USC’s football team is headed to Boulder this weekend to face The University of Colorado on their home turf.Colorado’s team has drawn a lot of attention with flashy Super Bowl winner Deion Sanders in the Head Coach position.. and his son on the team! So Saturday’s game is expected to draw star power with LeBron James, Matthew McConaughey, and Jay Z and other celebrities rumored to attend.
The 9 am kickoff will not deter USC students from showing their support or completing their game day traditions. Some Trojans plan on waking up early to watch the game at home on TV, while others are packing their bags and preparing to board flights for Boulder.
Walker Blackwell: We’re going to watch USC dominate.
That’s Walker Blackwell. He is a freshman studying theater and he takes game day very seriously. This week’s early start time made him change his pre-game rituals. Because usually he’d be partying at a tailgate, or drinking with friends But this Saturday morning...
Walker Blackwell: I think it’s more of a spiritual preparation. You know, we have the jerseys. We we have a cheesehead. My roommate’s a big Green Bay fan, so. Yeah. So it’s all in the heart.
Kaleb Manske has the team in his heart, and wallet. He’s a videographer for the USC football team.
Manske studies film and television production and will be with the team on their early morning flight. And his pregame will be very different from other students.
Kaleb Manske: I mean, considering the game is at nine in the morning, I don’t think I’ll be drinking before that. Plus, I probably shouldn’t go to work while I’m drunk.
Yeah, you don’t want to fall asleep on the job. It’s hard enough to wake up before nine for the game.
Courtney Woloson: I don’t even wake up that early for class. So this is going to be a marathon for sure.
That’s Courtney Woloson. She is a senior studying Philosophy, Politics, and Law. Despite still not having a ticket to the actual game, she’ll fly to Boulder tomorrow morning and Woloson is determined to make it to all of the pre-game festivities.
Courtney Woloson: I’m not even sure what to expect. I don’t know what time we’ll be rolling out of the house and going to tailgates, but I could imagine that it’s around, you know, seven or eight in the morning, which is aggressive.
Aggression is what we want to see from the Trojans on the field. Let’s hope the football players can also be awake at 9 am.
For Annenberg Media, I am Sana Mahmud.