It’s USC-UCLA week which means the main statues on each campus get extra protection from vandalism. USC duct tapes the entire Tommy Trojan statue and has students stand guard round-the-clock.
(SbB Girl Cecilia in front of Tommy Trojan statue on USC campus)
UCLA has no such student guard patrols, and only drapes a tarp over the Bruin to prevent vandalism.
(SbB Girl Jenna next to Bruin Bear tarp on UCLA campus)
The result? The L.A. TIMES reports USC students plundered the UCLA symbol overnight, drenching it with gallons of Cardinal & Gold paint. It’s the first time I can remember the statue getting vandalized, so you know what that means: TV News choppers!
I’m happy to report that several USC fans have enthusiastically sent me more previously unseen photos of the Bruin Bear vandalized in red and yellow paint.
Not that exciting I’m sure for you. But you haven’t been watching UCLA football all season.
7:30 pm on November 25th, 2009
Paint? That’s so classy. Cal Tech students would have been much more creative.
9:02 pm on November 25th, 2009
ya they would have gave it a virus
6:52 am on November 26th, 2009
USC 1, UCLA 0.
11:44 am on November 26th, 2009
Typical USC defendants. I guess they laid off their go to - spray paint and went with a bucket of paint instead.
11:58 am on November 26th, 2009
Why is the mascot a full grown bear? Shouldn’t it be a cub since they’re bruins? Does ucla have anything original that’s not from CAL?
12:13 pm on November 26th, 2009
about USC or UCLA, and pranks happen with every college rivalry, lets get a story about some real teams please…
12:33 pm on November 26th, 2009
Seriously—who cares about a bunch of statues? Bring back the SbB girls!