 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - vadzidzi veUSC nevatambi vanozivikanwa seVaTrojan, vanofananidzirwa neTrojan Shrine, inonzi Tommy Trojan, pedyo nepakati penzvimbo yekudzidzira. Kusvikira muna 1912, vadzidzi veUSC kunyanya vatambi vaizivikanwa seVanorwisa vaMethodist kana kuti vaWesley, kunyange zvazvo pasina zita rakagamuchirwa neyunivhesiti. Mukati mokusangana kunoshamisa nenhandare neYunivhesiti yeStanford, chikwata cheUSC chakarohwa nokukurumidza uye chinoratidzika kuva chinogumisa. Pashure pemitambo mishomanene yokutanga bedzi, zvaiita sezvisingabviri kuti USC yaizombokunda, asi chikwata chakarwa, chichikunda mitambo mizhinji yapashure, kuti chirasikirwe bedzi nomuganhu muduku. Pashure pomukwikwi uyu, Los Angeles Times munyori wenhau dzemitambo Owen Bird akashuma kuti vatambi veUSC varwa seTrojansyekare, uye purezidhendi weyunivhesiti panguva iyoyo, George F. Bovard, akabvumidza zita racho zviri pamutemo. 