Category: Blue & Gold News
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THE CORNING AFTER
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CaliCORNication — The Cornhuskers pound the Bruins for 326 yards on the ground, scoring 30 straight points to win the Foster Farms Bowl 37-29 Did UCLA think they were playing Stanford again? They were in Northern California, and the opponents — and the majority of fans — were wearing Red…
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CLUTCH KICKER KA’IMI & KICKASS KENNY CLARK COLLECT KUDOS
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Congrats, kids! — Ka’imi Fairbairn wins the Lou Groza Award as the Nation’s Best Kicker, and is named 1st Team All-American, and Kenny Clark makes 3rd Team All-American It’s hard to write about UCLA Football after what happened last month, but I would be remiss if I failed to mention…
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KENTUCKY FRIED BRICKIN’
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REALLY Wild Cats can’t hit the bucket — UCLA burns #1 Kentucky to a crisp 87-77, as Alford thoroughly out-cooks Calipari, with his not-so-secret recipe of packing in the Defense, forcing UK to force outside shots, of which they hit 6 of 29 until after the game was decided… and…
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ROSEN IMPLOSION
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UCLA’s True Freshman Quarterback finally plays like a True Freshman, committing three straight critical Turnovers, one returned for a game-changing TD, as UCLA blows a second-half 21-20 lead to lose 40-21, ending the Bruins’ three-game winning streak against the trojans Josh Rosen is a great Quarterback. Even as a True…
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FIRE’S UP, FOUR’S UP!
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Feel the burn — This year, because there are no protestors and no wind, we finally get a flaming fire… and a funny Forte… and a frightening faux pas, as the fans feverishly file for fourth straight defeat of Fig Tech Jim Mora knows how to fire up a crowd,…
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THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS
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Fool’s Gold? — UCLA’s Defense (still missing its 3 best players) holds Utah’s Offense to ZERO Touchdowns — IN Utah — and Bruin “replacement player” Jayon Brown recovers a fumble with 1:09 to go to preserve a 17-9 victory, but the Utes’ Offense was missing ITS two best players, so keep things…
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(CHO)KING OF THE CASSEL
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Dallas Clownboy — Matt Cassel is just one of three ex-trojan QB’s to drop the ball… into their opponents’ hands on Sunday; Two of them cost their teams the game, while the other one was bailed out, against an ex-trojan Coach, who was just one of three ex-trojan Coaches to…
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PARIS PAIN PUTS PAULEY, PASADENA PITFALLS INTO PERSPECTIVE
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SacreBlue –UCLA loses in Overtime to lowly Monmouth in Basketball, then loses in the last 3 seconds to underdog Washington State in Football, while u$c Football barely escapes Colorado with a win after trailing by 11 in the second half; Ordinarily I would call this triple-whammy a “tragedy,” but not…
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ROSEN MASTERPIECE IS A WORK OF (DU)ARTE
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Painting by numbers — Rosen-to-Duarte draws 116 yards and 2 TD’s, 3 different Bruin Running Backs etch TD’s, and the Bruin Defense creates 4 Turnovers and gives up 0 points to help sculpt UCLA’s looting of Oregon State 41-0 On Saturday afternoon in Corvallis, under a barrage of constant showers,…
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PICKING AND SCREAMING
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Picks Elated – A first half Pick 6 by Ishmael Adams and a game-clinching Interception by Nate Meadors picks up the Bruins (and their fans) from the depths of near-catastrophe (and depressed silence), and lifts them to an improbable 35-31 Pick-tory (and wild celebration cheering), over lowly Colorado Despite being…
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WHO GIVES? A FLYING DUCK!
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Duck-Aid of the Decade — Thanks to a controversial call, Oregon knocks off ASU in Triple Overtime, lifting UCLA back into a position where the Bruins control their own destiny in terms of winning the Pac-12 Championship Quacked up! Well, that didn’t take long. Just a couple of weeks after…
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EXPECTING TO SMOKE COLORADO IN A LAUGHER
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Can’t let the season go to Pot — UCLA is installed as a 21-point favorite over 4-4 Colorado, who will be fired up, because, to be blunt, their pipe dream is to bogart the ball, and burn the Bruins in UCLA’s own joint (on the Rose Bowl grass), and only…