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Originally Posted by Buckterrier
And you don't think USC guys aren't 'gods'? Brent Musburger even said it on the telecast. Without the NFL the players are celebrities
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Brett was either exaggerating or he really doesn't know what he's talking about. Sure there is a very strong fan base in So Cal for USC, But there is so much to do here, so many types of sports, so many real celebrities that the USC football players aren't that big of a deal once they get out of their inner-circle of fans.
Of all the people I know, only about 1 in 20 are USC fans of any sort, only about 1 in 100 is a serious USC fan who would recognize a USC football player if he saw one.
It's not anything like it was when I was in Knoxville last year, at least half the people I met in that town were fanatical volunteer fans.
Pete Carroll is a big deal here but even he is approachable. I've had conversations with him on three different occasions and it wasn't that weird. He seems to me like a very honest person who doesn't pretend to be someone he's not. You see him all excited on the sidelines, that's just who he is. Like a big kid who loves the excitement of football.
Seeing one of the Lakers would be a bigger deal, seeing some Hollywood babe half-dressed would be a big deal, but the USC football players? not so much. With USC it isn't so much the pieces as it is the program.
Personally I'm a fan of the incredible program and tradition. The players come and go.
There are two players on the USC team I know and I root for and hope they do well but that's because they are friends of the family.