Author: ucladavid

  • THE GREAT DEPRESSION

    Usc-backers lose big money, as flat trojans fail to cover spread in 28-7 victory over the out-manned Bruins. At least THIS year, the one moment of Bruin Cheering was early in the game, when the Bruins still had a chance. In fact, usc fumbled the ball on their first play…

  • NINE YEARS WITHOUT SUNSHINE

    If a day without O.J. is a day without sunshine, O.J. Simpson’s friends and family are about to endure 9 to 33 years of total darkness The sentence is in, and it ends with an exclamation point!  Ex-trojan (and still a Hero to trojans everywhere) O.J. Simpson finally has been put…

  • TRADITION, TRADITION!!

    L’Chaim to the Rivalry:  Carroll and Neuheisel agree for both teams to wear colored jerseys on Saturday Don’t call them “Home” jerseys.  No, sc does NOT “own the Rose Bowl,” but on this Saturday, they will be wearing their ketchup-colored jerseys instead of their white “Road” jerseys.  From now on, UCLA…

  • DEAD AND LOVING IT

    ‘Bye Anxiety:  The BCS’s Blazing Top 4 are each The Producers of wins, making sc’s Title hopes Freshly Dead, and Saddling the Rose Bowl with Penn State vs. State Pen. Usc’s dreams of a Hollywood Movie ending have gone Silent.  They may get one of the 12 Chairs, but the…

  • BLACK FRY-DAY BRINGS MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS

    Bruins get burned by FOUR Sun Devil Defensive TD’s, as Black Friday defines UCLA’s Season of Giving While many were at the Mall, the Bruins were getting mauled — on the scoreboard — as UCLA lost to Arizona State 34-9.  The Worst Defense is a Bad Offense, and the Bruin…

  • GIVING THANKS

    …for the SHORT WEEK, the Beavers, the Bruins on the Lakers, and of course, the UCLA Spirit Squad It’s Monday, which is usually a bad thing, except THIS week, it’s more like a Wednesday.  There are only a couple of more days left in most people’s workweek, before the customary…

  • DON’T PUT “TROJANS” ON YOUR WEINERS

    Your meat will look better adorned with the 4 letters that stand for good taste:  “UCLA.” Now THAT’S the way to tailgate. Finally, after all these years, you can now show your Bruin Pride with your meat.  It’s time to proudly wave your weiners at passers-by, proclaiming your undying devotion…

  • ALL DAWGS GO TO SEVEN

    Huskies can dig up only 7 points in bone-afide, 27-7 Road win for the Bruins This season for UCLA, a W is a W, even if it’s against 0-10 UW. The Bruins were in Seattle on Saturday to face the Nation’s only winless team, and despite being only a 7-point favorite, dominated play…

  • UCLA “NEW YAWK-BLOCKS” THE REDHAWKS

    Miami, OHIO PLAYERS get A Taste of Honey before their New York-bound Rollercoaster gets derailed, 64-59 The Bruins are Broadway-bound.  UCLA got a big scare from the Miami, Ohio Redhawks, but came out with a tough, 64-59 victory, sending them to the tournament semi-finals at Madison Square Garden, against Michigan. Thursday…

  • PRAIRIE VIEW TO A KILL

    Walken before you run:  UCLA opens the season with a pedestrian 82-58 win over Prairie View A&M — The Panthers had no anther for Darren (Thunderball) Collison, but at least they got a killer view, from which they can take a Quantum of Solace The Bruins may Die Another Day, but not last…

  • KEEPIN’ ‘EM COMING

    You wanted the best, you got the best — The hottest band in the world… Okay, so I got carried away.  It’s not a KISS pictorial, although it is always best to “Keep It Simple, Stupid.”  Or was that “Knights In Satan’s Service?”  Whatever, Beth.  Now it’s time for YOU…

  • THREE IN A ROW

    UCLA needs to win their last three games to make a Bowl, and that would take another miracle-victory over usc After the Bruins’ collapse at the hands of the Beavers on Saturday, they are now 3-6.  That means that they need to go 3-0 in their last three games in…