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This week we hit up the West Coast as we examine the two hottest schools in Los Angeles- the University of Southern California and the University of California- Los Angeles. Amidst the beautiful SoCal climate and a city rife with movie sets and superstars, private USC and public UCLA compete to find out which is most elite in the City of Angels.

1. Superior Sport

USC – The Trojans are known as “the football school” and have been awarded the NCAA national title in football eleven times, including back-to-back titles in 2003 and 2004.  They are perennially ranked in the Top 10 football programs in the BCS by ESPN, USA Today, and other publications. And Trojans have taken home the Heisman Trophy seven times.
UCLA - Meanwhile, the Bruins are known as powerhouses in basketball–also earning eleven NCAA titles. Seven of these championships were won consecutively, from 1967-1973.  UCLA is also the all-time leader in total NCAA national titles across all sports.

Meanwhile, the Lexus Gauntlet is an annual all-sports competition between the two schools sponsored by Lexus. Points are awarded for every victory (particularly in head-to-head match ups)  in NCAA-sanctioned competitions, with the school with the most points declared as the winner. (There is also a separate Lexus Gauntlet awarded to the winner of the Stanford-Berkeley rivalry.)  In the eight years of Lexus Gauntlet tradition, USC has walked away with five titles.

Three credits to: TIE.  The two schools pulled a draw in NCAA titles in their respective predominant sport.  On the one hand, the Lexus Gauntlet record gives the Trojans the edge, but UCLA also has the most NCAA titles of any school. Too close to call!! Read More »

After watching some weird 80’s flashback episode of Gossip Girl, I was hoping for something a little more…er… modern entertaining when it came to The Hills last night. And besides that weird sequins headband thingy that Steph wore (and that I also wore in 1994 to a dance recital) MTV came through for me once again.

Unlike last week’s episode where nothing really happened, there was a whole lot of action last night. And everyone was at work! This is only the 2nd time we’ve seen anyone working this season. The cast has been too busy jet-setting to get anything done and I really sorta forgot that people in L.A. even have jobs. I figured they just celebrated birthday parties, went clubbing and stayed in fancy resorts in Hawaii year round.

Anyways, people were working. And people, lots of people, were getting the boot. Read More »

Is that really Kate Winslet?

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Bush is so over the White House.

Who did Sarah Palin vote for? She’s not telling!

Looks like the joke’s on us, ladies. We were all tossing and turning last night worried about the fate of our dear Brody and Doug in jail, only to learn that they were not arrested.

They were in CASINO jail pressing charges against someone for pussy punching Doug and dumping a bloody mary on Brody. MTV, I hate you.

The real drama of the episode had nothing to do with jail at all. It had to do with Audrina, runny mascara and Spencer officially going down as the biggest jerk of all time.

Let’s begin with Spencer (because I can’t hold it in anymore). I would just like to ask – again – if anyone else remembers that time when Spencer was down and out over his breakup with Barbie and he turned to his sister for help. He did not clean up after himself. He never really left the couch. So now he has Heidi’s sis on his couch (or in his “office,” as he refers to it) for 48 hours and he won’t stop crying about it. Read More »

Holy drama. It looks like the crew from The Hills is battling the whole “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” thang. There was some major shiz goin’ down in the City of Sin that is definitely goin’ back to L.A. with these kids.

Before you get all “Awww, Stephanie cried! She does have a heart,” on me, let’s discuss. Yes, I did feel sorta bad for the girl when she started crying into her filet mignon at dinner, but I can’t hate on Brody for making the girl crack. She started the whole scene by calling him out; what did she expect to happen? Her intent was to make him look bad and he just flipped it back around on her.

Everyone else is hating on Brody now for making a girl (or devil) cry, but I got your back, Brody. You and Audrina. Read More »

I have been following the life of Lauren Conrad since she was livin’ in her palatial mansion back in Laguna Beach and crushing on (questionably gay) Stephen Coletti. In that time, I have watched every episode on the edge of my seat, screaming at the TV for one reason or another, after which I would write up my a recap and post it to this site.

Well, tonight I decided to do things a little differently. In honor of the premiere of the 4th season of The Hills, I will be bloggin’ it live. No more editing my thoughts from the privacy of my computer. Nope; those bad boys are coming at you in the moment.

So, watch with me as we follow the lives of our favorite L.A. ladies and feel free to IM me at CollegeCandy27 if you too have something (mean) to say to Lo, or the sudden urge to reach into your TV and smack Heidi across that plastic thing she calls a face.

9:13 PM: Only 47 minutes to go. I suppose I can watch a little Olympic Beach Volleyball while I wait…or make an ice cream sundae! Calories don’t count when you’re watching not-so-reality TV, right?

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