1964, Los Angeles Coliseum. The Irish headed to California as the top-ranked team in the country and built a 17-0 halftime lead, but left with a shocking last-minute defeat. Facing fourth-and-8 with 1:33 to go, Craig Fertig (Todd Marinovich's uncle) hit Rod Sherman with a 15-yard touchdown pass for the win. or..... 1974. USC trailed 24-0 late in the first half against the nation's top-ranked defense. But with 10 seconds remaining before halftime, Anthony Davis scored on a 7-yard pass from Pat Haden. The two-point conversion failed, and the Trojans trailed 24-6 at the half. Davis took the opening kick of the second half 102 yards to open the floodgates for USC, which scored 35 points in the third quarter. Davis scored twice on short runs and Haden threw TD passes of 18 and 45 yards to Johnny McKay. Less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Trojans scored twice more on a 16-yard pass from Haden to Shelton Diggs and a Charles Phillips' 58-yard interception return for a touchdown. Ara retired 2 weeks after that game. It's still a bitter rivalry but Ara was a great one.
Sam Shepard. Nobody mentioned the poor feller. I guess he kept his ALS diagnosis private. Great, understated actor and prolific writer.
