Category: Blue & Gold News
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CON-SOLATION PRIZE
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Hugs, not thugs — UCLA gets barraged with bad news, tempered by a couple of pieces of good news, plus Kiffin getting busted again, and a 40-photo nostalgic look at fan-favorite Brianna [UPDATED, at 10:55am on Thursday, July 28th] Adding insult to injury… Just days after the Bruins’ Freshman phenom QB…
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LOVE TO LOVE, BIG LOVE TO BIGFOOT, LOVE TO JET, LOVE TO DYE
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Kevin Love is “most underrated,” Theotis “Bigfoot” Brown is inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame, and Jonathan “Jet-ski” Franklin & Tony Dye make National Watch Lists [CORRECTED: 7/10/11, with my sincere apologies to Jonathan Franklin and Derrick Coleman] While America celebrated Independence Day, four different Bruins independently received four different honors. …
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THE KINGS’ PEACH
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SAC gets a pair of ballers — Bruin Tyler Honeycutt drops to the 2nd Round before being drafted #35 by the Sacramento Kings, where he will swing with Jimmer Fredette (but will be handled by an ex-trojan), and Bruin Malcolm Lee gets selected #43 by Chicago (but is expected to be traded to Minnesota, where he…
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UCLA FOOTBALL 2011 PREVIEW FOR COLLEGEFOOTBALLZEALOTS.COM
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13The College Football Zealots web site has posed 6 questions about the upcoming UCLA Football season, and here are my answers, which will be published on that site for a National audience to get a preview of the 2011 Bruins 1. UCLA had a rough time offensively last year as…
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TWO QUALITY ASSETS, ONE QUALIFIED ASSISTANT, ONE UNQUALIFIED ASS
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Three Men and a Baby — Bruin Pitching Assassins go #1 and #3 in the MLB Draft, highly-regarded Korey McCray ascends from AAU to Ben Howland’s staff, and whining SUC-up Bill Plaschke tries to assuage trojan guilt For the first time since 1978, two of the top three picks in…
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New t-shirt, made to order for a fellow trojan-hater
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Just a simple, straightforward design that says it all. Available now for under $20, at http://www.cafepress.com/beatsc.512848343
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WESTBROOK FLOWERS, MAYO SHOWERS
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Bruin Star ends ex-trojan’s season, with a Game 7 Triple-Double, the first one in the NBA for 19 years O.J. Mayo had already been temporarily suspended from playing this year, after testing positive for a steroid-related, banned substance. Now he has been suspended from playing until next season, after his…
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NUBILE NEW B’S
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10 new Bruin additions round out the new edition of the World’s Best Spirit Squad It’s an ancient cliche, but it totally applies here: The UCLA Spirit Squad doesn’t “rebuild,” they “reload.” And this article targets the high caliber ammunition that the Bruins will be using to fire up crowds…
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GOOD COMEBACK
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Back in Blue — Despite taking some hits, the UCLA Spirit Squad still has zing, with 10 Returnees comprising a solid nucleus that will have fans coming back for more Get back, pack, do it again. Wheels turning round and round, so get back, pack, do it again. Here they come…
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DECK THE HALLS WITH BELLES OF MOLLIE
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‘Tis the Season to “Don we now our Yay apparel” — Mollie Vehling’s celebrated Selection Committee delivers Christmas in May, as the UCLA Spirit Squad unwraps this year’s Gifts from God Forget Santa Claus — Just give me Lisa Estrada, Elita Loresca, and the rest of Mollie’s little helpers. Once again, the illustrious…