Ben Malcolmson, a Daily Trojan sports reporter who has covered the USC football team for three years, made it onto the team as a walk-on. Cool! He tried out, just so he could write an article about the experience. He had no intention of actually making the team. Here’s his article about it. Excerpt:
But as many times as I have told the story - a silly undersized newspaper writer tries out for the football team without any objective of making it and then he actually makes the team - I still could not fathom what was going on. People across the country idolize USC football, and here I am now a player on that team.
It didn’t fully hit me until about a week after, and even then, the magnitude of it was overwhelming enough that I still had some disbelief inside of me.
I’m on the USC football team? This can’t be real.
I’ll forget about it and then all of a sudden, it hits me again - I’m on the USC football team.
This can’t be real.
Heh. Is it sacrilege to throw out a “Rudy” reference when we’re talking about USC? Yes, yes it is — and I’m going to do it anyway. BENNY! BENNY! :)
(Hat tip: Deadspin.)
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Categories: USC, College Football
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March 28th, 2006 at 3:52:52 pm
Maybe he’s just the right guy to push the running back into the endzone at the end of a close game.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:58:10 pm
They need someone on the team to boos that GPA.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:58:41 pm
boost
March 28th, 2006 at 4:01:35 pm
Still bitter, Jeff?
Gawd, you guys are unbelieveable.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:02:26 pm
P.S. HAHAHA, you called USC football players dumb, and then you misspelled “boost.” Priceless.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:08:35 pm
Who’s USC?
March 28th, 2006 at 4:25:55 pm
WON-DER-LIC! [clap clap clap clap clap]
WON-DER-LIC! [clap clap clap clap clap]
:)
March 28th, 2006 at 5:00:04 pm
I knew USC would have to rebuild, but brother.
Ben: The REAL Paper Lion. Paper Trojan. Paper whatever.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:16:47 pm
If they made that movie about a USC student no one would care. ND is America’s team. USC is just Hollywood’s team.
March 28th, 2006 at 7:26:19 pm
Perhaps people care because they make movies about them?
March 28th, 2006 at 7:47:03 pm
If they made that movie about a USC student no one would care. ND is America’s team. USC is just Hollywood’s team.
Would that be why USC-Texas garnered the best Rose Bowl ratings ever?
March 28th, 2006 at 11:07:12 pm
If the glove does not fit, you must acquit!
April 14th, 2006 at 10:53:18 am
I can not believe I missed this post and I am SO happy for Ben I damn near cried reading about his meeting with Pete and Lane.
I did the same thing at Nebraska in 1991 but could not stay at school due to a lack of finances.
Living the dream is such an amazing out of body experience that to this day I can still smell the air when I first ran out on the field at Memorial Stadium. Yes, I stumbled badly.1 lol But I was a Cornhusker for 3 months and that can never be taken away from.
April 20th, 2006 at 4:41:25 pm
YOYO Brendan….I think you met Ben way back when. He’s my little bro from my fraternity. I’m hoping he might save a spot for a slightly overweight ex-intramural stud quarterback. My dream could still be alive
Hope all is well!!!!