Actors at Games
December 1, 2011
When you watch the games on TV you can see a few famous people, especially actors. Matt McConaghy is often seen in Austin attending Texas Aggie games. Coach McCartney's actress daughter Jenny McCartney used to be a presence along Colorado's sideline and in the locker room.
As is often the case, this trend started in Los Angeles. Thanks to USC's famous film school and former USC players like Wayne Duke, many Hollywood stars would show up at the Coliseum for games.
Of course it wasn't just the USC football team that these stars would follow. They were also big fans, as we all are, of the USC Song Girls. And, eventually, some of these stars began to have relationships with the Song Girls.
This led to a scandalous situation that had to be hushed up, when one of the most famous TV stars of the 1960s had a fling with one of the Song Girls. The star's TV show was quickly canceled and he was out of work. In order to keep the affair quiet, USC gave the TV star a job at the school.
And that's how the USC mascot Traveler came to be portrayed by the famous yet scandal-plagued Mr. Ed.
And now you know the rest of the story.