USC Picture Of The Day

RAE.1972Here is the underappreciated USC QB Mike Rae (6) leading the offense against Stanford in 1972. Rae was the starting QB on perhaps USC’s greatest team.

21 thoughts on “USC Picture Of The Day

  1. OMG wolfman, are things THAT bad that you are compelled to post a continuous stream of nostalgic pics???

    You dont see Thuc Nhi posting pictures of Walton and Kareem all day…is someone MAKING you do this, wolfman??

    Who you gonna call wolfman??

    #The Cadre

    • That is sooooo… .true with current players like Westbrook, Love leading the way in the playoffs there’s no need to go back to memory lane… .

      #YesterdayU

        • Have you not been paying attention to the incoming class.. .are any #Trogan bballers getting drafted in June??

          #Wegotstoknow

          • Southern Cal gives new meaning to the term “one and done” in NCAA basketball: to them it means make one tourney game (lose it) then sink back into irrelevance!

            #SailsWentFlop

    • I heard after last season’s crosstown beat-down that Thuc Nhi used Hello Kitty bumper stickers to cover up her old bRuin bumper stickers

      #TooMuchShame

  2. Rae was not underappreciated. He was a great leader for that ’72 USC team and one of the toughest competitors on the squad. Super efficient, but nothing more. Nobody messed with this guy. Perfect for a team with so much other bonafide NFL talent.

      • “We did not have a game all year that was in doubt in the second half,” said J.K. McKay.

    • If you throw 5 TD’s and 12 Int’s, you can only be appreciated so much and I wouldn’t call that sort of production “super efficient”.

      • Touche.

        Maybe it was the fact that he also kicked FGs and X pts that impressed me. He’s unanimously regarded as one of USC’s top 10 QBs all-time – because he was a true winner who could also run the ball. I knew him as one of the tougher guys I’ve ever been around.

        Interestingly, Rae, from Lakewood, also had offers from ND (Parseghian) and ucla (Prothro).

  3. THE GREATEST TEAM, THE GREATEST GAME (2006 ROSE BOWL), THE MOST NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MY ADULT LIFETIME……………. I MUST SAY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NCAA FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS AMERICA’S NATIONAL CHAMPION !!!

  4. One bad half of Football on a Thursday Night kept the 2008 Team from having the distinction of GOAT.

    • Haden was living at HC John McKay’s home to finish up at Bishop Amat HS as his (Haden’s parents) had relocated back to NY area.

      When JK McKay arrived on campus he had Haden in tow – Sept. 1971. As the 1972 season began Haden was given the starting QB slot for that magical 1972 season but it wasn’t very long before it was evident who the real QB was – Mike Rae.

      Thus the moniker of Haden being Rae’s caddy.

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