rec.sport.football.college

Glen Heiman wrote:
> While U$C was losing, ironically the two teams that hate them the most were
> playing each other about 20 miles away.
>
> My friend was next to me and via cellphone & radio was keeping me and those
> around us abreast of the game. When Stanford scored the potential go-ahead
> TD (before the extra point), the Rose Bowl erupted to on the Richter
> Scale.
>
> Apparently everybody in the stadium, except the players, were being kept
> aware of U$C's situation. At that time, few (or none)scores had been posted
> about that game. I then realized that the Domers were also aware of the
> game.
>
> Very interesting, there was no announcement or score posted, yet the two
> teams that hate U$C the most, spontaneously joined in one of the loudest
> outbursts that I can remember at the Rose Bowl.
>
> Heiman
>
>

I was also at the Rose Bowl. The reaction was louder from the Bruin
fans than the Irish. The event also coincided neatly with the game
unraveling for UCLA.

I was at the Coliseum in 1993 for the SC-UCLA game when BC beat Notre
Dame. That reaction was louder than Saturday's.

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