Aggie1965

This post did not age well.

Anyone with honest opinion on why USCw has so few fans. Is it a reflection of the atmosphere around the Coliseum or the break down of LA society in general or can you give a better reason.

I was sitting with my wife in the South EZ pleading with Gus to “watch for the fake pun”. After watching his following years coaching, I now believe if he could have heard me he would have ignored me because he was the smartest man in the stadium.
As to the ranked recruiting classes over the years that followed, I think the ratings reflected the individual recruits and did not indicate a well mixed recruit class.

Not a mention of Darwin Holt. This is a young crowd.

I thought that this might be an interesting read but after a time wasting search it seems that the actual title is “ The Fall of the House of Zeus.

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Well, they are consistent.

The CPF had nothing to do with this set up. Alabama, Alabama, and Ole Miss all lost only one SEC game, Alabama beat Georgia who beat Ole Miss, ergo Alabama and Georgia play in SECCG.

I seem to predate the collective memory of the majority of this board. I remember reading in Sport magazine in the late 50s or very early 60s (yes I’m old but I was in junior high) an article about the sorry state of the Big 8. A cartoonish graveyard with 7 tombstones with names including Nebraska stood before the lone player representing Oklahoma standing tall.

Haven’t bought a Phil Steele annual in several years but seem to remember one of his stronger indicators of yearly improvement was the number of close losses the year before.