Speak for yourself. This Oregonian definitely thinks of NorCal and SoCal as two very different species - NorCal are the ones who are constantly invading and relocating to Oregon [e.g., Ionescu, as well as Pivec and Tudor from OSU]; SoCal are the folks who visit and complain that it's cold when it's 62 degrees out!
SoCal folks are invading too. On my xcountry trail I ran into a San Diego transplant (2018) and he didn't mind the cold, because their was sun. Bend area is filled with SoCal folks whereas the Willamette Valley gets more of the NorCal invaders because they can handle the rain. Of course I came from the midwest 43 years ago to Eugene, then Corvallis and all my kids have transplanted, 1 to SoCal. Sign of the times.
To put it even more bluntly, she drew three times more fans to the Galen Center in her new uniform than she did in her old one. I guess U$C fans don't like to root for sports where they can't buy their wins with booster money, cars, and admissions for celebrity children and Instagram influencers...
USC's lack of support of WBB is disappointing. Definitely not a contributing reason for a recruit to opt to go there. I wouldn't take a recruit to see a game at Galen Center if I wanted to impress her about what USC has to offer.
That is the conventional wisdom. But, the population is certainly there to support the multiple teams if the product is marketed well and the team is successful.
Read the ESPN recap and couldn't believe this comment about Minyon in the "HOMECOMING" paragraph at the end, "the USC band chanted "traitor, traitor" when Moore went to the free throw line for the first time." They should be far respectful to a USC graduate. They need to grow up. She gave 3 years of blood sweat and tears to a school that couldn't get her to the NCAA tourney. She went from a school that had no fan support (750 per game all last year at Galen ) to 10,619 per game at Matt Court. She is going to graduate school where she can improve her opportunities which all college grads should consider.
Oregon 93-67 USC (Feb 16, 2020) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the Oregon Ducks vs. USC Trojans NCAAW game from February 16, 2020 on ESPN.www.espn.com
Oregon State does have an available scholarship in case your idea is not too late to happen....
Chants of "traitor" are pretty innocuous and standard-issue under the circumstances IMHO. At least the fans cared enough to chant something, which is the more newsworthy thing considering it's USC.Read the ESPN recap and couldn't believe this comment about Minyon in the "HOMECOMING" paragraph at the end, "the USC band chanted "traitor, traitor" when Moore went to the free throw line for the first time." They should be far respectful to a USC graduate. They need to grow up. She gave 3 years of blood sweat and tears to a school that couldn't get her to the NCAA tourney. She went from a school that had no fan support (750 per game all last year at Galen ) to 10,619 per game at Matt Court. She is going to graduate school where she can improve her opportunities which all college grads should consider.
Oregon 93-67 USC (Feb 16, 2020) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the Oregon Ducks vs. USC Trojans NCAAW game from February 16, 2020 on ESPN.
You'd have to be a big fan of WCBB and have absolutely no fan allegiance to either institution to willingly gravitate to either of the two schools depending on which one is winning. I don't know anyone who's both a UCLA fan and a U$C fan - even less so than Cal and Stanford, which tend to have a lot of intermarriages or folks who do undergrad at one and grad school at the other.
That includes the 5917 they got from the Oregon game Friday night. Stanford and Cal will get the Sabrina/Duck lift next weekend. Average Pac 12 attendance through today's games are as follows:
| Oregon | 10,619 |
| OSU | 5,941 |
| Arizona | 5,753 |
| Stanford | 3,286 |
| ASU | 2,885 |
| UCLA | 2,772 |
| Utah | 2,635 |
| California | 2,009 |
| Colorado | 1,985 |
| Washington | 1,724 |
| USC | 848 |
| WSU | 716 |
Historic numbers for Oregon and Arizona, I'm sure.
I understand your opinion, but I think you're being myopic. She had choices of lots of schools who would pay for her education and USC was the lucky recipient of her 3 years. She didn't redshirt as she started day 1 as a true Freshman. She was an intense competitor there, leader of her team, and she graduated from a tough university in 3 years. She still has a great relationship wih Coach Trakh as she has commented they still talk frequently. He is proud of her and supports her. I'm sure she is thick skinned and handled the chants, but my surprise they came from the USC band which represents their university.
I've only been to LA once, but as a native of greater New York, getting around LA is much more difficult.