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You have been challenged, Trojan fans.

ESPN College GameDay host Chris Fowler let it be known last Saturday on Twitter that your school, the University of Southern California, would be bestowed the honor of having College GameDay on site on Saturday.

Though GameDay is coming to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the seventh time, they aren’t coming because of your Trojans. ESPN’s crew of Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Erin Andrews will be in town to find out how good Oregon is, the team you’ve previously known more for their crazy uniform combinations than the football they play.

USC will be hosting the green, yellow, black and maybe silver of the Oregon Ducks, who took over the No. 1 ranking in the country for the first time in school history on Oct. 17.

But Fowler didn’t just drop information about GameDay’s next destination. He also called you out: “Not sure how much passion to expect from Troy fans, but we r not writing 'em off.”

And he was right to do so.

Los Angeles is known for its lackadaisical fan attitude with fans showing up late and leaving early. But for one of the premier college football programs to average 14,755 empty seats through their first three home games is disgraceful.

Do you think a powerhouse in the SEC, the conference you loathe so much, would have over 44,000 empty seats in three games? Not even close.

Even at Lane Kiffin’s last stop, Tennessee, they pack the stadium regardless of whether the team is good or bad. The Vols may be 2-5 this season, but they’ve shown far more spirit than you Trojan fans.

In four home games, the Volunteer faithful have showed up in droves to watch their team dashed by Oregon, Florida and Alabama. They’ve had less than 3,000 empty seats the entire season and have twice went over the Neyland Stadium capacity that is listed on the Tennessee athletic web site.

Sure there are plenty of fun things to do in Los Angeles. But there will be nothing Saturday night that will compare to the USC-Oregon game. Your team is trying to maintain its role as the Pac-10’s alpha male. Oregon is attempting to shove you off of your perch atop the conference.

Are you going to show up to support your team and tell the quacks the foreign territory they are stepping into is not welcoming? Or are you going to sit in front of your television and watch the Ducks roll up another 600 yards like they did last year on Halloween?

The Coliseum should be a place teams fear entering because of the six…err…five giant jerseys in the peristyle end representing past Heisman Trophy winners. Teams should fear the history of 11 national championships.

Oregon has neither a Heisman Trophy nor national championship trophy to display.

Come loud on Saturday and make sure they don’t have a chance to change that later this year. Just because USC can’t go to the BCS title game doesn’t mean we can’t spoil other teams’ Glendale dreams.

There has been a grassroots movement started amongst Trojan fans on Twitter for a “Red Out.” Make it happen. Spread the word. Wear your cardinal. Enjoy as much as 11 hours of tailgating and come loud.

Come loud and come angry. Oregon did whatever they wanted to your Trojans last year. They scored 47 points and won by the largest margin in the Pete Carroll era (27 points). The Ducks had less than 60,000 fans squished into Autzen Stadium, but just as their t-shirts proclaimed, they made it “Fright Night” for USC.

What are you going to do in retaliation this year? Are you going to show up in full effect, decked out in your cardinal ready to prove Fowler wrong and ruin Oregon’s championship dreams or are you going to be at home prepping for a costume party?

The night before Halloween don’t dress up as a Trojan fan unless you are ready to come and prove it.

Answer the challenge.

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