Southern Cal Thursday

Good morning, Irish fans.  The Southern Cal game comes closer, and it becomes ever more important for us to familiarize ourselves with the players of our upcoming opponent. 

  Anyway, we all know that there have been many famous Southern Cal football players over the years, including Todd Marinovich.

A 3:1 completion:INT ratio will really get the scouts talking.

His wikipedia page can be found here:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Marinovich

  I apologize for using Wikipedia here, but it is the most efficient way to detail his numerous run ins with drugs and alcohol and . . . things.  It makes you wonder who in his right mind would have drafted the guy.  They'd have to be downright loony and  ---

Fun fact!  Al Davis somehow ran an NFL team while hosting 'Tales From
the Crypt' simultaneously.

  OK.  Now everything makes sense.  

  Anyway, Todd's college career was touch and go, and his pro career was mostly a train wreck.  He did however have good taunting skills. 

Ahhhh.  Sportsmanship.

 Closing out the game, though, was more difficult.

  This sets him apart from a Southern Cal Heisman Trophy winner, who has only had two run-ins with the law:

Wait a second.  These aren't receiver gloves.

  Mr. Simpson will not be attending this coming Saturday's game, as he is currently a guest of Clark County jail, Nevada. 

"Your honor, how am I supposed to try on
gloves when I'm in shackles?"

  Putting him in a better situation than former S.C. heisman candidate Rodney Peete, who has recently completed his recovery from a hit he suffered at the hands of Frank Stams in 1988.

  And furthermore, in prison he is away from dangerous steroids, unlike Southern Cal alumnus Brian Cushing: 

Steroids? Moi?!

  More on Southern Cal tomorrow. 

  -Go Irish