Listen Now!  (2:03 Minutes)

Download the MP3  (0.7 MB)

• More Pasadena Star-News Podcasts
• Podcast/iTunes FAQ
• Download the Latest iTunes Software

Rule change might allow USC, UCLA to both wear home jerseys in game.

The return of UCLA and USC each wearing home jerseys during their annual football game could happen for the 2009 meeting, if legislation introduced by the Pacific-10 Conference is passed early next year.

Two other times a Pac-10 recommendation was struck down to change the NCAA rule, which states one team must wear white jerseys to avoid confusion on the part of the officials.

However, this time the 13-member American Football Coaches Association rules committee has one of the Pac-10's own - Oregon coach Mike Bellotti - to help push the change through.

"We think we have a really good chance of it happening this time," said a UCLA official who asked not to be identified.

Currently, a team is charged a timeout at the beginning of each half for failing to comply with the rule. However, the rule may be rewritten to state the jerseys of each team must contrast, like UCLA's powder blue and USC's cardinal   Read Full Article...