USC and UCLA: The Tailgating Scene

UCLA football fans dance outside the Rose Bowl during a tailgate party.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

USC football fans dance on campus during the tailgate party before the Oregon game.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

UCLA fans Ashley Fords, left, and Sarah Cox prepare a stylish picnic outside the Rose Bowl.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

USC fans gather around the keg before the game.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

UCLA fans dance outside the Rose Bowl before the Washington State game.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

USC fans give the traditional kick to the pole while leaving the campus tailgate party to go to the Coliseum.  (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

Rich Anderson holds a beer bong for fellow UCLA fans before the USC/UCLA game in 2006.  (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

Is that Tommy Trojan? USC fan Andy Ortiz wears a custom-made helmet while commiserating with Oregon fans before the game.   (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)

UCLA fans Jenny Ramos and Jose Duarte dance in front of a mariachi band before football game against USC in 2006.  (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

USC fans chant anti-UCLA songs before the start of the big game in 2006.  (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

UCLA fan Dan Gingerich operates a homemade gas-powered blender at a Rose Bowl tailgate party in 2002.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

USC football fans pay their respects to the beer bong before a game at the Coliseum in 2007.  (Axel Koester / For The Times)