Three of USC's famed Song Girls -- hey, they're not cheerleaders -- will be featured in a reality show ridiculously named 'Hot Girls in Scary Places'. Yes, our culture is thoroughly down the tubes and they're all jumping in to be a part of it, for a chance at $10,000 of course.
E! will debut the program March 13, which, yes, is Friday the 13th. The program will feature the Song Girls tasked to accomplish several challenges in an allegedly haunted abandoned hospital. They should have some experience with that already, performing six times a year at an old stadium abandoned twice now by NFL teams.
This season we will be attending 10 of the USC Trojans' 12 Football games as the Men of Troy attempt to go wire-to-wire and win a third National Championship in five years. You can watch the game on television or read the box scores, so we'll be bringing you the Trojan Gameday experience each week!
If you thought that the USC football team was going through the motions on Saturday in what amounted to a glorified scrimmage on Saturday then you know how the fans felt... It was as if the 90,000 plus fans at the Coliseum were simply going through the motions of a typical gameday experience.
We showed up to the Coliseum early and got to meet former USC fullback and current ESPN 710 radio star Brandon Hancock at the Peristyle end of the Coliseum before the game.
After noshing on barbecue and using our three Cardinal and Gold Drink Tickets, the team finally arrived at the Coliseum for the Trojan Walk. Rey Maualuga was gentle with fans compared to the treatment he gave to his teammates this week!
Soon, Natalie Nelson will be headed East with husband Ryan Kalil to join the Carolina Panthers, but she took time to say a final goodbye to the Trojan Nation with an Exit Interview with WeAreSC.
The cheerleader, once linked romantically to Washington Redskin Dallas Sartz gained notoriety for cheering whilst Texas quarterback Vince Young scored a touchdown in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
But although the interview is hardly 60 Minutes, Nelson addresses the incident, claiming the mis-timed cheer never happened: One of the toughest things was definitely the Photoshopping. It was hard to see myself that way because none of the referees hands are up and I'm just there trying to get the crowd pumped up because everyone in the stands was nervous we were going to lose because they were right in front of us."
Interestingly, "photoshopped" is the same answer we were given by the head of the Song Girls when one of them exposed her John David on national television during the 2007 Rose Bowl.
Do I need to say more? Normally we'd have a more creative headline but c'mon, no hook is needed here.
Weezer once sang "if you want to destroy my sweater, hold this thread as I walk away". Well, if you want to see the Song Girls without their sweaters, click this link and then walk away.
A UCLA fan at the website TrojanHatersClub website snapped these photos while on to USC campus. The university was holding its annual Swim With Mike fundraiser and bikini-clad Song Girls just so happen to be part of the festivities. It should also be noted that USC football coach Pete Carroll challenged and beat actor Will Ferrell (a USC alum) in a race at the pool (more pictures at THC's link).
NFL scouts think they know him, but they're wrong ...
Ryan Kalil: senior center, USC
WHAT NFL SCOUTS ARE SAYING
Pro Football Weekly: The most athletic center in the draft, he maximizes his ability with tremendous savvy and football smarts. Great football character. Unselfish team player. Good work ethic. Has NFL bloodlines and a great understanding of the game. Tremendous football intelligence --- makes all the line calls and adjustments. Is a little undersized. Is not an overpowering in-line blocker.
Street and Smith's: Agile and able to work in space on the second level. Excellent technique and is like a coach on the field. Has a problem with massive defensive tackles, but has the frame to get bigger.
PROBABLY GETTING DRAFTED ...
Middle first to early second round. Kalil is the consensus top center, much like Ohio State's Nick Mangold last year. Mangold did well for the Jets, indirectly boosting Kalil's draft stock. The NFL rarely drafts centers in the first round, but Kalil's about as good as they come at the position and won't fall very far if he isn't a first rounder. GUY WHO WATCHED HIM FOR FOUR YEARS IS SAYING
The NFL guys pretty much have him pegged here. Kalil is the complete package. His father played in the NFL so he knows how things work. He's a three-year starter who led the inner attack on one of the best collegiate lines ever assembled in 2005. Easily beat out Jeff Byers - considered the best high school lineman in a generation and the Parade Magazine Player of the Year - as an inexperienced sophomore in 2004. Has an easygoing and affable personality with zero character concerns. Oozes leadership.
Will give his all and looks to be a great investment as a player who can make a 10-year career or more in the NFL. Very light on his feet, moves quickly as a pass blocker but can also get nasty and drive block or quickly disengage and push to the second level to spring longer running plays.
Bonus video below: Kalil hanging with the USC Song Girls at their "Boot Camp" Sorry, No Photos
MTV had the strange idea of pairing three fiiiiine Song Girls with Three Six Mafia. On Spring Break. In Mexico.
Check out their adventures here (click on "Three 6 Mafia's Spring Break") to watch over two minutes of ... stuff.
I'm still digesting all of it, but it went something like this:
Yap yap yap. Strangeness. Yap yap yap. Sea lion. Strangeness. Bikinis. Wild baby pig. Song Girl outfits. Wheeeee. And this shocker that I thought I'd never hear women say about men: "they would not stop talking at all. Blab blab blab blab blab".
Bonus trivia: the Song Girl on the left is the sister of the famous confused Song Girl last seen cheering for Texas in the 2006 Rose Bowl national championship game. Anyway, enjoy this picture of the Song Girls. In Hawaii. In Bikinis - to wash this all down.
Three of USC's famed Song Girls -- hey, they're not cheerleaders -- will be featured in a reality show ridiculously named 'Hot Girls in Scary Places'. Yes, our culture is thoroughly down the tubes and they're all jumping in to be a part of it, for a chance at $10,000 of course.
