Cal Vs. Stanford Is the <i> Real</i> ‘Big Game’
In “Topic A” (Nov. 16), Pamela Warrick refers to the annual UCLA/USC game as “The Big Game.” You owe an apology to all students and alumni of UC Berkeley and Stanford University.
“The Big Game” has referred to the Cal/Stanford game for well over five decades, and the usurpation of this title by the lesser Southern California schools is a considerable insult.
UCLA has already stolen the colors, mascot and fight song from the University of California (while I’m sure that USC simply bought theirs). Let them create their own title. The UCLA students should be clever enough, anyway.
Please set the record straight. UCLA/USC may be a big game, but it is not The Big Game; never has been, never will.
Go Bears!
STEPHAN TEODOROVICH
Culver City
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