Comments on: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/ USC Football As It Happens Fri, 11 May 2012 07:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack Casey http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5315 Jack Casey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:59:53 +0000 http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5315 As a USC fan who attended that game in Birmingham I will state that it was an overwhelming trashing of Alabama. Many of The fans who supported Alabama were fantastic, but many left at half time! As their guests, we were treated to the best that southern hospitality could offer. We were unaware of any racial tension. That tension was apparant when C. R. Roberts and the USC Trojans played, and beat Texas 42 to 20, the first game of the year in 1956. As a USC fan who attended that game in Birmingham I will state that it was an overwhelming trashing of Alabama. Many of The fans who supported Alabama were fantastic, but many left at half time! As their guests, we were treated to the best that southern hospitality could offer. We were unaware of any racial tension. That tension was apparant when C. R. Roberts and the USC Trojans played, and beat Texas 42 to 20, the first game of the year in 1956.

]]> By: Miss Kris http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5314 Miss Kris Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:40:21 +0000 http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5314 Lovely blog, but please refrain from calling us Southern Cal. We are not related to Cal (UC Berkeley ) in any shape or form, so "Southern Cal" and "SoCal" are inappropriate monikers for Trojans. Call us "SC" if you're that fond of shorthand :) Still, what an awesome vid. Lovely blog, but please refrain from calling us Southern Cal. We are not related to Cal (UC Berkeley ) in any shape or form, so “Southern Cal” and “SoCal” are inappropriate monikers for Trojans. Call us “SC” if you’re that fond of shorthand :)

Still, what an awesome vid.

]]> By: Bill http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5313 Bill Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:16 +0000 http://t-wire.com/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down/#comment-5313 The importance of this game is over stated. The south was headed in the direction of integration with or without this game. Many people forget that the next year Alabama came to the Coliseum and sprung the wishbone on us and ended up winning the game 14 - 10. Bear Bryant was probably the greatest college coach of all time. Loved listening (yes, it was on radio, not TV) to my Trojans beating up on them. By the way, the 42-21 score hardly reflects how one sided the game was. My recollection is that USC went out to a 28-0 lead in the first half. The importance of this game is over stated. The south was headed in the direction of integration with or without this game. Many people forget that the next year Alabama came to the Coliseum and sprung the wishbone on us and ended up winning the game 14 – 10.

Bear Bryant was probably the greatest college coach of all time. Loved listening (yes, it was on radio, not TV) to my Trojans beating up on them. By the way, the 42-21 score hardly reflects how one sided the game was. My recollection is that USC went out to a 28-0 lead in the first half.

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