Trojan Football

For the second week in a row, I have been wrongfully robbed of the opportunity to see the Southern California Trojans beat Washington and Cal. The first week, it was due to the foxsports cable package wanting to make sure nothing interfered with their coverage of the Utah Jazz basketball game. I am definitely understanding of preserving local interest, but what makes this frustrating is the fact that the first three quarters of the game did not overlap with the Jazz game at all.

This last Saturday, USC football was only regional coverage; most regions were covering the Texas Tech Oklahoma state game. Certainly there is a lot more national interest in the Big XII south region, and had Cal beat Maryland and USC beat Oregon state, they could have helped themselves to a larger audience. The problem again is that several weeks ago, USC coverage was dropped because the Trojans were doing well in the 3rd quarter to watch a closer out of region game. Last Saturday as Texas Tech ran up the score on Oklahoma state, I was afforded no courtesy to go to the closer out of region USC vs Cal.

Certainly I should be happy that the Men of Troy won. My brother and I were anxiously watching the flash ESPN gamecast to get the "live" play by play. In the end, we turned up the volume on my computer and raised the Trojan Victory sign to the sound of the Spirit of Troy playing "Conquest." Still, there is an unpleasantness about the whole affair. I can only hope that in lieu of missing these games, Florida loses to South Carolina, Auburn loses to Florida, Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma, Oklahoma loses to Missouri, and the Trojans of Southern California head to the championship game that they have narrowly missed since the heartbraking rosebowl loss to Texas.