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Cindy Sheehan Booed At The Rose Bowl Parade Now that Cindy has turned on the Democrats, she’s not exactly a favorite of the liberals. And the liberals in Pasadena certainly made that much evident with the reception they gave Cindy’s entry in the Rose Bowl Parade Twenty-three people were arrested by Tuesday afternoon, including one protester, Pasadena Police Department Lt. Keith Jones said. Jones said the protester was “arrested for holding up a sign that blocked other patrons view of the parade.” Dozens of anti-war protesters led by “Peace Mom” Cindy Sheehan staked out spots across from television cameras, hoisting...

Cindy Sheehan: Down with BushCo–and screw the evil corporate Rose Bowl parade, too! By Michelle Malkin  •  January 1, 2008 01:44 PM   As promised, St. Cindy stinks up the Rose Bowl parade and delivers an unhinged salvo posted at After Downing Street–complete with BushCo/Hitler epithets, anti-American insults, and Absolute Moral Authority sanctimony: Since the conquest of Poland three hundred thousand Jews have been murdered in this country in the most bestial way … The German people slumber on in their dull, stupid sleep and encourage these fascist criminals … Each man wants to be exonerated of a guilt of this kind,...

Help Us Keep the Trojans in the Coliseum An Open Letter from Mike Garrett to the Trojan Family November 28, 2007 Dear Fellow Trojan: It gives me no pleasure to write a letter of this kind, but there are issues facing our university that you need to understand. The University of Southern California has been negotiating diligently for months, trying to renew USC’s lease with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and trying to get guarantees that USC’s football team and fans can enjoy home games in a completely renovated and improved stadium. Unfortunately, talks are at an impasse, and right...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. FOOTBALL FACTS Thanks for joining us once again as we look at some football facts. This time we’ll look at "From a regional to a National sport. From 1930-1958" In the early 1930s, the college game continued to grow, particularly in the south, bolstered by fierce rivalries such as the "Third Saturday in October"—a rivalry between Alabama and Tennessee. While prior to the mid-1920s most national powers came from...

USC freshman Stephanie Graves plays in a sea of mellophones during a rehearsal. Band director Arthur C. Bartner says he learned from the late assistant football coach Marv Goux how to run the marching band: “like a football team.” Evan Kuite, second chair of the horn section of the University of Michigan Marching Band, leads his group in an indoor rehearsal in chilly Ann Arbor. Out stepped the USC Trojan Marching Band onto Cromwell Field, a flood of musicians wearing their trademark sunglasses and short sleeves under the Southern California sun. Standouts in Trojan cardinal and gold, they swung trombones...

The largest outdoor celebration of the Rosary in Southern California in nearly 50 years will take place at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, on May 19, 2007, Holy Cross Family Ministries announced this week. "A World at Prayer Is a World at Peace: A Rosary Celebration, The Rosary Bowl" will take place between 6-9 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Holy Cross Family Ministries, Easton, Mass., and its Hollywood-based member ministry, Family Theater Productions, are presenting the event in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Solis, archdiocesan Vicar for Ethnic (Multi-Cultural) Ministry, is the...

Some of the "Fighting Tigers" are fighting mad at Governor Blanco. As noted in the press, there are unofficial reports that LSU Tigers are going to the Rose bowl. After this was announced, Governor Blanco began making phone calls that haven't exactly impressed LSU fans. Several fans have approached THE DEAD PELICAN expressing a mixture of outrage and ridicule, claiming that Blanco is trying to take credit for something that isn't her doing. Other LSU fans haven't forgotten about Blanco's tail gate party for ULL, at the same time that university was playing the LSU tigers. According to a statement...

NEW YORK — Replay officials at last season's Rose Bowl were unable to properly review a Texas touchdown that should have been overturned because the wrong television feed was plugged into a monitor. Big Ten and national coordinator of officials David Parry told The Associated Press that he went to the replay booth during January's Rose Bowl between USC and Texas to ask about Selvin Young's 12-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. It appeared on replays that Young received a pitch from Texas' Vince Young after the quarterback's knee touched the ground. Parry said replay officials told him one...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans promised they wanted Vince Young, the third pick overall and the first quarterback taken in the draft, under contract before they opened training camp. They avoided any lengthy holdouts Thursday, agreeing to terms with both Young and LenDale White a day before the first practice Friday afternoon. Young, the No. 3 overall pick out of Texas, agreed to a five-year deal, with an option for a sixth, with $25.7 million guaranteed and an overall value that could reach $58 million with option and roster bonuses and salary. The contract includes a $12.3 million option...

"The blacker you are, the worse it is for you. If you're mixed, you've got a shot. If you cater to what white America wants you to do and how they want you to look, you can survive. But if you want to be yourself, and try to do things that fit you, and your skin, nobody cares about that. At the end of the day, white America dominates and rules. And it's racist." Thus said successful (and dark-skinned) victicrat/singer Mary J. Blige. Guess Ms. Blige didn't catch the Rose Bowl. The thrilling game, won by Texas, 41-38, says a...

Last week, on the eve of Penn State's Orange Bowl game against Florida State, Paterno said something really dumb. He was asked about Seminoles linebacker A.J. Nicholson, who had been accused of sexual assault, and he said this: "There are so many people gravitating to these kids. Maybe he didn't know what he was getting into, Nicholson. Somebody will knock on the door. A cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do? "Thank God, they don't knock on my door. I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms. "But that's too bad. You hate to see that,...

A down-to-the-wire finish in the most-anticipated college football championship games in years produced huge ratings for ABC on Wednesday night, expected to rank as the sports highest-rated game in 19 years. The University of Texas' 41-38 victory over USC in the Rose Bowl Game averaged a 12.0 rating/29 share in adults 18-49 and 34 million viewers overall on ABC affiliates from 8 to 11, but the nationals ratings for the game will come in higher. This is expected to be the highest-rated championship game since the Penn State-Miami contest in 1987, and it is easily the top primetime draw of...

1/5/2006 - LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- A B-1B Lancer kicked off the national college football title game Jan. 4 with a flyover of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Gen. Ronald Keys, commander of Air Combat Command and Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center here, represented the Air Force at several Tournament of Roses week events leading up to the game between the University of Texas and the University of Southern California. Events included Fan Fest Expo Village, a family festival where the 369th Air Force Recruiting Squadron, Los Angeles,...

It's over. I don't have to watch sports anymore. I've seen the best college football game in the history of the sport and the best performance by an athlete in any sports event -- ever. In the wake of Texas' entertaining win over USC in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday, about 173 analysts, blowhards, pinheads, gasbags and otherwise sane people have lost their minds, and their credibility. Vince Young was very good, even great against the Trojans. Yes, it lived up to the grotesque hype. The best college football game ever? The greatest performance in any sport, ever? People actually...

President Bush, an early-to-bed kind of guy, stayed with the Rose Bowl until halftime Wednesday night before going to sleep. But spokesman Scott McClellan said something stirred the president out of his slumber and back to the TV later in the evening as the Texas Longhorns staged a comeback win over Southern California to win the national collegiate football title. He watched till halftime and then he actually woke up late and managed to see the end of the game," McClellan said. "It was an amazing game and he caught the end of it." Bush this morning publicly acknowledged the...

LOS ANGELES — Knock off Texas tonight in one of college football's most anticipated games, and top-ranked Southern Cal can lay claim to something even more elusive than three consecutive national titles. Immortality."If USC wins this game, I think you have to put them up there with the greatest teams of all time," longtime ABC broadcaster Keith Jackson said. "I always thought the 1972 USC team was the best I ever saw. Then came Nebraska in 1995. If the Trojans win, they are right there."Others will go a step further. A win over Texas (12-0) in the Rose Bowl would...

Here we go! This should be a great game. I don't know and kinda doubt it will top last night's game or even the games from 2 nights ago, but this will be a much better game than last year's BCS title game.

<p>On January 4, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. (PST) the Rose Bowl Game will host the BCS National Championship, between USC and Texas once again showcasing the best of collegiate football in "The Granddaddy of Them All."® The Rose Bowl will be broadcast exclusively on ABC and on ESPN radio.</p>

LOS ANGELES - Grit was the final ingredient. If Southern California beats Texas in the Rose Bowl to win an unprecedented third straight championship, the Trojans could do more than restart the debate over whether they're the game's best team ever. They might force coach Pete Carroll to step back and admire not just what USC has accomplished - "It has never been a focus of our program to look at the end of the rainbow," he said the other day - but how all those far-flung pieces settled into a portrait so close to perfection.And if that happens, none...

PASADENA – In the land of perennial youth and movie star beauty, most centenarians just can't compete. That's why the Rose Parade is getting a major makeover – for the first time in 117 years. With CBS having quietly decided after 45 years to drop its coverage, parade organizers, hoping to keep TV viewers and the remaining broadcasting outlets happy, have ratcheted up the rolling flowerfest's entertainment quotient. So, the annual Tournament of Roses on Monday – a day later than usual because of a "never on Sunday" policy – will kick off with a splashy performance by Grammy-winning singer...

UT football players accused in robberies, assaults 12/16/2005 4:30 PM By: News 8 Austin Staff Several football players from The University of Texas are being investigated by the Austin Police Department for robbery by assault, according to sources close to the investigation. The investigation stems from two incidents on Sept. 4 and December 10. The two incidents involve robbery by assault. Sources tell us that the victims are telling police they were downtown when they were beaten up and robbed of their money. There have been no arrests and no indictments in the investigations, but the cases have been turned...

THe selection show is on at 6 PM. Pretty much the picks have been decided. There is only some doubt whether ND or Oregon gets the final at-large berth. 2005-2006 Bowl Matchups Past Bowl Projections: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11Means accepted bid WYNDHAM NEW ORLEANS BOWL - Lafayette, Louisiana December 20, 2005  ESPN Cajun Field, 30,000 Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA CFN Projection: Arkansas State vs. Southern Missalso considered: Memphis, Houston POINSETTIA BOWL -...

Just wanted to be the first.

USC favored by 7 Just another way to liven up a Sunday morning

City of Angels to gets its NFL Saints? Or Crown City of Pasadena to Coronate its Saints? City of Angels and City of Roses Ideal Spots for Displaced NFL New Orleans Saints. Friday Sept. 2, 2005 The NFL Pasadena Saints? "L.A. has the Coliseum (home of USC's Trojans) and Pasadena's Rose Bowl (UCLA), and between those two venues, the Saints certainly wouldn't lack for seating capacity. Weather is nearly ideal, beginning now and extending into the foreseeable infinity." - Mark Kreidler, ESPN Sports Get the hyperlink to the story at http://www.pasadenapundit.com

In the end, the burnt orange end zone didn't look that out of place. It was kind of cool, actually. So was the sea of hook 'em signs in the stands. And, let's face it, few Big Ten-Pac-10 Rose Bowl games ever have produced quite as thrilling a contest as the one Texas contributed to Saturday. By the time Vince Young squirted free for his third or fourth eye-popping touchdown run, Braylon Edwards soared for another catch in the end zone or Steve Breaston broke another long return, it was hard to remember there was ever a controversy over the...

Wins the Rose 38-37. It is a new year...

Go Michigan - Beat Texas

NEW YORK (AP) - The Bowl Championship Series is ready to move on without The Associated Press college football poll. "I wasn't surprised by the AP's decision," Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said. "I don't think it's a negative issue. We're just going to have to put our heads together and come up with an alternative way of picking the teams for the 1-2 game." The Associated Press told the BCS on Tuesday to stop using its poll to determine which teams play for a national title. BCS coordinator and Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg has said the BCS hopes...

Oppose Islamic regime's Soccer policy on US soil SMCCDI (Urgent Action) Apr 18, 2004 " To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again, to right the wrongs of many..." - ( Ella Wheeler Wilcox ) Fellow Iranians and Americans, Two international soccer games are scheduled to be played by Iran's National Team on the US soil....

Having fun is "no laughing matter" to Joe Kapp. "You've got to work at it," says the bruising quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to Super Bowl IV. "Not only in sports but in life and business." The only man to quarterback teams to the Rose Bowl, Grey Cup and Super Bowl has embodied that credo on and off the field. From his headlining days at the University of California to eight seasons under the NFL radar in Canada to his professional pinnacle with the Vikings to his tumultuous split from the game he loves, Kapp has worked hard to...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Blood was trickling down Michigan quarterback John Navarre's hand -- drip, drip, dripping onto the floor in front of him. His left forearm was bruised, and his neck was scratched and red. His pants were stained, front and back, with green turf marks from the Rose Bowl stadium floor. "I haven't experienced anything like that," Navarre said. "I never would have believed it." This is why more will believe. There's not a team in the country that could beat these Southern California Trojans. There should be no more doubt -- not from coaches voting for No. 1...

Yesterday there was mention that several US Air Force Stealth Aircraft were going to overfly the Rose Bowl. Today I searched for photos of this event, finding several. HOWEVER, in my humble opinion (grin ;-) I think the below photo is the best of the few I found of the stealth overfly event. Please visit Yahoo!News - Sports Photos - AP to freep/vote for this photo to number one status ... Yahoo login required though :-( Stealth fighters and a bomber fly over the stadium during opening ceremonies at the start of the Michigan-USC showdown in the 90th Rose Bowl...

Okay, football fans. Trojans and Wolverines, cheer for your favorite and make your comments here. Will USC remain No. 1 ranked but not be the national champ?

PASADENA, Calif. -- We are here to witness the Rosa Parks of bowl games. We have come to sunny California to spite convention and take in a significant moment in college football history. Power to the people who loathe the Bowl Championship Series. This is your day. We're here, basically, for a college football sit-in, along with more than 86,000 other rebels with a cause at today's Rose Bowl. Mainstream? We don't need no stinkin' mainstream. Pass the incense and breathe deep. College football changes today. That's what makes today's Southern California-Michigan battle of football powers as much fun as...

Security will be extra tight at this year's New Year's celebrations around the country, with military helicopters patrolling over the Rose Parade, Times Square and the Las Vegas Strip. "I think the level of security this time around within the United States is absolutely unprecedented," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on CBS's "The Early Show." As revelers prepare for New Year's Eve, the nation's terrorism alert is at its second-highest level, though officials said there were no specific threats against the holiday gatherings and urged people to go ahead with their plans. In Las Vegas, where 300,000 revelers are...

With the nation on high alert for threats of terrorist attack this New Year's Day, stewards of the world-televised Tournament of Roses have instituted safeguards that will make security at Thursday's Rose Bowl game and Rose Parade the tightest ever. More than 1,000 local and federal law enforcement officers will fill the streets of Pasadena on game day, many of them in plain clothes, while electronic sensors will sniff the air for biological agents and video surveillance cameras will watch the throngs of spectators. Among the safeguards planned for the parade, which will wind down Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing security concerns, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over New York City and Pasadena, Calif., during the New Year's holiday. Restrictions for New York City will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 31 and end at 4 a.m. Jan. 1, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. Pilots will be allowed to fly no lower than 1,500 feet within a one-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty. Pilots will also be forbidden to fly below 2,000 feet over Manhattan between 23rd Street and 96th Street, the FAA said. The restrictions were established at the request of...

LOS ANGELES -- Southern California believes it should be in the BCS. "I hope everyone was paying attention and saw the score," said Trojans quarterback Carson Palmer after his team's 44-13 demolition of Notre Dame on Saturday. "They need to know that we're for real now. We are definitely worthy of being a BCS team." Stop the stumping, for now. The Trojans are a BCS bowl team. Locked in, as a matter of fact, unless Miami loses its season finale to Virginia Tech. The new BCS ratings Monday will most likely show the Trojans have moved up to No. 4....