{"id":156,"date":"2017-01-07T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.evanyamoto.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2017-01-07T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:02:00","slug":"enduring-conquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/07\/enduring-conquest\/","title":{"rendered":"Enduring Conquest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that turned out as well it could have and USC is the 2017 Rose Bowl champion!<\/p>\n

\"Rose<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I wasn’t sure if they could come back after a crazy third quarter by Penn State. \u00a0It seemed like SC was losing battles to the refs as well as the turf and all of the “bounces” were not going our way. \u00a0And when we lost Adoree’ to injury and Cam Smith to a questionable targeting call, things were looking bad. \u00a0But we still had Sam Darnold and because of him, we’re always in the fight.<\/p>\n

I know this is a terrible, blurry picture but that’s also why I like it. \u00a0When the winning field goal went through, it was incredible. \u00a0Fans young and old were jumping in joy and strangers were hugging in the stands. \u00a0I couldn’t count how many random people gave me a high five or said\u00a0“Fight On!” on the way out.<\/p>\n

\"Rose<\/p>\n

It was one of the most fun and exciting games I’ve seen in person. \u00a0The stadium itself has improved a little, but despite the great game, I still hate this place.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I have to say that the Penn State players, coaches and fans were class acts. \u00a0One of the best things I’ve ever read was from this fan and columnist:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/pennstatefootball\/index.ssf\/2017\/01\/usc_band_conquest_psu_rose_bow.html<\/a><\/p>\n

But you know what the very worst part is? You take in the whole scene in despondence, the USC fans mimicking the trumpet flourishes with their “Oh-oo<\/em>-oh-ooooo” <\/em>and the incomparable Song Girls in their white sweaters calmly punching the air with a V for victory in all their confident perfection. And you allow yourself the fleeting thought:<\/p>\n

If you’d been born into their tribe and their golden land, you’d love<\/em> being one of them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, that turned out as well it could have and USC is the 2017 Rose Bowl champion! I have to admit that I wasn’t sure if they could come back after a crazy third quarter by Penn State. \u00a0It seemed like SC was losing battles to the refs as well as the turf and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-entertainment","tag-usc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanyamoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}