Category: Blue & Gold News
-
GOING, GOING, GOING, GONE
•
Home Run Machine Albert Pujols and Ace Pitcher C.J. Wilson are going to the Angels, Bruin sharpshooter Jason Kapono is going to the Lakers, Jim Mora jr. is going to UCLA as Head Coach, and Reeves Nelson is gone from the Bruins, for good All the Right Moves. The Los Angeles…
-
FRED FLINTSTONED
•
[UPDATED: 12/7/11, 10:00PM] Get the Fred Out — Yet ANOTHER ex-trojan gets busted for substance abuse, as Fred Davis gets hit with a 4-game suspension by the NFL after failing multiple drug tests And they say that usc doesn’t teach their student-athletes anything of SUBSTANCE. For the umpteenth time, a…
-
TAKING THEIR TALENTS TO NORTH BEACH
•
The Sweet and Sourdough Bowl — UCLA makes The Decision to accept a berth in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco against Illinois on New Year’s Eve, a bittersweet reward that could remove the sour taste of an inconsistent season from Bruins’ mouths UCLA won’t have to visit Ghirardelli Square to taste…
-
DARK SIDE OF THE SWOON
•
Howland, We Have a Problem — With the Bruins up by 11 with 4 minutes to go in the 1st Half, a power surge knocks out the Arena lights, then Texas outscores UCLA by 21 in the next 21 minutes to rocket to a 69-59 victory Everything started out great and…
-
TIN FOIL SWAN SONG
•
Not a Swan Dive — Only fans wearing tin foil hats gave UCLA a chance in Neuheisel’s Swan Song, but heart and admirable effort actually make it interesting before Oregon wraps up the Bruins and sends the Coach packing, 49-31 Despite not really having a shot, the Bruins gave it their BEST…
-
WAIVER OF NAUSEA
•
The Mac n’ Cheese Bowl is in the mix — The NCAA grants a waiver to UCLA to play in a Bowl Game despite a 6-7 record, a reward some fans think is sickening and undeserved, but it’s really just desserts As was explained here (and in the comments section) last…
-
WAVES OF NAUSEA
•
The Pepperdine Waves are nauseatingly bad, making UCLA look good for one night; MAYBE the ramped-up intensity of the Bruin Defense had something to do with it It was hard to tell — Did the Bruins finally flip the switch, or did they just find another Chaminade-level opponent whom they could…
-
RICK HITS THE BRICKS
•
Rick Neuheisel has been given his walking papers — The Pac-12 Championship Game will be his last as the Head Coach of UCLA The Neu Era is now the Old Era. Rick Neuheisel has been fired, and his 4-year suckfest is about to come to a merciful end. Or at…
-
50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR COVER
•
Make a new plan, Dan — Neuheisel is Slip Sliding Away, as his Offense can’t score a single point, and his Defense is much worse, giving up 50, by failing to cover anyone all night The Offense gets shut out, yet the Defense was worse than the Offense. What more do you…
-
WAY OFF THE MARCUS
•
Ex-trOJan Marcus Allen cluelessly wonders if UCLA — who has already clinched the Division — will rest their starters against $C Marcus is in the darkus. What part of the term “Rivalry” doesn’t he understand? With Utah’s loss to Colorado on Friday, the UCLA Bruins have CLINCHED the Pac-12 South…
-
HAWAII DIVE-O
•
Book ’em, Murder One — Bruin Offense takes it on the Chin in Maui, with Jones, Lamb and DWear combining to shoot 1-for-15 from the floor, and Smith committing 6 Turnovers, in bad loss to #15 Michigan, 79-63 The optimism from Tuesday night’s comeback against Kansas was all but gone by Wednesday night,…
-
MAUI ONIONS
•
Bruins show they have onions, by cutting 20-point lead down to 5 with sweet comeback that made Bruin fans tear up, but get fried 72-56 when Jayhawks run rings around them in final four minutes For 10 minutes in the Second Half, UCLA showed why they were top-20 ranked and the preseason…