<blockquote><div class="name-said">heartofthebear;669873 said:</div><hr>Pathetic!<br />Reading some of that stuff takes me back to the 70s when my father (Cal phi beta cappa '56) would argue with his brothers and brother in law who live in LA. All of them Trojan fans. To this day, none of them acknowledge that Cal played USC to a tie in the Colesium in the 70s. The need to be better than Cal goes back to the 60s and their ridiculous belief that we're all hippies and commies.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />That's exactly what I was thinking too. Nobody (but you) said it, so I will.<br /><br />What opponent do you think caused the most Monday-morning angry calls/emails to the UCLA AD's office after they beat the Bruins? Rumor has it the answer is Cal and it's not even close.<br /><br />I'll bet USC feels the same way. My friends and I have a theory that losing to Cal is seen as the biggest sign of the end of the world for any Pac-12 program. Never mind that we're not the league's doormat anymore. It's because of our hippie/commie image, made even worse by the very public treesit incident from 2006-08. Other teams just have an image that we will always be the doormat, and have a visceral reaction to losing to us.<br /><br />That's why our recruiting success is attracting trolls. Their teams CANNOT start losing to Cal. Because if that happens....OH NOES!<br /><br />We haven't beaten USC yet. But if we do......I will enjoy the taste of their tears (TM Cartman from "South Park"<img src="<img src="<img src="<img src="

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