Category: Blue & Gold News
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BEFORE THE DEVILS KNOW YOU’RE DEAD
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Deviled Legs — Buried by 15 in the 2nd Half, Bruins rise from the grave to deal with the exhausted Devils 80-75 and move on to the Pac-12 Tournament Semi-Finals The Sun Devils in Sin City? No one said it was gonna be easy… and it certainly wasn’t easy for UCLA, who…
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TROJAN GIANTS SLAYED BY ALLEGATIONS OF BEATING WOMEN — THAT’S JACKED UP
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Brain-Ded — It’s a Dedmon’s Party that leaves James Blasczyk in a Pickle and Dewayne Dedmon Walking… away from the team, as u$c suspends the two 7-footers following bar brawls in Spokane that leave several injured, including two women, one with a badly-bloodied lip It looks like the trojan basketball…
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DREW FROM THE TOP
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UCLA wins the Pac-12 Regular Season Title outright, after Oregon gets upset at Utah and the Bruins upset the Huskies in Washington, behind the scoring of Muhammad and Adams, and the big crunchtime plays by Larry Drew II, who also sets the All-Time UCLA Record for Assists in a Season…
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EVERYTHING BUT THE KITTENS SINK
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Fraud De-clawed — #11 Wildcats roar back from 14 down in second half, repeatedly getting to the hoop, but can’t sink the lay-ups, and can’t string together enough stops, suffering a road sweep by sc and UCLA, and a season sweep by the Bruins, who close out New Pauley’s inaugural…
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TRAVIS-TY AVERTED
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Even without injured starting Center Travis Wear, the Bruins still dominate u$c, building a 25-point lead and sending the DIRTY trojans down to a demoralizing defeat, 75-59 — the way it SHOULD be The trojans were up to their usual dirty tricks, breaking every rule, climbing on the backs of Bruins, trying…
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BRUINS NO FOLDERS IN BOULDER
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Mountain Dues — UCLA wins 9th straight game, after Travis Wear scores 9 straight points down stretch (and a career-high 23) to keep the Bruins from blowing a Second Half, 13-point lead against Colorado, 78-75 When the Bruins are forcing the pace, flying down the court in transition, and attacking…
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US AGAINST THE WORLD (The first reader-submitted article)
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It’s us against the world UCLA coach Ben Howland told ESPN that the Bruins have to get ready for some serious abuse when they’re on their road trip this January. Howland explained that “They’re going to yell nasty things at you. Get used to that.” Before elaborating, “In reality, it’s…
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‘BAZZEL TOV — LIKE PASTRAMI AT CANTER’S DELI, UCLA BASKETBALL IS ON A ROLL
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No ham in Muhammad — Hard-working phophet Shabazz Muhammad leads Bruins to profit with sweep over Cal and Stanford, for seven straight wins; Meanwhile, sc loses to Cal at home, and an ex-trojan costs his team a victory in the NFL Playoffs Remember a few weeks ago, when the Bruins…
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MOURNING WOODS
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Not a hard decision — u$c is not excited, as star Receiver Robert Woods chooses to end his trojan career prematurely, while at UCLA star Linebacker Anthony Barr announces that he will come back to Westwood for another session Fans of u$c are freaking out all over the Internet, as their beloved Football team’s historic and…
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TWO MULES AND SISTER SARAH
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In a week that included a huge, Bazz-powered victory for UCLA Basketball and a Bruin getting his jersey retired by the Lakers, the highlights for me are still: Two trojans making jackasses of themselves on Twitter, and me capturing the beauty of Cheer Squad Sarah 26 times I’m glad I’m on Winter…
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DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY BOWL
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The Walking Dead Bruins fail to show up in San Diego, as Baylor absolutely kills them 49-26 to take the Holiday Bowl They held the Holiday Bowl in San Diego last night, and UCLA sold out its allotment of 11,000 tickets. And 11,000 Bruins showed up, but the 50 in…
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LOSS TO FOE POLY A FAUX PAS IN PAULEY
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Powell foul makes Howland growl — #11 (not for long) Bruins blow 18-point 2nd Half lead, and fall to lowly Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 70-68, after stupid foul when game was tied with 11 seconds left The Howland-Haters got a whole bunch of ammunition on Sunday night, as a post-Thanksgiving crowd…