into a career and life that has been filled with wonderful opportunities and blessings since my graduation in 1980. Today, I have even more Trojan pride as my eldest son graduated in 2007, and my youngest daughter will graduate in 2012! Their admittance letters are framed and go along side their diplomas - both are tremendous accomplishments and tributes to the extraordinary experience of being members of the Trojan family...Fight On!
Got my admittance letter back in 1968 and stayed at USC until 1974. Still proud to wear the Cardinal and Gold throughout the world. We recently ran an aircraft lease workshop in Dubai and three out of four of the main speakers were Trojans!! Fight On!
I had dreamed of attending a nationally renowned University and leaving Los Angeles was out of the question. So when I received my acceptance letter to USC it was one of the proudest days of my life. The balance of academics and social life were unmatched throughout my time there. USC continues to be an essential part of the balance of my life and career, we are truly blessed to be a part of the Trojan family. Fight On!
I had been born into a SC family and so wanted to be part of that tradition! I remember clearly in 1979 when I got my admittance letter. It truely was one of the best days of my life! My hopes are that my kids will join my husband and I as a Trojan for life!
I too was so excited to be accepted at USC. I remember feeling the same way the girl in the video did...kind of emotional watching that. Deciding to go to USC is still one of the best things I have ever done in my life so far.
I remember the day I got my Academic scholarship letter and jumping up and down with pure joy that I'd made it and could afford it. I remember walking into Marshall School of Biz for the first time and feeling to power of greatness of what this school could help me become and feeling so proud.
I remember being called by Rod Dedeaux that I had been awarded a four-year scholarship and expected to play on the Baseball team. Since SC was one of the best Baseball schools in the country in 1952, it was quite a thrill.
I was accepted to USC in January 1974. I was going to boarding school in Connecticut and remember opening my mail box, opening the letter from USC, and reading the words "Congratulations!" I was so elated I told everyone I ran into the rest of that day that I was accepted to USC! While I only stayed through my sophmore year I loved every moment of my 2 years at USC and still consider myself a TROJAN. FIGHT ON!!
I actually find out later today if I am accepted to USC through the Questbridge College Match. Really hoping to get that acceptance (I also put Stanford and Notre Dame on my list) but USC is my number one choice! If I don't get in through Questbridge, I will definitely be applying RD.
This is my dream school! Submitting my application this week...so nervous! I sure hope I'll find an acceptance letter in the mail like that girl. It'd be the best day of my life!
My admission to USC was one of the defining moments of my life. I still remember the day I got that phone call from the admissions team at Marshall and the great joy I felt in sharing the news with my family & the pride I felt that my admission to USC would validate the sacrifices they made for me. When I got the call from Marshall I was so excited I literally jumped for joy and broke my lamp! 5 years later I still have the remnants of that lamp to remind me how blessed I am to be a Trojan.
Since returning, I have performed for 53 years in the SC Alumni Band and built a number of significant projects around the west. I have entertained Dr. Bartner in Rainier Club in Portland, travelled on Trojan trips around the world, and helped four of my kids go to USC. Please
Don’t Try to Disconnect me with one of the Special Places in my life!!!!! John C.(Smilin Jack) Lewis 1953
Hey!!!! I graduated from our beautiful campus in 1953, being a member of our first class in Marketing. Played in the USC Marching Band four years, and was a Lambda Chi Alpha(#99) Became one of the 32 first jet Fighter Pilots in Korea, and have logged a total of 19,634 hours as pilot in 27 different airplanes(about 8 ½ years of life in the sky). (CONTINUED)
When I found out I was accepted to USC I was elated. The Rodney King riots had just occurred the spring before my freshman year and my parents were skeptical of sending me to a possible war zone. USC reached out to allay all fears and my freshman year transpired as planned. Becoming a Trojan was the best thing to have happened in my life.
My education was enhanced by my meeting and getting to know the GI's many of whom became good friends. By the way my tuition was about $11 a unit for 15 units a semester and I had to work after school to afford the tuition and expenses. I am still a die hard SC sports fan-win or lose. -Mort Golden
Iwas 18 years old and a graduate of LA High in 1947. I was accepted during the summer of 1947 and graduated in 1952 from what was then called the School of Commerce. During my first semester I was surprised to find that most of the students were ex GI's on the GI bill. Much older with lots of worldly experience and great stories to tell. By the time I graduated in 52 most of them had either graduated or left school. (CONTINUED)
I got to know legendary former coach Rod Dedeaux, who just called me "Tiger" as he did everybody else, as well as his replacement, Mike Gillespie, who I stay in regular contact with. Afterwards Terry, Phil and sometimes other baseball Trojans would knock it all off with a couple of beers at the Five-Oh. Great days! -Steven Travers (CONTINUED)
Every day, I could not wait to make the five-minute drive from the 7th and Flower office to the USC campus. I would change from my suit and tie and wear the glorious Cardinal and Gold baseball uniform that I had wanted to don since high school. (CONTINUED)
Having played professionally, I naturally gravitated to the USC baseball team. When I graduated, I went to work for a company located in the Wells Fargo Building in downtown Los Angeles. My friends Phil Smith and Terry Marks were coaching USC's junior varsity baseball team, known as the Spartans. They asked me to be a volunteer coach. What a treat! (CONTINUED)
There were many exotic students from faraway lands at USC. I befriended one fellow who claimed to be a member of Sudan's royal family; a crown prince, I believe. (CONTINUED)
Being at USC was very exciting. The actress Ally Sheedy was on campus. I was a classmate of Jennie Nicholson, the daughter of Jack Nicholson, as well as James Garner's daughter. Laker owners Jerry Buss, a Trojan, had his daughter, Jeannie, on campus around this time. One rumor had it that Tom Cruise was enrolled at USC. Then Risky Business became a big hit. Supposedly Cruise withdrew from school to pursue his now-red hot acting career on a full time basis. (CONTINUED)
I made lasting friendships at USC, and have all kinds of wild memories from the times I spent at a dilapidated sports bar. Located at the corner of Jefferson and McClintock, next to the Bank of America in the University Village shopping center, the California Pizza & Pasta Company, also known by the unfortunate moniker 502 Club, was a hangout for athletes and beautiful Trojan girls. It is only a memory now. A Yoshinoya Beef Bowl sits where the "Five-Oh" once raged. (CONTINUED)
Driving on the Santa Monica or Harbor Freeways through downtown L.A., getting off at the USC exit; each time I approach USC and see its architecture hovering in the distance, I get a sense of anticipation. I love less USC less than my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but He does have an apartment on West Adams Boulevard! (CONTINUED)
Strolling the tree-lined lanes of the USC campus; studying in Doheny Library; attending events at Bovard Auditorium; and sitting in class, surrounded by fellow Trojans, being taught by top-notch USC professors; all of it was extraordinary. I had to pinch myself to make sure I was not dreaming. It was an honor and a privilege to be there. To this day, it is a thrill just to walk on that beautiful campus. (CONTINUED)
I am eternally grateful. I was able to skip the kind of "red tape" that is wrapped around most public institutions. I strove for excellence and found a home where I could achieve just that. By the time I finally matriculated at the University, I felt like those old-time war vets going to school on the G.I. Bill. I also felt like an art student walking around the Louvre. (CONTINUED)
My grades were not quite up to SC standards, but with the help of two great counselors, Dr. Arthur Verge and Delores Homisak, I was admitted under the proviso that I maintain a B average. Ms. Homisak heard in my voice the conviction and love I had for the school. She knew how much I wanted to be a part of the Trojan Family, and she took a chance on me. (CONTINUED)
I set a number of pitching records and earned all-conference honors, then played a few years professionally in the St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland A's organizations. I still needed two more years to earn a Bachelor's degree in communications. I decided to transfer to the school of my hopes and dreams, USC. (CONTINUED)
I had wanted to play baseball for Rod Dedeaux's Trojans, but despite helping to pitch my high school team to a mythical national championship my senior year, the scholarship was not offered. I was ready to walk on, but another college offered me a baseball scholarship. (CONTINUED)
My dad gave me Don Pierson's book, The Trojans: Southern California Football for Christmas. I read it until I had committed all of it to memory. I was an older student at USC. (CONTINUED)
O.J. went to USC, and my dad followed him closely. When I "came of age," it was the age of the Trojans; national champions, Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans. To borrow a Rick Pitino phrase, USC was "the Roman Empire of college football." (CONTINUED)
My old neighbor was certainly right. My USC connections have paid off, but my love of USC and appreciation for its history had been implanted long before I was a student. The seeds for this book started when I was eight years old. (CONTINUED)
The publication of "FIGHT ON!" USC's Trojans, College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty kicks off USC's unprecedented 2006 effort at a fourth straight national championship, as well as its quest to match Oklahoma's record 47-game winning streak of the mid-1950s. Ranked number one in the pre-season polls, the Trojans can attain the record by winning all 12 regular season games in 2006. (CONTINUED)
I am also working on writing a book with Pete Carroll, modeled on Michael Lewis's Moneyball, that will dissect how Carroll's approach to coaching is creating a paradigm shift in college football. ESPN Hollywood has been in discussions regarding the turning of the book into a reality TV show called "It's A Good Day to Be A Trojan!" (CONTINUED)
Allan Graf, a lineman on that 1970 USC team, became a second unit director, well respected for his action sequences on football movies such as The Program, Any Given Sunday and Friday Night Lights. A screenplay was written, and Graf has been working to develop it. In addition, discussions have begun with ESPN to tell the story of the 1970 USC-Alabama game in a Sports Century feature. (CONTINUED)
Following "FIGHT ON!" USC's Trojans, College Football's's All-Time Greatest Dynasty, will be September 1970: Two Teams, One Night and the Game That Changed A Nation. This is the true story of Sam "Bam" Cunningham and the 1970 USC-Alabama game, which helped pave the way for the end to segregation in the South. USC alums Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment entered into discussions regarding the development of the story into a motion picture.(CONTINUED)
Opportunity is what we make of it, and USC's extraordinary recent success in football, which has made the school hotter and more glamorous than ever, has increased the opportunity for me to write a trilogy of books about my alma mater. (CONTINUED)
"You're a Bruin for four years. You're a Trojan for life!"
When I entered the University of Southern California, my next-door neighbor remarked that I "would be able to call my own shots," a reference not only to the first-class education I would receive at USC, but also to the fact I would have access to the school's legendary "old boy" alumni network. (CONTINUED)
I applied to 4 schools and got into all of 'em. At School A, I was treated to country line dancing and a live Rocky Horror Picture Show. Uh, I'm a black kid from the city so that was a no-go. At School B, I couldn't even get them to answer the phone. At School C, spirit revolved around something called March Madness?? WTF! I visited 'SC last and it was fab! The people, the facilities and the classes were amazing. When I greeted my folks with the Trojan victory sign, they knew I'd found a home.
Spring of 1967....only applied to 2 universities for my last 2 years of undergrad work....UCLA acceptance letter arrived first, but I just knew the USC letter was enroute! Glad I waited for it! USC in the 60s was an amazing growing-up experience (to put it mildly!)...Trojan football was national-championship calibre, and life outside the classroom was "interesting." I remember the one and only toga party I attended.....hosted by the Navy ROTC unit! Many, many more memories! Fight on!
I will always remember that day I arrived home and received my college acceptance package from USC! After months of anxiously waiting I was finally admitted to my dream school and became a member of the Trojan Family!
There are so many things I love about USC-the school spirit (Fight On!), the incredible friends I made, and the amazing memories--my first Trojan football game, Conquest, and the Fountain run....just to name a few!
I remember being baited and switched by the Financial Aid office, so I had to work 2 jobs and tutored athletes at Heritage Hall -even with my personal 16 unit class load. So when I walked into Doheny library, or crammed on 2nd floor Leavy library I was not all smiles like this lass. I truly learned the meaning of "Fight On!" before I graduated from USC. I think that story needs to be told as well, I am a Trojan to the bone, but I DO NOT APPROVE of this fairy tale ad (lowers bifocals down nose).
kchambers777 2 months ago
I will always remember the day I got the big envelope in the mail that contained my USC acceptance letter. Being a student-athlete, I was practically guaranteed a spot, but knowing I would have an opportunity to fulfill my dream/goal of becoming a USC Trojan athlete and learn from the best professors while getting a chance to stay close to home was unforgettable, especially since I was like it's "USC or nothing"! I thank God for allowing dreams to come true!
champion4christ11 2 months ago
I was accepted at a number of universities, but when I visited USC, the warmth of the reception was incredible. I needed financial help to come to USC, and response of the Dean of Engineering was: "Don't worry, I will get you all the help you need." And he did. The academic and social aspects of the University were great, and I still visit regularly, but USC's spirit runs through all the administration too. The dedication of every member of the University is what sets USC above the others.
RSMiller9394 2 months ago
that song is fire.
paysonlewis 2 months ago
USC holds a special place in my heart, as it guided me into a career and life that has been filled with wonderful opportunities and blessings since my graduation in 1980. Today, I have even more Trojan pride as my eldest son graduated in 2007, and my youngest daughter will graduate in 2012! Their admittance letters are framed and go along side their diplomas - both are tremendous accomplishments and tributes to the extraordinary experience of being members of the Trojan family...Fight On!
collegekid949 2 months ago
Got my admittance letter back in 1968 and stayed at USC until 1974. Still proud to wear the Cardinal and Gold throughout the world. We recently ran an aircraft lease workshop in Dubai and three out of four of the main speakers were Trojans!! Fight On!
jpbgolfpa2 2 months ago
I had dreamed of attending a nationally renowned University and leaving Los Angeles was out of the question. So when I received my acceptance letter to USC it was one of the proudest days of my life. The balance of academics and social life were unmatched throughout my time there. USC continues to be an essential part of the balance of my life and career, we are truly blessed to be a part of the Trojan family. Fight On!
ppenoliar 2 months ago
I was so happy to graduate!
Keflynn63 2 months ago
I had been born into a SC family and so wanted to be part of that tradition! I remember clearly in 1979 when I got my admittance letter. It truely was one of the best days of my life! My hopes are that my kids will join my husband and I as a Trojan for life!
promiseswest229 2 months ago
2nd generation... I grew up on trojan football and carried on the academic tradition! I was shaking when I saw the words that I had been accepted.
Fight On for a better tomorrow...a challenge for all future Trojans...
ostrow651743 2 months ago
I too was so excited to be accepted at USC. I remember feeling the same way the girl in the video did...kind of emotional watching that. Deciding to go to USC is still one of the best things I have ever done in my life so far.
jonelsonbrown 2 months ago
I remember the day I got my Academic scholarship letter and jumping up and down with pure joy that I'd made it and could afford it. I remember walking into Marshall School of Biz for the first time and feeling to power of greatness of what this school could help me become and feeling so proud.
teribuhl 2 months ago
I remember being called by Rod Dedeaux that I had been awarded a four-year scholarship and expected to play on the Baseball team. Since SC was one of the best Baseball schools in the country in 1952, it was quite a thrill.
Ralph Mauriello
RalphMauriello 2 months ago
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I was accepted to USC in January 1974. I was going to boarding school in Connecticut and remember opening my mail box, opening the letter from USC, and reading the words "Congratulations!" I was so elated I told everyone I ran into the rest of that day that I was accepted to USC! While I only stayed through my sophmore year I loved every moment of my 2 years at USC and still consider myself a TROJAN. FIGHT ON!!
1974TROJAN1976
MVK5610 3 months ago
I actually find out later today if I am accepted to USC through the Questbridge College Match. Really hoping to get that acceptance (I also put Stanford and Notre Dame on my list) but USC is my number one choice! If I don't get in through Questbridge, I will definitely be applying RD.
AddictedtoGeneralHos 3 months ago
This is my dream school! Submitting my application this week...so nervous! I sure hope I'll find an acceptance letter in the mail like that girl. It'd be the best day of my life!
ellenyinmusic 3 months ago
My admission to USC was one of the defining moments of my life. I still remember the day I got that phone call from the admissions team at Marshall and the great joy I felt in sharing the news with my family & the pride I felt that my admission to USC would validate the sacrifices they made for me. When I got the call from Marshall I was so excited I literally jumped for joy and broke my lamp! 5 years later I still have the remnants of that lamp to remind me how blessed I am to be a Trojan.
sacredrage 3 months ago
Since returning, I have performed for 53 years in the SC Alumni Band and built a number of significant projects around the west. I have entertained Dr. Bartner in Rainier Club in Portland, travelled on Trojan trips around the world, and helped four of my kids go to USC. Please
Don’t Try to Disconnect me with one of the Special Places in my life!!!!! John C.(Smilin Jack) Lewis 1953
usccommenter 3 months ago
Hey!!!! I graduated from our beautiful campus in 1953, being a member of our first class in Marketing. Played in the USC Marching Band four years, and was a Lambda Chi Alpha(#99) Became one of the 32 first jet Fighter Pilots in Korea, and have logged a total of 19,634 hours as pilot in 27 different airplanes(about 8 ½ years of life in the sky). (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 3 months ago
When I found out I was accepted to USC I was elated. The Rodney King riots had just occurred the spring before my freshman year and my parents were skeptical of sending me to a possible war zone. USC reached out to allay all fears and my freshman year transpired as planned. Becoming a Trojan was the best thing to have happened in my life.
LastChanceLife 3 months ago
My education was enhanced by my meeting and getting to know the GI's many of whom became good friends. By the way my tuition was about $11 a unit for 15 units a semester and I had to work after school to afford the tuition and expenses. I am still a die hard SC sports fan-win or lose. -Mort Golden
usccommenter 4 months ago
Iwas 18 years old and a graduate of LA High in 1947. I was accepted during the summer of 1947 and graduated in 1952 from what was then called the School of Commerce. During my first semester I was surprised to find that most of the students were ex GI's on the GI bill. Much older with lots of worldly experience and great stories to tell. By the time I graduated in 52 most of them had either graduated or left school. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I got to know legendary former coach Rod Dedeaux, who just called me "Tiger" as he did everybody else, as well as his replacement, Mike Gillespie, who I stay in regular contact with. Afterwards Terry, Phil and sometimes other baseball Trojans would knock it all off with a couple of beers at the Five-Oh. Great days! -Steven Travers (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Every day, I could not wait to make the five-minute drive from the 7th and Flower office to the USC campus. I would change from my suit and tie and wear the glorious Cardinal and Gold baseball uniform that I had wanted to don since high school. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Having played professionally, I naturally gravitated to the USC baseball team. When I graduated, I went to work for a company located in the Wells Fargo Building in downtown Los Angeles. My friends Phil Smith and Terry Marks were coaching USC's junior varsity baseball team, known as the Spartans. They asked me to be a volunteer coach. What a treat! (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
There were many exotic students from faraway lands at USC. I befriended one fellow who claimed to be a member of Sudan's royal family; a crown prince, I believe. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Being at USC was very exciting. The actress Ally Sheedy was on campus. I was a classmate of Jennie Nicholson, the daughter of Jack Nicholson, as well as James Garner's daughter. Laker owners Jerry Buss, a Trojan, had his daughter, Jeannie, on campus around this time. One rumor had it that Tom Cruise was enrolled at USC. Then Risky Business became a big hit. Supposedly Cruise withdrew from school to pursue his now-red hot acting career on a full time basis. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I made lasting friendships at USC, and have all kinds of wild memories from the times I spent at a dilapidated sports bar. Located at the corner of Jefferson and McClintock, next to the Bank of America in the University Village shopping center, the California Pizza & Pasta Company, also known by the unfortunate moniker 502 Club, was a hangout for athletes and beautiful Trojan girls. It is only a memory now. A Yoshinoya Beef Bowl sits where the "Five-Oh" once raged. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Driving on the Santa Monica or Harbor Freeways through downtown L.A., getting off at the USC exit; each time I approach USC and see its architecture hovering in the distance, I get a sense of anticipation. I love less USC less than my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but He does have an apartment on West Adams Boulevard! (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Strolling the tree-lined lanes of the USC campus; studying in Doheny Library; attending events at Bovard Auditorium; and sitting in class, surrounded by fellow Trojans, being taught by top-notch USC professors; all of it was extraordinary. I had to pinch myself to make sure I was not dreaming. It was an honor and a privilege to be there. To this day, it is a thrill just to walk on that beautiful campus. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I am eternally grateful. I was able to skip the kind of "red tape" that is wrapped around most public institutions. I strove for excellence and found a home where I could achieve just that. By the time I finally matriculated at the University, I felt like those old-time war vets going to school on the G.I. Bill. I also felt like an art student walking around the Louvre. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
My grades were not quite up to SC standards, but with the help of two great counselors, Dr. Arthur Verge and Delores Homisak, I was admitted under the proviso that I maintain a B average. Ms. Homisak heard in my voice the conviction and love I had for the school. She knew how much I wanted to be a part of the Trojan Family, and she took a chance on me. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I set a number of pitching records and earned all-conference honors, then played a few years professionally in the St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland A's organizations. I still needed two more years to earn a Bachelor's degree in communications. I decided to transfer to the school of my hopes and dreams, USC. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I had wanted to play baseball for Rod Dedeaux's Trojans, but despite helping to pitch my high school team to a mythical national championship my senior year, the scholarship was not offered. I was ready to walk on, but another college offered me a baseball scholarship. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
My dad gave me Don Pierson's book, The Trojans: Southern California Football for Christmas. I read it until I had committed all of it to memory. I was an older student at USC. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
O.J. went to USC, and my dad followed him closely. When I "came of age," it was the age of the Trojans; national champions, Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans. To borrow a Rick Pitino phrase, USC was "the Roman Empire of college football." (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
My old neighbor was certainly right. My USC connections have paid off, but my love of USC and appreciation for its history had been implanted long before I was a student. The seeds for this book started when I was eight years old. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
The publication of "FIGHT ON!" USC's Trojans, College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty kicks off USC's unprecedented 2006 effort at a fourth straight national championship, as well as its quest to match Oklahoma's record 47-game winning streak of the mid-1950s. Ranked number one in the pre-season polls, the Trojans can attain the record by winning all 12 regular season games in 2006. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
I am also working on writing a book with Pete Carroll, modeled on Michael Lewis's Moneyball, that will dissect how Carroll's approach to coaching is creating a paradigm shift in college football. ESPN Hollywood has been in discussions regarding the turning of the book into a reality TV show called "It's A Good Day to Be A Trojan!" (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Allan Graf, a lineman on that 1970 USC team, became a second unit director, well respected for his action sequences on football movies such as The Program, Any Given Sunday and Friday Night Lights. A screenplay was written, and Graf has been working to develop it. In addition, discussions have begun with ESPN to tell the story of the 1970 USC-Alabama game in a Sports Century feature. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Following "FIGHT ON!" USC's Trojans, College Football's's All-Time Greatest Dynasty, will be September 1970: Two Teams, One Night and the Game That Changed A Nation. This is the true story of Sam "Bam" Cunningham and the 1970 USC-Alabama game, which helped pave the way for the end to segregation in the South. USC alums Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment entered into discussions regarding the development of the story into a motion picture.(CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
Opportunity is what we make of it, and USC's extraordinary recent success in football, which has made the school hotter and more glamorous than ever, has increased the opportunity for me to write a trilogy of books about my alma mater. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
"You're a Bruin for four years. You're a Trojan for life!"
When I entered the University of Southern California, my next-door neighbor remarked that I "would be able to call my own shots," a reference not only to the first-class education I would receive at USC, but also to the fact I would have access to the school's legendary "old boy" alumni network. (CONTINUED)
usccommenter 4 months ago
@usccommenter Fight on!
STWRITES1 2 months ago
Good one! AND I gave. I like the way the lady breathed in deeply! That's just the way I felt....and felt even more so on graduation day! =) -Ron
usccommenter 4 months ago
GREAT video........... Elliot '65
usccommenter 4 months ago
I applied to 4 schools and got into all of 'em. At School A, I was treated to country line dancing and a live Rocky Horror Picture Show. Uh, I'm a black kid from the city so that was a no-go. At School B, I couldn't even get them to answer the phone. At School C, spirit revolved around something called March Madness?? WTF! I visited 'SC last and it was fab! The people, the facilities and the classes were amazing. When I greeted my folks with the Trojan victory sign, they knew I'd found a home.
Sneezy1s 4 months ago
Spring of 1967....only applied to 2 universities for my last 2 years of undergrad work....UCLA acceptance letter arrived first, but I just knew the USC letter was enroute! Glad I waited for it! USC in the 60s was an amazing growing-up experience (to put it mildly!)...Trojan football was national-championship calibre, and life outside the classroom was "interesting." I remember the one and only toga party I attended.....hosted by the Navy ROTC unit! Many, many more memories! Fight on!
kaytdid11 4 months ago
I will always remember that day I arrived home and received my college acceptance package from USC! After months of anxiously waiting I was finally admitted to my dream school and became a member of the Trojan Family!
There are so many things I love about USC-the school spirit (Fight On!), the incredible friends I made, and the amazing memories--my first Trojan football game, Conquest, and the Fountain run....just to name a few!
Trojan4life1984 4 months ago
sleepless nights at doheny. those were the days.
curanderos 4 months ago