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Jan & Dean: Behind the Movie
Jan, Richard, Dean, Bruce at Coconut Grove
click on Jan, Richard, Dean, Bruce for video of all 4 singing at Coconut Grove in celebration of movie.
The following appears on the net and has been unfortunately incorporated into a book. I somehow suspect Dean and I were in part sources, yet while spirit is on, it now [...]
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True Grit and Tailback U.
To wistful old-timers, the grand era of John McKay and John Robinson was the Trojan version of Camelot, when legends strode the gridiron in search of the Holy Grail, otherwise known as the Heisman Trophy. It was a time when powerful, fleet-footed backs followed student bodies to the left and right and USC football became known [...]
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Greatest Trojans
Now that the season has ended and we hope for a repeat of Do You Believe in Miracles in the Rose Bowl, I am posting my rating of top Trojans by position that I have seen. Obviously, everyone has different opinions and I am sure I left out some noteworthy people. I did it so [...]
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Remembering T-Ray
By Paul Morantz
He called this evening from his apartment somewhere in LA. He wanted to check in and see how I was doing. On the speaker phone I introduced him to my son who is the same age now as he and I were then.
It was smack in the middle of the revolutionary [...]
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Honoring College Football Stars Part II
By Paul Morantz
A former Lincoln High QB, Marcus Allen could have been an All-American safety or receiver. But as a freshman in l978 he did enough at TB in garbage time that he everyone counted on him keeping the tradition. Talk about today’s backs, 78 had Charles White, Lynn Cain and Allen.
Cain graduated in 79, [...]
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The Greatest Game
By Paul Morantz
We Are SC Mag copyright 2005
Sports Illustrated in 2005, following the Orange Bowl, selected the “Greatest Games” in USC History.
The No.1 pick by the magazine was the famous l967 O.J. vs. Beban game. The 2005 BCS title game came in only as No.6. If one talks of drama and cross town – rivalry, the 67 [...]
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Honoring College Football Starts Part I
by Paul Morantz
I was at Ft. Ord and just 18 when a barrack’s mate, Don Clark Jr. (yes the coach’s son) told me in the fall sophomore Mike Garrett would be a better runner than Willie Brown. I didn’t believe him at the moment, but it was true.
When I was 19 and at SMCC Garrett [...]
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Pink Justice: The Trial of Judge Noel Cannon–Escape from Div.40–
The sad tale of Judge Noel Cannon...pretty in pink, she wasn't
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The Girl in the Park
by Paul Morantz, copyright 2010
I was camped in Androssen, Scotland, 1970, watching the sun set from the beach sand. I had no idea how cold the winds would get and by late night I would be inside the public bathroom for warmth. Like a homeless man I had to awake occasionally to the noises and [...]
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Escape From Christbridge Academy (The Strange case of Dr. John Gottuso)
Dr.John had his licensed removed in late 80's for sexual misconduct. In the 90's he continued concerning young girls in his private church school.
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