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Originally Posted by John Doe
What's funny is that I was at a duck hunting camp at the end of the earth and we were grilling and drinking, ect and the only thing the TV would pick up was that game. Everytime one of those four commentators would mention Cal or Southern Cal, I would start to laugh to myself because of your comment. The scurvey dogs I was with would say, "What are you lauging at?" and it was too much to explain so I just said I was drunk. 
PS: What about CAL Tech? |
That's right, I forgot about about Cal Tech.
There's just too many schools with the "Cal" word in it.
I don't understand how the college sporting world decided that one school, UC Berkeley, would get to be called "Cal".
I kind of understand the "Southern Cal" thing, even though I don't sympathize with it. My sales manager in Florida tells me that South Carolina State University is also called "SC", so probably USC is called Southern Cal to avoid the confusion.
My problem with that is the USC is a college football powerhouse, and has been since the early days of college football. South Carolina State University is not known for its college football program.
And.....since USC itself doesn't like to be called Southern Cal, and routinely sends notes to broadcasters not to call it Southern Cal, and since nobody in the Western U.S. refers to or will even understand which university Southern Cal is, they've earned the right to go by "SC" or at minimum "USC".
This discussion is getting me riled up again.
I might have to give this topic its own thread if I can't calm down.