If you don’t take the UCLA-USC rivalry seriously then you really have no idea what it’s all about. While some fans can be civil towards each other, others express nothing but animosity. Having a bunch of dudes drinking all day probably doesn’t help matters either, especially when it comes to dueling tailgates.
Three men were arrested for their role in a big ass brawl that took place in the tailgating area outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Saturday night. The brawl apparently involved 50-75 people and was incited by an errant throw in a football game. Some of the people involved say it was more an issue of drunks looking to fight rather than a USC-UCLA thing.
The dude who busted out a knife — Arturo Cisneros — was being held on attempted murder charges, while Joshua Elder and Steven Radu were suspected of assaulting police officers. While it’s instinctual for many people to defend themselves, their group, and their manhood, keep in mind you never know who might be carrying a knife, or worse yet, a gun. Some guy is being looked at for attempted murder, but another has a knife tip stuck in his cheekbone. Not exactly something with which I’d like to deal.
