{"id":3769,"date":"2008-12-07T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/it-is-all-but-official-penn-state-vs-usc-in-the-rose-bowl.html"},"modified":"2008-12-07T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T16:17:00","slug":"it-is-all-but-official-penn-state-vs-usc-in-the-rose-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/it-is-all-but-official-penn-state-vs-usc-in-the-rose-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"It is all but official: Penn State vs. USC in the Rose Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 5 Trojans win seventh straight Pac-10 title<\/b><\/a> – ESPN<\/i>
So much for my idea that USC giving up to timeouts to wear their cardinal jerseys was the kind of hubris<\/span><\/a> that could motivate UCLA. It did not matter because UCLA cooperated and took a time-out to nullify the loss of timeout penalty that USC was given for not wearing white. Final score 28-7.<\/p>\n

It did look good though.<\/p>\n

So, Penn State and USC play for the first time since Kickoff Classic 2000. I was there at the Meadowlands that day when the Trojans dominated the Nittany Lions<\/span><\/a> (The Collegian<\/span>). It foretold bad things, like a loss to Toledo the following week. Seriously, I was telling Brad and he-who-must-not-be-named that Toledo must be licking their chops.<\/p>\n

It was a different story in the 1996 Kickoff Classic when Penn State crushed USC<\/span><\/a> (The Collegian<\/span>) and came within a few seconds of a shutout. They also played a few other times in 1990s if I am not mistaken. I am sure there will be plenty of official releases in the next couple of days detailing the series.<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure that Penn State will be the home team, so expect to see blue jerseys. I doubt USC will try to wear cardinal for this one, but if they do, I am sure Joe Paterno<\/span> will let them burn two timeouts. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

By the way, I miss the Kickoff Classic. It was great for Penn State, like another bowl game almost, just in the heat and humidity of North Jersey in August. I recall that the Nittany Lions played there about ten times in a 20 year span, including twice in ’96. I also saw them play Rutgers there in ’95. It was a second home for PSU.<\/p>\n

Penn State<\/a>, Nittany Lions<\/a>, Rose Bowl<\/a>, USC<\/a><\/p>\n

©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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