USC fans are spread out across the globe. Find out where the worldwide Trojans will be for Saturday’s season opener.
USCRipsIt has compiled a stunning list of where Trojan fans will be on Saturday night (or Sunday morning for some) for the season opener. Check out how far and wide the Cardinal and Gold lives:
In the U.S., west of the Mississippi River
Harlen C. Martens will be with 30-40 USC fans at a downtown sports bar in Houston, Texas: “We have been promised our on corner and dedicated wide screen TV.”
Galen Schliem will be in Austin, Texas: “I'll be in my new home base of Austin, Texas watching at Mulligan's pub. This is deep in the heart of Longhorn country, so I always wear as much Card. And Gold as I can under my big, fat SC cap!!”
Sylvia Curiel will be watching in Dallas: “My friend Julie and I are going to the official USC watching party at Fox Sports Grill in Plano, Texas. It’s kind of lonely for USC fans out here in the Lone Star State, but it should be fun Saturday night.”
Mike R. of Irvine, CA will be in Norman, Okla.: “Though I'm a die-hard SC fan, my fiancée is an OU fan through-and-through. As a b-day present, we'll be heading to Norman for the OU opening game against North Texas! I'll have my blackberry with me to keep up to date on the scores from around the Nation and hopefully catch some of the SC game on TV after the OU game.”
Chris Richelieu will be in Eagle, Idaho.
Robbie Lund will be in Rexburg, Idaho.
Mike Briggs will be in Rapid City, S.D.: “My senior baseball team (I graduated from USC in 1965) is playing in a Baseball Tournament over the weekend there. Baseball players are football fans too and I am sure I will have company if we can find a good place to watch the game.”
Marty Johnson will be in Mount Rushmore, S.D.: “I am out here in SD,,,not Charger SD, but Mount Rushmore SD. I will watch the game on my beat up old house boat on the Missouri River in South Dakota, if I can keep the generator runnin, small tv, big cooler, 1 dog, no kids, mmm livin the dream...”
Dave Frankl will be in Eagle River, Alaska.
Bill McCauley will be in Juneau, Alaska.
Kari Barnett will be in Maui: “Watching the Trojans and the sunset.”
Pat and Sharon Fraser will be in Boulder, Colorado.
Bill Keller will be in Prescott, Ariz.
Matthew Daines will be in Lake Havasu, Ariz.: “I will be watching the USC 2007 season opening football game with friends and family in Lake Havasu, AZ this coming Saturday.”
Paul Thurston will be in Saratoga, Calif.: “I’ll be in Saratoga, CA at the rehearsal dinner for my wedding the following day! I can think of few things more exciting than the opening game of the season for the Trojans, but the events of the weekend are definitely #1 for me!”
James Winter will be in Concord, Calif.
Jill S. will be in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Jonathan Chambers will be at Yosemite National Park: “Hopefully we can find a sports bar or something.”
Scott Wheeler will be in Las Vegas.
Kirk Scott will be in Seattle: “Being a former season ticket holder and having moved last January, I am stuck in Seattle! I will most likely find myself at The Spitfire Grill on 4th. Here’s the battle cry for all Trojan Fans to join me!”
Mike and Lorrie Hall will be in Medford, Ore.
In the U.S., east of the Mississippi River
David Moffat will be in Washington, D.C.: “I’ll be in Washington D.C. watching the game at a sports bar. I will be there for a wedding the next day but unfortunately will have to wear UNC colors that night because I lost a bet on the basketball game some five months ago. Ouch.”
Jason Sanden will be in Blacksburg, Va.: “I live in Philly, but I'll be in Blacksburg, Virginia to catch ESPN College Gameday in person and watch the Hokies early game and memorial ceremony. Then I'm bringin my Vtech friends to a bar to watch the game that really matters to me.”
Brian King will be in Richmond, Va.: “I’m a SOCAL transplant in Richmond VA and will watch it digitally recorded with my 7-year-old son SUNDAY AM! You have to pass on tradition even when the games are past his bed time. I'm securing my tickets for next year's Charlottesville game a.s.a.p.”
Drinda and Mike Freriks will be in Saint Joseph, Mich.: “We will be watching from Saint Joseph, Michigan - twenty-five minutes north of South Bend, IN and Notre Dame. Proud, multigenerational Trojans stirring the pot of U of Michigan fans, Michigan State Fans, ND fans, Purdue Fans in beautiful Southwest Michigan.”
Scott will be in Coldwater, Mich.
Teresa Tabah will be Newark, Del.: “You may add the state of Delaware. So sad for a native Trojan….but, I’ve converted many people who live hear.”
Chris Mayeda will be watching from Cincinnati, Ohio: “It’s a bit closer than watching from Misawa, Japan. (I was stationed overseas with the air force the last 4 years).”
Tim Fix will be in Charlotte, N.C.: “The game will be over around 2 in the morning, but I will be watching the whole thing, blow out or not.”
International
Chris Pronios will be in Athens, Greece: “Alone... in my office in ATHENS - GREECE... where it will be 05:30!!! Watching the game through a Slingbox feed or whatever since there is NO establishment here that carries Trojan games! Not to mention that even if it was it would not be open at 5am on a Sunday morning!!”
Major Lieutenant Christopher G. Lindner will be watching the game on the American Forces Network in Baghdad, Iraq.
Luke Emery will be in Toronto: “At a sports bar, getting hyped for my trip to Lincoln.”
Chris R. will be in Buenos Aires, Argentina: “I'll be working at an expat bar in Buenos Aires that night. Hopefully we can have the slingbox up and running so we can broadcast the game.”
P. Drenser will be in Cabo San Lucas: “Will be cheering loudly with Trojan family members in a Cabo sportsbar. It appears other loyal Trojan fans will also be present.”
• For the out-of-area Trojans, you can watch an immediate replay of the game, plus pre- and post-game coverage, on USCTrojans.com.
