[Brandwin]

I didn't even know this was possible. USC must think they are going to kill UCLA to give up two timeouts.

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LOS ANGELES-In a tip of the cap to the tradition of the UCLA-USC rivalry, Trojans head coach Pete Carroll has decided USC will wear its home cardinal jerseys Saturday at the Rose Bowl even though the move could cost the Trojans a time-out each half. “It’s something we’ve been thinking about for a while,” Carroll said on his website Monday. “From talking to coaches at UCLA over the years and seeing the teams wear their home jerseys growing up, it’s something we’re going to start up again this weekend. “This has always been a colorful match-up and we hope everyone enjoys this recognition of both the past and the present state of the rivalry.” Carroll and UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel had both favored teams wearing their home jerseys during discussions this season. But Neuheisel said earlier Monday that he thought the matter was dropped because of NCAA rules. “It’s exciting,” Neuheisel said Monday night after learning of Carroll’s decision. “I think wearing the home jerseys is a great tradition.” UCLA and USC both wore their home jerseys in the rivalry game until 1982. Under current NCAA rule 1-4-3-a, teams must wear contrasting colors with the visiting team wearing white. Teams violating the rule lose a time-out in each half. Pac-10 officials have made unsuccessful attempts in recent years to get the NCAA football rules committee to grant a waiver allowing conference schools to wear their home jerseys in rivalry games. However, Rogers Redding, the current secretary-editor of the NCAA football rules committee, recently told Pac-10 officials he thought there was some ambiguity in the rule and would reconsider the Pac-10 request, Pac-10 associate commissioner Jim Muldoon said. “He said he’d take a look at it,” Muldoon said. Pac-10 officials hope to have a decision from Redding, the SEC director of officials, on Tuesday. During Carroll and Neuheisel’s initial discussions Neuheisel said he planned on wasting a first-half time-out to give each team the same number of time-outs. But Neuheisel balked at the idea when he learned that the rule called for the loss of a time-out in each half. “In the second half for me, it’s too costly to be giving a time-out away,” Neuheisel said.