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Thursday, September 11, 2008
USC players just discovered Penn State is a member of the Big Ten
Adam Maya, a reporter at the Orange County Register, wanted to have a little fun the week of the Ohio State-USC football game, so he cornered a few Trojans players and played trivia. The second question seemed simple enough. How many teams are in the Big Ten?
RB Stafon Johnson: “Ten”
WR Damian Williams: “Ten”
DT Fili Moala: “Ten. … No? … Nevermind”
It is kind of a trick question, of course, even though the conference has slipped the numerical 11 into the Big Ten logo. Don’t take from this that USC players are stupid, because that’s not the case at all. Many of them didn’t grow up anywhere near the Midwest (although Williams is from Arkansas).
College football players aren’t always college football fans. When they’re away from football, they get away from football. Or, they’re keeping a close eye on the Pac-10 instead.
It’s just another way, though, that Big Ten and Ohio State fans can play the underdog card, saying that the rest of the country doesn’t respect them.
There was one other funny answer. Johnson had a good line when he was asked what a buckeye is: “I thought it was some kind of soldier.”
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Halftime with the Big Ten Network
The Big Ten Network knows a good thing when it sees it. If you’d rather not watch ABC’s halftime coverage of OSU-USC on Saturday night, you can flip over to what the BTN is calling: Big Ten Tonight: Halftime Special.
Big Ten Tonight’s Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will chat about the first half of the OSU-USC game (and hopefully it’ll be close) and show highlights from other Big Ten games. Big Ten Tonight also will air following the OSU game.
“This type of in-depth, as-it-happens coverage is what the Big Ten Network strives to be about,” Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman said. “No other network covers the Big Ten like we do.”
True, Mark. You can’t see Big Ten cross country highlights anywhere else.
