Month: January 2009
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MONTGOMERY GORED
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Winner of 7 straight at Pauley with Stanford, Mike Montgomery, now the Cal Coach, gets marked down, 81-66 So maybe Mike Montgomery DOESN’T have the key to Pauley Pavilion. After dominating the Bruins at Pauley during a 7-year stretch with the Cardinal, the new Bear Coach got a rude awakening…
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SAME SHIPP, DIFFERENT DAY
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Losing (to) Isaiah: Bruins lose 5th straight in Seattle despite a career-high 25 points from Josh Shipp; Huskies’ Isaiah Thomas harasses UCLA for 24 points, as Washington assumes the lead in the Pac-10 with an 86-75 victory Yes, there was a Husky disparity at the foul line. But that is…
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SNUFF THE MAGIC DRAGO
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Nikola Dragovic smokes 6 three’s to spark the Bruins to a 15-point lead, before the Cougars go on the (Niko-tine) patch, and fly all the way back, but flame out, 61-59 The Cougars were able to put out a fire, but they still got burned. UCLA’s Nikola Dragovic hit 6…
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PRISONERS OF THEIR OWN DEV-ICE
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Bruins go cold as pink champagne on ice against the Sun Devils, who live it up at the Hotel Pauley-fornia with a 61-58 O.T. win — For ASU: What a nice surprise; For UCLA: Bring your alibis. Was that the worst drought in UCLA History? With 8 minutes left and with a 54-43…
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BRUINS PUT THE HURT ON ‘ZONA, CARROLL PUTS THE DIRT ON SANCHEZ
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Bitter trojan Coach bemoans his QB’s early departure, then UCLA forces the early departure of Wildcat fans from Pauley in 83-60 blowout [COMMENTS NOW ENABLED] Hey High School Football Recruits: If you want to play for a Coach who won’t support you, and won’t have your back, but WILL spitefully cost you millions and…
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HOLIDAY’S GALEN PARTY IS SEALED BY ST. NIK
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The Bruins Deck the (Heritage) Hallsters with a 64-60 slay-ride, improving to 3-0 at the Galen Center; Life of the Party Jrue Holiday, Darren (No “L”) Collison and Virgin (to Starting) Nikola Dragovic are the brightest stars Does that mean that Ben Howland is the 1 Wise Man in this town? UCLA owns the Galen Center. …
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TROJAN FORCED TO USE TROJAN FAILS TO PRODUCE
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Inconceivable: Deep Playoff run expected to be erected by Jeff Fisher is aborted by injury that thrust LenDale White into the crucial role of Tennessee’s primary ballcarrier The last time a Coach relied on LenDale White, it was 4th and Short, White CAME up short, and SC came up short against Vince…
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TROJANS UNPREPARED FOR BEAVERS, AGAIN
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Looking past the Beavers to UCLA, heavily-favored sc chokes in Corvallis (just like football), bringing Oregon State’s 23-game Pac-10 losing streak to a happy ending Are they allergic to Beavers? You would think that after their Football team’s upset loss in Corvallis earlier this year — a loss which cost…
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HEAD FIRST
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HEAD START: Laying 69 on Beavers is just foreplay, but Bruins can taste what would go down as their 4th straight Pac-10 Title Don’t worry — No one is getting overly excited about stuffing the lowly Beavers in the Conference opener. Oregon State lost ALL 18 of their Pac-10 games…
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GONNA WASH THAT ‘JAN RIGHT OUTTA MY ‘AIR
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Orkin should fumigate 70% of the Rose Bowl and try to remove the residue of Classlessness from the trOJans’ sideline/dancefloor Why can’t people who have “been there before” ACT like they have been there before? Thanks to the trojans’ annual choke during the Pac-10 season, they keep winding up in a consolation…