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Former UCLA football coach Terry Donahue remembers climbing up the tower overlooking the Bruins' practice field, trying to stay dry. That, he said, is how "over the wall" day began in 1980. The Bruins were coming off a victory over USC and were preparing to play Oregon State in Japan in their season finale. "The players thought it would be a good idea to throw the coaches in the shower, then ... [link]

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Published 4/17/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... , which ended after stretching exercises when players — continuing a spring tradition — took a self-imposed day off. The tradition started under former coach Terry Donahue, and he explains how it all began. ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 4/17/08
Published 4/17/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Carrot Top couldn’t do it, it just can’t be done.) He did star in a play, however, where he plays someone who tries to kill someone, a role no one on the ND offensive line played last year in any way. We remain unimpressed. Call us when he’s ballsy enough to do ballet in a dress, baby, like Florida alum and Titan Ben Troupe: That’s Motherfucking Mother Ginger to you, punk. ANARCHY!!! Terry Donohue explains the origins of the “over-the-wall” tradition at UCLA. “The ...

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