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Lane Kiffin blew a USC tradition out of the water when he allowed the Trojans to wear black socks in Saturday’s scrimmage. This move is popular with the players. Two years ago, they tried to wear black socks in a game but former athletic director Mike Garrett rejected the idea.
I would doubt USC athletic director Pat Haden allows black socks for a real game. Kiffin is another matter. I’ll provide another example of his questionable judgment later today. What’s next? Names on the back of jerseys?
the Trojan Family will be up in a frenzy if they ever saw a Trojan jersey with names on the back of them. that is a long time Trojan tradition. it’s what makes SC’s jerseys so iconic.
It’s the name on front of the jersey that matters, not the back.
Good God! I think when I was a student the team played the Spring game in their practice unis. It’s a scrimmage… a glorified practice, the whole escalation of Spring games to their current level is ridiculous. You know why the Coliseum, didn’t have hot dogs available? Because people shouldn’t be throwing down $5 for a bad dog on a perfectly good day when the Trojans aren’t playing with anyone other than themselves.
Not to mention, it’s a pretty big leap to go from black socks to NOB jerseys.
I guess breaking tradition to let them wear black socks is better than going forward with that other tradition to let players go “over the wall” and skip practice, like at the other, ahem, football program across town.
And now a word from Charlie Bucket:
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Kiffin still adheres to another SC tradition amongst himself and former coaches…that is, to still treat Wolfbag as the clown he is. Fight On!
I guess the stigma of wearing black socks while you do exercise is now gone? Kiffin is an idiot, the faster he gets canned the better.
Once again Jethro Sabbath FTMFW!!
Oh, Brother Jethro, check thyself, lest thou wreck thyself!
Your obsession with Bucket and his multiple handles has become like a black hole in your soul, sucking in completely separate folks like ThaiMex and myself. Where will it all end?
Must ThaiMex and I produce our birth certificates, too?
One thing, Brother Jethro — do not accuse me of also writing as “NOBS”. Even a man of God can only take so much.
In one of Paul Hackett’s years, the team asked to use white pants versus the cardinal pants. It was actually a big deal and the administration thankfully said no.
Showboat will get his lackey, JK, the AD job so he can play golf and watch the Trojan athletic program go down the drain. BTW, how many NCs did SC win so far under Showboat.
The socks aren’t sacred, and black actually works. Let’s all please remember that during the era (mid 80s to mid 90s) when everyone else went to white shoes that the Trojans stuck with black shoes and eventually the hammer swung back around. Names would never work unless Dillon Baxter went with “Doghouse” on his, XFL style.
Jethro: nOMG!!! am i that predictable???
but how can being predictable be wrong, when it feels so RIGHT??
nOMG!!! i did it again!!!