![]() The 69 Rose Bowl defeat was a huge disappointment, but we took care of them for you guys in the Rose Bowl games of the 70’s with a special thanks to #39 Sam “Bam” who like Jimmy Gunn was a tremendous athlete. Those USC teams had great well coached defenses. I will never forget some of the great hits he put on Gary Beban during the 67 and 68 USC games. Jimmy Gunn (RIP) was a tremendous football player with great closing speed and toughness. Stanford was also tough in those days with the great Jim Plunkett, Randy Vataha and the Thunder Chickens led by Jeff Siemon, Mike Simone, and I believe Pete Lazatich. The Oregon State coach was the “Great Pumpkin” -Dee Andros. Oregon State was tough in those days if I recall correctly their QB was Steve Preece who later played defensive back for the Rams. Fullback Danny Scott on that team is another key ingredient player from that team that has been forgotten about.Ĭongrats on a great career as a Trojan -Bob Jensen. No question Mike Scarpace deserves to be rewarded by USC as a tremendous college football player period, and he seems to be forgotten about because he did not play in the NFL due to injuries and size. If you watch some film of these guys, and then watch the 2020 USC offensive line it pretty much sums up how far our running game has slipped due to poor offensive line play.ĭoes a player have to make it to the NFL to be in the USC Hall of Fame? Ron Yary, Syd Smith, Bob Klein, etc got all the publicity but Mike Scarpace and Fred Khasigian were the true anchors of some of the great USC offensive lines in history. Sadly, he passed away in the last year or so, but most people who played with him or against him will tell you he was a true Trojan. I am not sure if Mike Scarpace ever made it into the USC Hall of Fame, but he should be there. That guy was a killer blocker on the student body right sweeps, and if you watch the famous OJ run in the 67 game Scarpace took out several Bruins opening up more than one running lane for the juice. He went on to have a pretty nice pro career as an offensive tackle.īill played at Birmingham High School, and his teammate there was Mike Scarpace who was one of the greatest offensive lineman to ever play a SC that never received the credit he deserved. Hayhoe was a a huge guy at 6’8 more of a role player at SC, but credit should be given to John Mckay for using him as a weapon against the UCLA soccer style kicker who was a great distance kicker, but did not kick it very high off the ground. Just ask MG.Huge shout out to Scott Wolf for giving alot of credit to Bill Hayhoe as a key player in USC’s big win over UCLA in 1967. “What? You smoked that in public? Don’t you know it’s illegal? You better not tell anyone where you got it!” And he turned, exited, and stomped down the hall leaving me wondering how soon the campus police would arrive to arrest and expel me. I told him “yes,” and added that I smoked the cigarette he gave me at the concert and it really enhanced the music. I’m popped Dillenbeck and asked if I enjoyed the concert. ![]() When I got back to my dorm room I put the Beach Boys on my reel to reel tape deck (trying to blend in-it was California after all) and sat back, door open. Seeing others smoking cigarette I pulled out the one Dillenbeck had handed me and puffed away, although I got several quizzical looks from those around me. Anyway, that might The Association played at the football I was 17, not a drinker, but occasionally smoked a red Marlboro while shooting pool. He pulled out a rolled cigarette, handed it to me and told me to smoke it some time. I proceeded to list the drug stores when he interrupted me laughing and said what he meant was did I smoke marijuana. Not being a coastal kid, Dillenbeck asked me what the drug situation was back home. ![]() He was long haired, wearing a colorful tie-dyed shirt, bellbottoms, and huarache sandals. Puff reminds me of orientation week (1966) when Tim Dillenbeck (the bubble machine guy on the Santa Monica pier) wandered into my room, third floor Trojan Hall, and asked where I was from. Having played the game at a very high level, I distrust all charlatans, i.e.
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