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re: No Foolin': Interesting college football facts
Posted on 4/1/22 at 1:12 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 4/1/22 at 1:12 pm to SidewalkTiger
Great post!
A few more (biased) selections :)....
Before 1970, Stanford's teams were called the Indians.
All mascots of the University of Georgia, solid-white male English Bulldogs, are buried in a mausoleum INSIDE Sanford Stadium.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has played home to more sports teams than any other sports venue in the world: USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders. It has hosted 2 Super Bowls, 20 Pro Bowls, and a World Series in which an all-time attendance record was set for baseball. Commissioned in 1921 to honor the veterans of WWI and completed in 1923, it has hosted two Olympic Games (1932 & 1984).
"Fight On" is the fight song of the University of Southern California. It was composed in 1922 by USC dental student, Milo Sweet, with lyrics by Sweet and Glen Grant, for a student spirit competition. The song is played by the Spirit of Troy, the USC Marching Band.
During World War II, the song was used to inspire combat-bound troops in the Aleutians Campaign. It was played off the deck of a transport carrying American soldiers onto the beach of a Japanese-held island; the troops let out a roar when they heard the song and eventually captured the island.
A few more (biased) selections :)....
Before 1970, Stanford's teams were called the Indians.
All mascots of the University of Georgia, solid-white male English Bulldogs, are buried in a mausoleum INSIDE Sanford Stadium.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has played home to more sports teams than any other sports venue in the world: USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders. It has hosted 2 Super Bowls, 20 Pro Bowls, and a World Series in which an all-time attendance record was set for baseball. Commissioned in 1921 to honor the veterans of WWI and completed in 1923, it has hosted two Olympic Games (1932 & 1984).
"Fight On" is the fight song of the University of Southern California. It was composed in 1922 by USC dental student, Milo Sweet, with lyrics by Sweet and Glen Grant, for a student spirit competition. The song is played by the Spirit of Troy, the USC Marching Band.
During World War II, the song was used to inspire combat-bound troops in the Aleutians Campaign. It was played off the deck of a transport carrying American soldiers onto the beach of a Japanese-held island; the troops let out a roar when they heard the song and eventually captured the island.
This post was edited on 4/1/22 at 1:41 pm
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