(Legend has it that most of it blew back onto them or toward Exposition Park, no doubt a boon for the rose garden.) As Trojans plotted the sabotage of the Daily Bruin, UCLA fans paid a helicopter pilot to drop manure on Tommy Trojan. When it comes to USC-UCLA pranks, autumn 1958 holds an infamous place in the record books. (Photo/Courtesy of University Archives) All the Rivalry That’s Fit to Print 24, 1958, edition of the Daily Trojan recounts the successful USC-UCLA prank. The driver - a USC student - was already headed back downtown, armed with a story destined for Trojan Family lore. ![]() ![]() By the time UCLA students realized that fake copies of the Daily Bruin were all over campus, it was too late. In fact, Trojan conspirators had been covertly watching the truck’s progress all morning. No one paid much attention to the truck as it dutifully dropped off newspapers across the Westwood campus - or so it seemed. The paper’s headline read “Beat SC!!!” Then he headed back out. He handed the staff copies from the top of the stack. The driver stopped first at the Daily Bruin office. He handed the UCLA security guard a copy of the day’s paper to read, explaining that the regular driver was sick. Stacks of the Daily Bruin were bundled in the back of his truck. Nothing unusual stood out about the newspaper delivery driver, aside from looking unfamiliar.ĭressed in a workman’s tan shirt and slacks, he pulled up to the UCLA entrance just like any other morning.
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