Category: Football

There’s nothing quite as exciting as American Football

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The Superbowl was better than the Ads!

don't you just love em?
This year’s Superbowl was exciting, so maybe that is why the ads didn’t stand out so much? Some of the ads were good… but far too… too reserved for the superbowl.
Personally, I always love ads that emphasize male distinctiveness… like the guy who hides a six pack Budweiser in a cheese wheel for his friends at a wine and cheese party! However, nothing came close to the ‘magic refrigerator’ of superbowl past… which is a ‘classic.’

‘Trojan Will’ always makes me laugh… this time as ‘Jackie Moon” in a collection of outakes for Budweiser. If you haven’t seen them…  Check this out! 

Roger Freberg

PS. the Car.com guy should study Herb Cohen

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Hire Norm Chow!

Norms Big Playbook

Unless you were living on another planet, you probably didn’t hear that the Tennessee Titans Professional Football Team put offensive strategist Norm Chow on ‘waivers.’

Frankly, I don’t disagree with the decision. Tennessee really can’t use someone of Norm’s background…. someone with a wide repertoire of offensive plays. But to be fair, the team has to have the personnel to take advantage of his intellect.

As someone said, the Titans have but two plays… ‘slant right’ .. and the proverbial ‘broken play.’

Well, Tennessee’s loss is someone else’s gain!

Roger Freberg

UPDATE: Hmmmm…. looks like UCLA hired on ol ‘SC Norm Chow! Interesting match up… Norm’s offensive skills against Pete Carrol’s defensive playbook.

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Football Rivalries & USC Trojans!

Here I am sittnig with the Trojan Knights Protecting Tommy!Some football rivalries are worthy of Klingon Song!

It’s hard to talk about any rivalry without mentioning the fact that the Southern California Trojans and the UCLA Bruins compete in just about everything they do for the title of the city crown and bragging rights for an entire year.

Laura and I traveled down to Los Angeles and had the good fortune to stay right next to campus at the Radisson Hotel. This was wonderful in not having to hassle the normal traffic when 100,000 folks decide to all leave at the same time!

The night before the big USC-UCLA football game we atended the NCAA Regional Women’s Volleyball match at the Galen Center. We’ve been here before and it is a singularly impressive facility.

Before the match we walked around campus and Laura took a picture of me sitting with some of the ‘Trojan Knights’ guarding the statue of Tommy Trojan from Bruins who like to throw Blue and Gold on him. In fact, they held a big party all night long with fun booths and food called “Save Tommy Night.”

Laura posted some of the pictures the two of us took of the weekend . Fun Times!

Roger Freberg

My ol’ college roommate was a good sport sitting with us in the Trojan Section… it only hurt for a little while!

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Football Rivalries and other “Tons of Bricks!”

the weight of the world is coming down!When you talk about rivalries, USC and UCLA go to the top of my list. THE GAME is merely an extension of what has become a truly visceral contest between schools.

Wear the Cardinal and Gold to UCLA and watch for the reaction… you don’t have to wait long. And a Bruin in the land of Troy is truly an unloved creature.

So what is going to happen this year as the Bruins of the Westside meet the Southern California Trojans?

I can’t speak for the team, the coach… but as a fan, after last year’s upset… the coliseum may not be the most hospitable place for anyone wearing the pale blue and yellow.

FIGHT ON!

Roger Freberg

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To be a Trojan
Inside USC
Rose Bowl Bruins?

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Viva Sanchez! Trojans were ‘el magnifico’ over Irish!

Southern California Trojans NOW have a second quarterback!
New starting USC Trojan quarterback  Mark Sanchez  performed wonderfully in the  Trojan’s  one sided win over the struggling Irish of Notre Dame.

I am sure that the  ‘big drop’ the team  experienced in the plane flight on the way to meetnig the Irish ensured that everyone was ‘fully awake’ when they were in South Bend! Here’s a few quotes:

“That was terrifying,” fullback Stanley Havili said. “I thought I was going to die.”

“There was a moment there when I was thinking, ‘This is it,’ ” Dennis Slutak, USC’s director of football operations, told The Los Angeles Times.

So, the Trojans are back on track…

Fight On!

Roger Freberg