Reply To: What year did you start to follow college football?

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Lol, ahh yes  Ole Betsy. I grew up near USC. 18th and San Pedro, St Turibius elementary. Sixth grade spelling bee champ by the way. Not trying to brag but the written word has always been my sword.  We had a field trip to USC when I was in the 6th grade. Since you know the area I won’t have to tell you how impressed I was with the campus. Imagine living in that neighborhood and then stepping onto campus? It was an oasis. I was a sports fanatic from the moment I gained the use of reason. USC football in the 70’s was about as good as it got. Rose Bowls, big games and USC always found a way to win the big games. The cardinal and gold. My first jersey was #28 home jersey. Damn I was proud of that jersey. High school was Wilmington Banning where football was king. Then on to USC where my dream of being a Trojan came true. I heard many people say, “well O  was deciding between UCLA,USC, Stanford, yadda yadda”.  Not me, it was USC all the way. I was a pretty good student and back then USC requirements weren’t too tough. I got in pretty easily. Ironically, I made it to only a couple of games the whole time I was a student because I worked weekends. But I have made up for it since then.