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Re: WIN-WIN: ROSE BOWL GETS USC; LONG BEACH LOSES NFL | The District Weekly

drnoe — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:57:16 -0000

The notion that USC will end up playing at the Rose Bowl, other than in January, is preposterous. Probably the best thing that could happen is if USC were to take the Coliseum off the taxpayers' hands. The Coliseum Commission has historically been composed of incompetents. Let the best football team in LA continue to play in the Coliseum and let UCLA continue to play in the Rose Bowl September through early December.

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Bill Davis — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:18:32 -0000

The NFL is evil? No argument here. Still, the thought of walking to the end of the Belmont pier and catching the Aquabus to our own NFL stadium is compelling. But we'd have to get concessions from the evil empire. How about, we automatically get first dibs on any player who played at Poly High, without exepnding a draft pick. Oh yeah, and how about a waiver of those silly substance abuse rules for our team. (We just won't let the players drive within the city limits.) What to do with the stadium during the off season? How about a combination roller coaster and aquatic center. So, all in all, can't wait to see the LB Breakwaters play.

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wswaim — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:51:29 -0000

Timmy is right: the word is "alumnuses." Or maybe "aluminum"?

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timmy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:17:06 -0000

my two cents (or, trouser-snapping): the hugest number of USC alumnus any city can have living in and around it is one.

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JuanPardell — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:17:55 -0000

Can Long Beach do better than "85 years worth of crud'? One look at the Queen Mary and other city assets, and the answer is probably "NO".

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Theo Douglas — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:29:15 -0000

You say "85 years worth of crud" like it's a bad thing; you're not one of those anti-crud-ites, are you?
'Cause I know from crud, having peed in a urinal crawling with ants at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown L.A. I'm not proud.
Of course we all remember Stanley Mosk as the man who invented the Moscow Mule.
(Not really. I think he was a judge. Or a county supervisor.)