# Where is USC anyway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720 "2000-10-28T06:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/1 "2000-10-28T06:16:01Z")
For me it is in South Carolina. You know, Lou Holtz and the Gamecocks. I am not a damn Trojan! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: You wouldn’t need a Trojan if you didn’t have the Cocks. Diver ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/2 "2000-10-28T07:57:24Z")
Sure is an amusing novelty for South Carolina to be good at football. They weren’t bad a few years ago with that Steve Taneyhill dude taking the snaps, but everyone knew that was going to be short-lived. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Blue\_Green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Green)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/3 "2000-10-28T08:15:09Z")
And then what is the USC in California? ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/4 "2000-10-28T09:49:34Z")
USC = University of Southern California. I believe it is located in central Los Angeles, but I could be wrong. Mildly amusing story about the Gamecocks: Some years ago, when I went to Virginia Tech, South Carolina came to town for a football game. All of the USC fans were shunted to the visitor’s section near one of the end zones. At one point, their team was driving for a score, and the fans started a chant - “Game… COCKS! Game… COCKS!” It took about ten seconds for the Tech fans to respond with a chant of their own - “Suck… COCKS! Suck… COCKS!” Oh, well. I guess you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/5 "2000-10-28T10:08:42Z")
“Where is USC, anyway?” The University of Southern California? From South Carolina, proceed as follows: Go west until you smell it. Then south until you step in it. And you’re _there_! 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/6 "2000-10-28T13:03:05Z")
For the record: USCarolina was founded in 1801. USoCal was founded in 1880. I’d rather be in L.A. than any part of Carolina. Of course I am a little biased because I went to So Cal. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/7 "2000-10-28T14:51:04Z")
I went to a meet at So Cal once. Every morning they had people who would come in and sweep up the glass off the deck from all the beer and liquor bottles that had been thrown over the fence. And you simply didn’t go to the bottom of the pool because they didn’t have a way of getting the glass off the bottom. Nice neighborhood, too. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/8 "2000-10-28T15:07:08Z")
For many of us who grew up in California it is still known as the “University of Spoiled Children”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/9 "2000-10-28T16:05:41Z")
> [@](#): > > For many of us who grew up in California it is still known as the “University of Spoiled Children”. Damn, **RTA** , I was going to post that! > [@](#): > > Nice neighborhood, too. Nice sarcasm, **USCdiver**. For those who missed it, I don’t know if USC is technically in South Central “Let’s Riot” L.A.; but if it’s not it’s pretty darn close. I’m on the West Side, myself. Anything south of the 10 and more than a mile east of the 405 is _terra incognita_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/10 "2000-10-29T10:44:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Nice neighborhood, too. > > Nice sarcasm, **USCdiver**. For those who missed it, I don’t know if USC is technically in South Central “Let’s Riot” L.A.; but if it’s not it’s pretty darn close > \*\* Another place USC is—Last in the PAC-10 (0-5) :eek: A great big thank you to Paul Hackett, my favorite college football coach! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-usc-anyway/38720/11 "2000-10-30T05:26:20Z")
Some years ago, USC (U of Southern California Trojans) played USC (U of South Carolina Gamecocks–typically just shortened to “Cocks”). So that sorta added to the game buildup. One of the lines that was seen at the game on various posters was “The Trojans can’t hold our Cocks.” I think the Cocks lost, though.