that was totally fun! I usually don't talk that much when I hike haha
USC Trip Experience (Mrs. Lincoln Thread)-Hike Picture Added!!
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LOL!!! I was going to note the opposite on who talked more 😁! Great conversation to go along with a great hike. Really enjoyed meeting you, Ms. KS, Patrick92, Ms. Patrick92, Forester and others! Looking forward to next event! Vegas anyone?
Hey, I was at the International Bowl too if you recall.
You don’t have to tell me. 😉
It really made our “in game”
Hype sounds, sound well, clownish. “Hahaha” “all aboard” and all the other sounds are just weird, loud and obnoxious. Let the band play!
That’s what college football is supposed to be
Traditions, pageantry, the band, students, everyone coming together for a few hours to join as one in unity supporting our school
Not what it currently has turned into, which is a quasi night club/party type at atmosphere in the basement of a fraternity house on a Saturday night jamming out
Thanks to my nephew's fiancee, got to see a taping of Bill Maher's Real time just before heading over to the stadium. Another good place to visit out there was the Getty Museum. Enjoyed seeing the classic old stadium, only wish the game was more competitive.
My wife and I were joined by my friend from Belgium, it was her first American football game. I was seated next to a gentleman by the name of Ted (wrestling season tix holder) talking back and forth throughout the game. He tells me he emigrated as a young boy to the US from Belgium after WWII. Next thing you know he's speaking with my friend in Flemish. Small World!
What a great thread by Knight Shift, and good job to all of you traveling fans. Kudos to you...
We visited the Getty the day after the game. Incredible in many ways. I hope to go back. We visited the Cal Science Center on game day. It was solid in its own right, but the Getty dwarfed it.
We flew into L.A. on Wednesday night. We toured Malibu and some of the beach towns on Thursday, We stayed in Santa Monica, and visited the pier with its quirky characters and homeless people. On Friday, we went to LaBrea Park and the Academy Awards Museum. My wife is an actress, so it was great to take her photo next to a statue of her future Oscar. The museum was OK - it could have featured more movie memorabilia and more classic movies. I really enjoyed the current exhibit on the Godfather movies, which included props like the horse's head and the Godfather's desk. James Gandolfini would have approved.
We visited the USC campus before the game, and as others said, the heart of the campus is beautiful, but It was a bit disorienting to have to go through a metal detector and ID check just to set foot on the campus. Some of the buildings that were not in the heart of the campus were pretty ordinary tough.
One of the impressive campus buildings included a museum of their athletics program, and featured something like 8 Heisman trophies in a circular display. I can't imagine trying to recruit against that kind of tradition, but we have to do that.
My personal highlight of the visit was getting to walk around the School of Cinematic Arts buildings. When one of your buildings is named after George Lucus and the other has Speilberg's name carved in the stone entrance, you know that the school is in a league of its own. Side note: I think that Rutgers should build a media/broadcasting complex, complete with a Hollywood-style back lot on the vacant land on the Livingston Campus. There is no reason we can't have the preeminent media/broadcasting school on the East Coast (NYU film school is ripe for the taking!).
The Coliseum is impressive, and I enjoyed the bucket seats. The energy in the stadium did leave a lot to be desired though. They had a very annoying DJ, and I think the crowd at SHI stadium is louder and more intense. Our tailgating environment is also much better. The drone show was cool, but was also anti-climactic. Also, the announcement that they could not light the Olympic Torch in the 4th quarter "due to technical reasons" was disappointing.
We spent Saturday at Universal Studios, where they really amped up the back lot tour with two immersive video experiences since our last visit. We ended our West Coast visit with a trip to Laguna Beach, which is the closest experience to visiting Hawaii on on the US mainland. The views of the beach, the ocean, and the flora was amazing.
One other note - we experienced a rolling fog that blocked the view of the Ocean on some of our beach visits. That was a surprise.
Except for the game, the trip was a great experience and I would definitely like to go back the next time we play USC.
Scarlet Jerry
We visited the USC campus before the game, and as others said, the heart of the campus is beautiful, but It was a bit disorienting to have to go through a metal detector and ID check just to set foot on the campus. Some of the buildings that were not in the heart of the campus were pretty ordinary tough.
One of the impressive campus buildings included a museum of their athletics program, and featured something like 8 Heisman trophies in a circular display. I can't imagine trying to recruit against that kind of tradition, but we have to do that.
My personal highlight of the visit was getting to walk around the School of Cinematic Arts buildings. When one of your buildings is named after George Lucus and the other has Speilberg's name carved in the stone entrance, you know that the school is in a league of its own. Side note: I think that Rutgers should build a media/broadcasting complex, complete with a Hollywood-style back lot on the vacant land on the Livingston Campus. There is no reason we can't have the preeminent media/broadcasting school on the East Coast (NYU film school is ripe for the taking!).
The Coliseum is impressive, and I enjoyed the bucket seats. The energy in the stadium did leave a lot to be desired though. They had a very annoying DJ, and I think the crowd at SHI stadium is louder and more intense. Our tailgating environment is also much better. The drone show was cool, but was also anti-climactic. Also, the announcement that they could not light the Olympic Torch in the 4th quarter "due to technical reasons" was disappointing.
We spent Saturday at Universal Studios, where they really amped up the back lot tour with two immersive video experiences since our last visit. We ended our West Coast visit with a trip to Laguna Beach, which is the closest experience to visiting Hawaii on on the US mainland. The views of the beach, the ocean, and the flora was amazing.
One other note - we experienced a rolling fog that blocked the view of the Ocean on some of our beach visits. That was a surprise.
Except for the game, the trip was a great experience and I would definitely like to go back the next time we play USC.
Scarlet Jerry
Great review, but you are the first person who mentioned an annoying DJ at the game. Dont remember much if any pipes in music. Did you mean PA announcer?
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