THERE'S NO BLOOD IN THESE WATERS.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Well, that was ridiculous, outrageous, over the top. How about the way Reggie Bush Reginald "Reggie" Bush, birth name: Reginald Alfred Bush II (born March 2, 1985 in San Diego, California), nicknamed 'The Human Highlight Reel' and 'The President', alluding to President Bush, is an American football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. piled up the yards? How about the way USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. rolled up the points? How about the way this USC-UCLA rivalry turned totally one-sided? The Trojans beat the Bruins 66-19 Saturday at the Coliseum, and I was going to pull out the TV-generation vernacular and say the whole local college-football show just jumped the shark. Only, somebody talked me out of it. ``After I jumped the shark,'' Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler (b. October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). said down on the field as the Trojans and fans like him celebrated, ''we were No. 1 (in the ratings) for another six years. So (the phrase) doesn't really apply.'' You mean when Winkler Winkler may refer to:
A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). See also: Leather Leather and all, took flight on water skis over a hungry shark, that silly plot didn't mark the beginning of the end of ''Happy Days''? Maybe what the Fonz - husband of a USC grad, father of a USC senior and one of the 624 biggest celebrities with sideline passes - is telling us here is that as crazy as the Trojans' dominance has become, it's not going to stop anytime soon. Bruins fans won't like the sound of that one bit. To put it another way, hope those were Trojans fans who were paying on-line scalpers $1,200 for a seat Saturday. This was the most-hyped crosstown game in L.A. in L.A. In is a compilation of studio recording by Various Artists. It was originally released in 1979 as an LP by Rhino Records. Track listing Side One The Kats a generation, never mind the point spread. It wasn't possible, was it, that a 9-1 team ranked 11th in the country deserved to be a 21-point underdog? Guess so. One piece of good news for the city is that the Trojans stayed perfect and top-ranked to clinch their spot in the Rose Bowl national-championship game against Texas on Jan. 4, when they'll be favored to win the title for a record third year in a row. Another is that Bush almost certainly wrapped up the Trojans' third Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach in four seasons. In other developments of note, Traveler, the horse who gallops up the sideline after every Trojans touchdown, has been pronounced fit to run in the Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during . And the Trojans, with their 66, have qualified for next week's Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. tournament at Sherwood Country Club. I'm not sure if the Trojans blew up the scoreboard Saturday, but in the waning minutes of the game the thing was broken, a big bright line running through the vital numbers as if to say the specifics didn't matter anymore. It was 59-6 by then, about to be the most one-sided Trojans-Bruins game since the very first, before a late exchange of touchdowns produced the emphatic-enough final. The Trojans weren't bashful bash·ful adj. 1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others. See Synonyms at shy1. 2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness. about any of it. ``We thought we could win like this,'' coach Pete Carroll said. ``We wanted to show what we're made of.'' After the Trojans' seventh consecutive win in the rivalry, the Bruins have to hope things change with the departure of Matt Leinart (a senior) and maybe Bush (a junior). Then again, with as much talent as the Trojans have, even the loss of a Heisman winner or two might not stop them. Saturday, they showed 92,000 fans they could win with one hand tied behind their backs. Leinart basically took the first half off, missing with his first five passes, thrown off by either the wind or the emotion of his Coliseum finale. He finished 21 of 40 for 233 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions - not bad for a poor performance. Bush took most of the second half off, carrying six times after a 228-yard first half, disappointing a crowd that wanted him to go for 300 or 400 or 500. He finished with 260 and two touchdowns, the first coming as a tackler sent him flipping into the end zone. The Trojans never slowed down. They didn't punt once. ``We came in to put up a good fight,'' said Drew Olson, the Bruins' quarterback, ''and the opposite happened.'' Who'd have foreseen anything quite this lopsided? Fonz? ``I did,'' said Winkler, in his cardinal-and-gold tie. ''I played this (Internet) game Luxor this morning. I beat it at level 11. When I won, I put my arms in the air and said, 'USC!' ``It's just so exciting, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to do.'' Here's one thing he could do. Get the water skis, the leather jacket and the toothy marine mammal. Maybe he'd take a chance for six more years of No. 1 rankings and USC-UCLA games like this. |
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