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It ain't easy being green

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

St. Patrick's Day is for the wearing of the green. But not just any green. Not the green in East Lansing or the green in Pete Carroll's pocket. We're talking about the green that Carroll and the USC Trojans see in the eyes of their opponents every autumn Saturday. Not the environmental green, which has its good points, or the Tulane Green Wave, who haven't scored enough points, or the North Texas Mean Green, who can't stop anyone from scoring points. No, this is about the green that connotes j ...

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