Author: ucladavid
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THE HEADLESS HORNSMEN FALL SHORT
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Longhorn LEGEND Colt McCoy gets injured early, and Texas falls behind by 18, before giving SLEEPY Alabama a scare, and then a HOLLOW win, 37-21 The Alabama Crimson Tide are the BCS National Champions, because they were able to do what usc couldn’t: They held off a furious comeback in the Rose Bowl by the…
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“DON’T THROW THAT AWAY, IT’S A ROLL-OVER MINUTE!”
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Emergency Break-through: Off-the-hook Michael Roll takes Jerime Anderson off the hook, by saving JA’s blocked pass and cranking in the game-winner with 1.9 seconds left in Overtime, as 15-point underdog UCLA disconnects Cal like a dropped call, 76-75 Boy, did Cal dial a wrong number. How about “11%.” That’s what the…
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TROJANS GO F*CK THEMSELVES
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USC Assumes The Mercenary Position: The Pro-jan Basketball team gets bent over and pounded from behind by a self-imposed spanking, as Southern Cal FINALLY admits that they paid a player, but only in an effort to save the Football program from getting Screwed to Death by the NCAA Yeah, just call…
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FOGG-HORNE BEG, MOURN
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Fogg-Horne, Leg up: Flogged, torn, by Fogg, Horne, UCLA lays an egg, getting cold-cocked 77-63 in their own roost by Arizona, as Wildcats Kyle Fogg, Jamelle Horne — and Derrick Williams — scramble the Bruins with an early wake-up call Cock-a-doodle-don’t. The momentum of a three-game winning streak and a 1-and-0…
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NEW YEAR’S BLOCKIN’ EVE
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Happy New Jer, 20(1-0): Jerime Anderson refuses to let the ball drop, with a game-saving block as the Countdown hits zero, in UCLA’s 72-70 victory over ASU that skyrockets the Bruins to 1-0 in the Pac-10 and 1st Place The Bruins saved their best for last. On the final day of 2009,…
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AYERS TO THE THRONE
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Akeem & Rahim Desecrate Temple: Rahim Moore’s 10th Interception keeps UCLA in the game, and Akeem Ayers’ Interception-TD gives them the game, as the Bruins come back from 14 down to become EagleBank Bowl Champs (31-20), finish the season with a winning record (7-6), and lay claim to the future…
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DON’T FEAR THE REEVER
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Reever Madness: Reeves Nelson kills — hitting a career-high 21 — as UCLA executes Delaware State (or was that Della Reese State?), 66-49 Drew Gordon’s loss is Reeves Nelson’s gain. With the former Starting Center long gone, Freshman Nelson has been getting his chance, and on Sunday afternoon he really made the most of it. …
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DON WE NOW O.J. APPAREL… OR NOT
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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shop, not a trojan was stirring to purchase this slop Silent Night indeed. On what should have been one of their busiest nights of the year, in the middle of a mobbed shopping mall right before Christmas, the usc merchandise store…
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NO BITTER DIET ‘KOLA AFTERTASTE
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Flat UCLA, down 8 with 12 minutes left, bottles up Colo. St.’s Offense, and bubbles up a 29-9 spurt — led by a re-carbonated Nikola Dragovic — to can the Rams 75-63 and sweeten the Holiday break One day after pleading Not Guilty to apparently bogus Assault charges, Nikola Dragovic…
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IRISH SPRING A LEE
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Bruins find a new Lee-der: The Blue & Gold fall to the Golden Domers, but strike gold in Malcolm Lee, who scOREs 29, and is starting to pan out after being panned all year It’s never fun to lose to the school that has given the World Digger Phelps, Bill…
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LAW & ORDER: SUV
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Will “Rover-gate” finally throw usc to the (NCAA) dogs? After an L.A. Times Reporter allegedly caught Joe McKnight Red-and-Gold-handed repeatedly driving a Marketing guy’s Land Rover, the trojan Tailback denies it, but usc actually contradicts him Who’s lying? A Reporter for the Los Angeles Times? Usc’s Starting Tailback? Usc’s Sports Information Director? They can NOT…
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NAGGING JAG AND SAGGING DRAG BAG GAGGING AGS, 100-68
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Howland’s ragging wags the lagging, but Aggie-tagging shouldn’t green-flag bragging The swagger is just partially back, as Jerime Anderson puts it. UCLA finally broke through, snapping a 5-game losing streak with a dominating 100-68 victory over the New Mexico State Aggies. With Ben Howland barking orders on almost every possession…