The Hyundai Sun Bowl pits the USC Trojans against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on December 31. Its not the flashiest or most exciting matchups of the bowl season, with Tech coming in at 6-7 and needing a waiver to participate in the post season. The Trojans, meanwhile, had much bigger aspirations before a disappointing 7-5 2012 campaign and they are wearing their disappointment at being in the Sun Bowl on their sleeves. This time, it came in the form of standing up Georgia Tech for a Sun Bowl dinner Wednesday night.
According to reports, the Trojans showed up more than 90 minutes late for a bowl-sponsored function that was supposed to feature both teams. By the time USC arrived, Tech had already returned to their hotel for the evening. Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson reportedly did not take the snub lightly.
USC is downplaying the event, citing a series of unfortunate events led to the team showing up so late for the dinner. A late flight into El Paso led to a later than scheduled practice and that late practice forced the team to be delayed in getting to the dinner. However, no matter the reasons behind it, its just another embarrassing PR snafu for the Trojans at the Sun Bowl.
First, it was linebacker Tony Burnett who sent out a tweet shortly after the Trojans Sun Bowl bid was announced where he criticized the city of El Paso. Then on Wednesday, defensive tackle Leonard Williams tweeted that El Paso was a (expletive) city. Now, they cant even bother to show up to bowl functions on time because of late practices.
According to reports, the Trojans showed up more than 90 minutes late for a bowl-sponsored function that was supposed to feature both teams. By the time USC arrived, Tech had already returned to their hotel for the evening. Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson reportedly did not take the snub lightly.
USC is downplaying the event, citing a series of unfortunate events led to the team showing up so late for the dinner. A late flight into El Paso led to a later than scheduled practice and that late practice forced the team to be delayed in getting to the dinner. However, no matter the reasons behind it, its just another embarrassing PR snafu for the Trojans at the Sun Bowl.
First, it was linebacker Tony Burnett who sent out a tweet shortly after the Trojans Sun Bowl bid was announced where he criticized the city of El Paso. Then on Wednesday, defensive tackle Leonard Williams tweeted that El Paso was a (expletive) city. Now, they cant even bother to show up to bowl functions on time because of late practices.
