College: USC
Year: 2015
Game: USC 42 Utah 24
Rating: 8
Cost Index: High
Tickets: Moderate
Cost Index: High
Tickets: Moderate
Stadium: LA Coliseum
My impression of USC: You don't attend a game at USC so much as survive it. After spending a couple of days in downtown LA and going to this game it's no surprise to me that people get half beaten to death at Dodgers games. In general I like LA, but there are a lot of shitty people there and a whole bunch of them are USC fans. My wife and I had just sat down for opening kick and some asshole was threatening a skinny hippie looking kid about something he may have said to some other random dude. This asshole was looking for trouble and he wasn't the only one around there who had that attitude.
The Coliseum is an old stadium but it's not without it's charm. The fans are loud, the place does shake. One of the most intimidating places for a visiting team to come into. The neighborhood around the Coliseum is legitimately ghetto, I think we parked a house where drugs were sold. We drank before the game at the Menlo club. The Coliseum doesn't have a lot of green space around it, there isn't much of a tailgate scene. There isn't really any bar scene around the stadium either.
The game: USC threw an ass-kicking on Utah, which was disappointing because I really like Utah and want to see them crash the playoff.
So, overall UCLA is a more pleasant experience, USC is more intense. UCLA is more fun, USC is Big Time. USC has a better home field advantage. UCLA has a better stadium.
For the record....USC has THE BEST fight song. It's even better live than on TV.
Don't Miss: The Menlo Club
Avoid: The area around USC's campus
Attendees: Bones, Wife
Game Recap: http://espn.go.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400757058
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