Petition for Tradition

There was a time, a time before cable, when the home uniform reigned supreme. When teams wore anything that contrasted. This was an age when college football meant tradition. And in Los Angeles, one tradition was more colorful then the rest. It was shared by USC and UCLA. They were like gods walking amongst mere mortals. They had fight songs that could make a wolverine purr and unis so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo. In other words ... I've seen Anchorman too many times.

What I haven't seen enough of is the tradition where both USC and UCLA wear their home uniforms when they play for the Victory Bell. Both used to host home games in the Coliseum, so naturally they would wear cardinal and powder blue when they faced off. Shortly after the Bruins moved to the Rose Bowl, the NCAA changed the rules and visiting teams were forced to wear white.

710 ESPN's Dave Dameshek recently got Pete Carroll and Rick Neuheisel on the record to support a return to the good ol' days. Unfortunately, there's more to it. The schools will need to ask the NCAA for a waiver, and you know how red tape can be. Instead of sticking cheerleaders outside of some administrators door, Dameshek (with help from Joyless Joey) is building support with a petition. I'm on board.

Sign it! Share it with friends! There's no "magic number" ... the more people that sign it, the more likely we'll be heard. Click here and get to it!

IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: I've received a lot of emails saying that the petition requires a donation to vote. It does not. After you sign it, you MIGHT get a screen that asks for donations to keep the site running. However, at the top of the page it says "Your signature has been recorded." You do not need to give them money.

Image courtesy USC Athletics.

Comments

[char]

They had fight songs that could make a wolverine purr and unis so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.....haaaa haaaaa. Adam Rose, this is why Iurve you!!!!

[66-19]

Wait, Rose, I thought I read somewhere that the ramifications of wearing the home uni when you are away is 1) you lose a timeout, and 2) you are assessed a penalty. I thought Carroll and Neuheisel agreed that the other team would burn a time-out and decline the penalty, and everything would be Kosher. Did somebody make that up?

[Adam Rose]

That was the original scenario that came up and I ran/linked part of the story (I believe it was from Bruin Report Online, then showed up in the Daily Bruin and a couple other places). However, there's still an internal debate over the interpretation of the rules. It's not like Carroll and Neuheisel are chatting about this on IM for three hours a day, just that other people close to the situation don't agree on how the rule might be interpreted. So to eliminate all doubt, the NCAA can grant a waiver and that'll fix everything.