Amid 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey’s MVP-caliber season, the 27-year-old was forced to recall his electric Stanford days.
When signing merchandise for Fanatics’ social media team, the Cardinal great was met by a USC Trojans hat, which McCaffrey hilariously disapproved of.
“What the hell?” McCaffrey laughed in wonder. “This is why you guys are doing this? I’m not signing that.”
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Initially, McCaffrey refused to sign the hat. But his creative expertise took over.
“You know what I’ll put?” McCaffrey villainously asked. “I’ll look up the score of the Pac-12 Championship game from 2015. Trying to pull a quick one on me? Who’s the USC guy here? No one? Camera guy? You guys Pac-12?”
McCaffrey continued his reverse prank on Fanatics and Trojan fans by listing his dominant stats from Stanford and USC’s Pac-12 title game in 2015.
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“Stanford 41, USC 22,” McCaffrey recited aloud. “Let’s just look up some info on the game. I don’t know if I even remember this game. CMC, 461 all-purpose yards, receiving touchdown, rush touchdown, pass touchdown.”
McCaffrey broke Barry Sanders’ single-season all-purpose yards record in the performance, finishing with 3,864 total yards. In the record-setting game, he posted 207 yards rushing, 105 yards receiving, and 149 yards on kick and punt returns, while also throwing a touchdown pass.
While leading San Francisco to its impressive 11-4 record, McCaffrey had to protect his Cardinal pride with his trolling of the Trojans.
Fanatics thought it could pull a fast one on the Stanford star, but McCaffrey refused to be caught sleeping.