… as I’ve seen them throw things at middle-aged fans as they were trying to elave the Mausoleum. Jerks.

Fresno State should also be on the list. When they’ve come here, and when my Cal relatives have gone there for games, there’s always a few stories about loud/ drunk/ belligerent/ physically hostile people.

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My experience with their fans is limited to the SBN Blog, and those guy always seemed pretty classy. (And very funny, too.) I wonder what they did (or what some of them did) that got them in full face and profile on the post office wall.

Number one and two should be SUC and Florida. One year when I was living in New York, suc played at Giant’s Stadium in a late August kick-off events and one of the sports reporters wrote something like, “U$C fans showed up in New York with a $20 bill and a pair of underwear and didn’t change either.” Amen.

I’d add Oregon, where virtually all the students are drunk for every game and the Gomers from the sticks have few teeth and no class. In fairness, living in Portland I have a lot of UofO friends who are great people and they love their Ducks. My experience at both the Big House in Ann Arbor and at Notre Dame a couple of years ago were extremely positive, especially the latter. As someone said, it’s the hangers on.

Cal: The older fans have perspective. The younger ones think Tedford is God and that they are an “Elite” program. 50 years and counting is all I got to say.

…of the classless $uc fans to cite here, but here is my favorite…

I travelled in the summer of 2007 with my family on a European cruise and was approached – and then hassled – by a father/son tourist duo from $uc who felt justified to come talk trash because I was wearing a UCLA hat.

I basically told them to a) get a lift and then b) go to hell, but it ruined the moment to be sure.

This in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa with my family in what should have been a memorable experience.

One other great experience (among many) was the the drunk $uc who accosted my Dad, his wife and I in a restaurant in Pasadena before a game last fall. Basically he continued to chant “59-0” over and over while we tried to have our brunch. Of course, you know what they say about karma and I was smiling that night when the condoms went down in Corvallis.

One last question – why do these bandwagon jackasses show up at our, UT’s, and so many other stadiums with $uc gear on when “their team” is not even playing? I don’t get it.

I have a rather unique licence plate frame on my car bashing sc in a mild way. Twice I have been deliberately cut off by people whose cars sported sc stuff. The reason I know it was on purpose is they started throwing up their 2 finger salute when they did it. One car nearly hit me as he did so.

Sc fans are jerks, and dangerous.

Isodore’s auto story reminded me that, in my freshman year in the Fall of 1988, I had the personalized plates stolen from my car (was originally my Dad’s) while parked on Midvale. The plates said ‘UCLAX2’ since my sister and I were both attending that year.

The thief left a scrap of paper under the windshield wiper that simply said “Thanks very much, from a USC Fan”. Unbelieveable.

You can’t make this stuff up, and it is for that reason that the hatred of these punks runs deep with me.

1. There are at least two things that are SC-related on their cars. Typically, there is a license plate frame and a window decal that are related to SC. Bonus points for: vanity plate, SC license plate on the front, trailer hitch cover, multiple decals, plush letters spelling out USC or Trojans on the rear deck
2. They have to wear an all-matching outfit. Example: SC baseball cap, sweatshirt and sweatpants. In the case of my gym, matching t-shirt and basketball (HAH!) shorts.
3. On Internet forums not related to college sports: their avatars are the SC logo. Their usernames have the word Trojan, USC or the phrase “Fight On.”