Category: Blue & Gold News
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BUFFALOES GIVE YOU WINGS
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No Bull — Bruins soar to tasty 45-6 victory over battered Colorado — If only it were an appetizer for an upcoming meal Finally — A game that goes the way it was expected to go. Double-digit Favorite UCLA faced Colorado on Saturday, and jumped all over them, flying out…
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THAT M.T. FEELING INSIDE… AND OUTSIDE
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Running on M.T. — MTSU destroys UCLA 86-66, outshooting the Bruins 71% to 37%, by getting a ton of easy shots in the Paint, and making a stunning 10-of-11 from behind the arc Who are the “bums” now? Last week after the Bruins got beat soundly by Loyola Marymount, Josh…
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SNOW, WHITE, AND THE 57 DWARFS
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Happy Utes tower over Grumpy Bruins 31-6, as Sleepy UCLA can’t overcome snowy conditions, slippery John White, Bashful playcalling, or Dopey penalties Not exactly a “Disney” weekend. Westwood is far from the Happiest Place on Earth right now, after the Basketball team’s Mickey Mouse loss to lowly Loyola, $C’s Wild Ride…
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ROADKILL
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The UCLA “Road Show” starts off with a pothole, as Bruins play possum to Loyola’s Lions, losing the Season opener at the Sports Arena, 69-58 So much for being #17. UCLA said goodbye to their National ranking on Friday night, getting blasted by Loyola Marymount, 69-58. It wasn’t a crazy fluke…
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INLAND EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
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Rebuilding around the Skyscraper — Big Josh Smith towers over the rest with 26 points in UCLA’s sketchy 80-72 Exhibition victory, but the erections around him are still architecture in progress You wouldn’t think that Anthony Stover and Jerime Anderson would be crucial to the Bruins’ success this season, but…
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PRINCE OF DARKNESS SNUFFS OUT SUN DEVILS
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Hell Freezes Over — Former Fallen Angel Kevin Prince torches #19 ASU with a last minute comeback, converting a 3rd and 29 on the final drive to lead the Bruins to a 29-28 upset and 1st Place in the Pac-12 South — DESPITE FOUR FUMBLES AND TWO HUGE PASS INTERFERENCE PENALTIES ALL IN…
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NO DANCE IN HELL?
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Not many outside the Spirit Squad give the Bruins a fighting chance against the Devils today, but an upset victory would lift UCLA out of Purgatory and into 1st Place in the not-so-Deep South 8 and a 1/2-point underdog UCLA is Running With The Devils today, racing to the top…
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TRIPLE RIPPLE
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Good McThings Come in Three’s — Tevin McDonald scoops up 3 Interceptions and Derrick Coleman scores 3 Touchdowns in Bruin upset of Cal, while Tevin’s brother T.J McDonald’s Personal Foul helps usc lose in Triple Overtime to Stanford Everyone knows that the McRib is Back, but did you know that the Bruins are…
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REELIN’ IN THE CHEERS
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A Bruin Team Worth Cheering — 6th-Ranked UCLA Women’s Volleyball is almost sent reeling after losing a set to lowly Colorado, but the Steely Bruins avoid a Black Friday by doing the Dirty Work in Set 4 to win the match, and will try to Do It Again on Saturday night vs. Utah They…
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THE PRICE OF FAILURE
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Desert Sin — Sheldon Price returns but fails to help the horrendous UCLA Defense, who deserts Neuheisel in the Desert by giving up 42 First Half points in 48-12 suckfest; The Offense isn’t much better, losing two fumbles and scoring only 1 TD against one of the Nation’s worst units,…
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PRINCE-ABLE OF THE THING
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It’s a matter of Prince-able — After Richard Brehaut’s leg gets fractured, much-maligned Kevin Prince comes in (to a round of boos) and leads UCLA to a thrilling come-from-behind 28-25 victory over WSU, completing two bombs to Nelson Rosario and TD passes to Josh Smith and Shaquelle Evans REDEMPTION. After Kevin Prince…
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BENNIE AND THE JET
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UCLA’s Ben Francisco hits a Rocket, Man, that makes Really Keen Baseball History, and combined with Bruin Chase Utley’s Electric non-Boot, silences the Solid Wall of Sound in St. Louis, and lifts the Phillies to a 2-1 Division Series lead over the Redbirds Never before in the History of Baseball has…