Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast V
As discussed in previous factoid feasts, my searches through football history sometimes lead me to topics that are too important to ignore but too minor to Tidbit. Such nuggets are factoids, three of which are shared with you today.
Riding the Big Bus to Berkeley
USC football fans could not take commercial flights to football games in 1921, but a transportation experience nearly as exciting came along that year: the bus. Kimball planned to open a factory in Long Beach to make trucks and buses, so what could be more exciting than riding one of their products up to Berkeley for a football game?
The ride would be exciting, and the tour group charges 40% less than a railroad fare. In addition, the trip took 16 hours, only one hour more than by train.
Unfortunately for Southern Cal rooters, the Trojans fell 38-7 to the Bears, making for a long bus ride home.
When Northwestern Was Chicago's Team
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