Never knew the rivalry went away? But it’ll be GREAT to see the both teams in home uniforms. You will definitely see a sportsmanlike response.

if random message board posts don’t float your boat this ought to do: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-uscfyi2-2008dec02,0,2546528.story

Apparently, the guys at that other blog aren’t nearly as happy about the jersey thing as you are.

As a kid growing up in LA during the 70’s I remember both teams wearing the home jerseys during the game and I thought it was kind of cool. I honestly don’t have that much excitement over it now, though I will admit that it is a nice idea to return the tradition (even if it made more sense when both teams were home at the Col.).

Still, I find it utterly amusing how the other side is taking this. They really can’t see past their hatred. What a bunch of cuddly folks!

made me laugh out loud. Wow that guy needs to get some sort of help for his issues. All I can say is … Wow dude, chill out.

Can’t wait!! :-D

What better way to earn the style points that are so important now, than to spot every team we play 2 timeouts?

Our friends at bn are whining about this because Coach Carroll didn’t “inform” slick rick this week. And that wearing home colors to the rivalry game “lacks respect” even though these fools were pining for home jerseys not long ago. In other news bruins are also whining about not getting SC’s offensive playbook and defensive schemes prior to the game citing a “lack of respect for the bRUINS”. Seems the crybabies called and they want the keys back to their whambulance.

I’m so shocked that his opinion changed from last February. That guy is pure comedy sometimes.

I’m glad PC pulled the trigger and had the “Big Balls” to follow through with this idea. I hope losing the timeouts doesn’t burn us, but as long as we know up front what is going to happen, we can only blame ourselves. If this is a close game, both coaches might regret the stunt. With the rule changes this year, this is going to make the game even shorter.

Calls have been mixed Ucla fans really mad and not just Pete but Rick for giving in and leveling TOs. I mean I thought that Rick and pete had an agreement earlier this year, I guess thats not true but it really doesn’t matter now.

I for one don’t think they really don’t need to ware the red unis but come up with yellow away jersey like basketball team. I mean I remember UCLA wearing Black in couple of home basketball games, ND and their green so who cares. Different color unis are really for the Zebras and they still can’t get right most of the time.

According to the LA times, the home jerseys will only cost USC 1 timeout in the 1st half, not 1 time out each half as previously expected. This will be far less of an impact to the game now that both teams will have a full complement of timeouts going into the second half of play.

As for the bruin’s that don’t like the jersey idea, they should thank Pete Carroll for thrusting the USC-ucla crosstown rivalry back into the national stage. The home jersey story is getting a lot of press, and more press for ucla can only help their recruiting. Its a great story for USC, ucla, and the PAC-10.