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The Biz of Football :: Part of the ... found this 10/19/2007 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]
October 19, 2007 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- The plane carrying USC's football team to South Bend plummeted during a severe thunderstorm, forcing the pilot to abort his first landing attempt. There were about 125 people, including 82 players, on the chartered flight Thursday night for the cross country trip for Saturday's game. "That was terrifying," fullback Stanley Havili told the Los Angeles ... [link]

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USC Football Team Nearly Experiece Tragic Plane Crash
Published 10/19/2007 by Bill Jordan at The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... on their way to another game when they boarded the plane to head to South Bend to face Notre Dame, but they received a flight that they will never forget.  Since there was a storm in South Bend, the pilot had to abort his first landing attempt.  Many players, including fullback Stanley Havili, admitted thinking that they were going to die.Football is the last thing that most of these players are thinking about for the time being, as reported by Yahoo! Sports:Some passengers were thrown from their seats by turbulence as ...

THE NICKELODEON: PLAY LIKE A WHAT?
Published 10/23/2007 by DCScrap at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
Normally I call it a day once The After Party is posted, but this came across my RSS reader courtesy of EDSBS. If Notre Dame wasn't inspired by God almost crashing the USC plane, this will surely do the trick.Touchdown Jesus! ... after the jump. ...

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