I went on the “Traveler hates thursdays” podcast, a USC Trojan pod, to talk about Texas football, the upcoming rematch between the programs, and some other stuff.
I made my “Athens v Sparta” metaphor while describing some of the difficulties that programs like Texas and USC have in fielding physical, tough-minded football teams. In hindsight that’s rather ironic since their program is nicknamed for another ancient culture that went down to the Greeks and then, per legend, colonized and established the ultra-martial Roman culture that conquered everyone.
We also talk 2006 Rose Bowl, expectations for these Trojan and Longhorn squads, and predictions on the game.