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Bruins, Trojans Begin Tailgating Nearly 12 Hours Before UCLA, USC Rose Bowl Game

USC, represented at left by its Tommy Trojan, and UCLA, by the Bruin Statue at right, are tied for 23rd place in the U.S. News National University Rankings. (Credit: left, Los Angeles Times; right, KTLA)

Rivalries between the University of Southern California’s Trojans and University of California, Los Angeles’ Bruins continued to heat up before the teams played against one another at the Rose Bowl Saturday.