The Pac-10 is not the only place where bowl-ticket apathy exists, Nebraska fans are so bored with the Holiday Bowl, only 7,500 tickets have been sold and the school is offering two free basketball tickets to anyone who buys tickets.

Stanford’s sold about 9,000 tickets for the Orange Bowl, which is a little more than half its allotment for the Orange Bowl.

Former USC commit Renardo Sidney got into a fight with his Mississippi State teammate Elgin Bailey on Thursday night at a tournament in Hawaii.

No letdown for USC’s basketball team as it blows out Lehigh and readies for the start of Pac-10 play.

The Trojans (8-5) win easily in the final game before the start of Pacific-10 Conference play.
“Coming off a six-day road trip, I thought we’d be a little slow out of the gate, but we did a good job,” USC coach Kevin O’Neill said. “I thought we were a little tired but we actually played good basketball.”

There were some unhappy fans at the USC basketball game tonight against Lehigh. About half the concession were never opened and those that were open ran low on hot dogs, pizza and popcorn.
“Then they wonder why people don’t come to games,” a fan told me.
USC is faring far better on the court, leading Lehigh 69-43 with 6:24 left.

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USC plays Utah in Game 2 on Sept. 12 at the Coliseum. The Utes did not acquit themselves too well in games with TCU and Boise State, so they seem less imposing. On the other hand, Utah only started four seniors.
If I had to handicap the game, I’d say USC needs to worry more about itself (i.e. the offensive line) than the Utes.