OT: USC West

[Brains]

Ive always thought USC is very similar to Miami, sister schools in a way.

They have a much larger enrollment and alumni base. And it's California, so they're richer than us. And bigger assclowns. That's the biggest difference of the two.

 

[Brains]

People in South Carolina call it Carolina.

This is correct.

 

[Miami Knights 1215]

The only people who call South Carolina USC live in South Carolina

The whole USC east/west thing is some stupid idea SEC mouthbreathers came up with and it permeated the internet

It’s like Michigan. Pretty sure you say UM most people think Miami but everyone in Michigan has to specify

 

[Dude]

Miami and USC are very Similar, USC is just a bigger west coast version of Miami if you will, both private schools, USC spends more on athletics though

After thinking about it, we are like a mix of USC & Stanford... basically if Stanford had USC's football alumni & prestige but not as good academics also... lol.

 

[Dude]

They have a much larger enrollment and alumni base. And it's California, so they're richer than us. And bigger assclowns. That's the biggest difference of the two.

In a way we are more like Stanford

 

[Dude]

It’s like Michigan. Pretty sure you say UM most people think Miami but everyone in Michigan has to specify

I think most people think of UM as Michigan... Miami is The U... unless you're in Utah for some reason.

 

[Miami Knights 1215]

I think most people think of UM as Michigan... Miami is The U... unless you're in Utah for some reason.

Good point

 

[NC_Canes_11]

This is correct.

It’s also what they call themselves, hence their football helmets and baseball jerseys as well

 

[Dan E. Dangerously]

People in South Carolina call it Carolina.

That's the thing, everyone else in the country knows Carolina is in Chapel Hill

 

[Awsi Dooger]

That's the thing, everyone else in the country knows Carolina is in Chapel Hill

Yes, that's my experience. And when I'm in South Carolina I only hear them referred to as USC. But I'm not in that region often enough to know for certain what locals use.

I have two visors, one that says USC and another merely SC. I have worn them for years during trips in the South, East and Midwest and also locally in Miami. It's almost always the same thing, a glance and then some hesitancy. The percentage of responses has always been lower than I would expect. More people who do react correctly realize it is USC Trojans. It's probably a 70/30 split.

But when I wear the SC visor the number of responses soars and likewise the recognition. Simple reason. People who are familiar with that school and have any type of rooting interest, for or against, know it as SC. I can only remember one person who saw that SC visor and thought it meant South Carolina. It was so startling I remember exactly when and where it was...at a lounge at Keeneland Race Track in fall 2015. Some drunk Kentucky fan came up to me and said sarcastically, "Are you okay, buddy?" Then he started mocking some recent South Carolina football defeat. It was Spurrier's final season and they were struggling.

I told him to look again.