The California Golden Bears vs. The Southern Cal Trojans:

It's been reported that bulletproof vests are in high demand recently, and their prices have steadily gone up due to demand. It's also been reported that enrollment at Southern Cal has increased steadily during the same period.
Coincidence? Obviously NOT!

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Pac-10 Regular Season Football: Cal visiting Southern Cal, 10/9/2004
 

The Cal Rooting Section You can see an island of Blue in the sea of red.	First Time at LA Coliseum LA Memorial Coliseum is the home of the USC Trojans football. The Golden Bears took on the Trojans on the road.	Two Friends at the Game One of them made the trip from Berkeley.
Bears on Offense Bears were excellent on offense, outgaining USC 424 yards to 205, and 31 first downs to 14.	Aaron Rodgers Throws Aaron Rodgers completed 29 of 34 attempts for 267 yards and a touchdown. He set the NCAA record with 23 straight completions.	Bears in the Huddle The Cal offense chats with the coaching staff during a time out.
Rodgers Completes to Makonnen No. 8 Aaron Rodgers is shown on the lower left corner, and No. 5 Makonnen caught the ball in front of the Trojan defender.	Rodgers throws to open Cross The ball is in the air, traveling to the wide open tight end Garrett Cross.	California Cheerleaders Also known as the Cal Dance Team, they were right in front of the Cal Band and the Cal rooting section, cheering on the crowd.
Interception in the End Zone Harrison Smith (No. 11) intercepted a pass from Matt Leinart in the end zone. The Bears defense overall limited the Trojans to only 205 yards of total offense and 164 yards in the air.	Offense Steps onto the Field With 4:31 left in the game, the Golden Bears offense stepped onto the field for one last time, for the final drive that wasn't.	Rodgers Runs for First Down With the receivers covered, Rodgers scrambled for 14 yards for a first down in the final drive of the game.
First and Goal from the 9-yard Line So close, yet so far. With 1:30 left in the game and trailing by 6, a laser beamed by Rodgers was dropped, and another pass was thrown to a receiver who slipped on the route, concluded a Trojan victory.	California Band The Cal Band performns at the half.	Post Game Handshakes Teams shake hands as they were leaving the field. The Bears received a standing ovation as they were leaving the field, applauding their great effort in a hostile environment against the #1 team in the country.

 

 

What is USC?
Few really know what USC really stands for. Some say it stands for University of Spoiled Children. Others say it stands for University of Second Choices. Some claim it stands for University of South Carolina. In any case, no one cares and let's just leave it at that.

 

 

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