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.
