Category: Blue & Gold News
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COLLAPSE BUT NO TAPS
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Collapse Dance — UCLA nearly blows 23-point lead in final 8 minutes before nipping MSU 78-76 (bringing Florida to the table) Yesterday morning, if you knew that UCLA would never trail Michigan State, and would win the game by 2, you would have taken it, gladly. Now, maybe not so…
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DEPARTIN’ SMARTIN’ STARTIN’ WITH SPARTANS
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Battered Bruins Limp off to Tampa to Rumba with Michigan State in the Big Dance Believe it or not, UCLA’s humiliating loss to Oregon may have been a blessing in disguise. Not only did it allow the ailing Bruins a few extra days of rest and recuperation, but it ended up…
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UCLA NEEDS A GURNEY IN THE TOURNEY
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Dead On Arrival — 4 Bruins play sick/injured, and the others play AS IF they were sick/injured, in sickly, 76-59 terminal loss to Oregon No need for an autopsy — The Bruins’ Cause Of Death was obvious: They played like they were diseased. Oregon outhustled, out-muscled, out-ran, out-shot, and out-defended…
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HIGHER LOVE
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Record of the Year — Kevin Love brings the Win and and the Wood, lifting his T-Wolves to victory with his Record-High 52nd-straight Double-Double Unconditional Love. Tough Love. Kevin Love. Former Bruin Star Kevin Love just broke the NBA Post-Merger Record for consecutive Double-Doubles, by notching his 52nd in a row…
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MALCOLM X’S OUT GREY COUGARS
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Blue Power — Washington State’s “Grey Out” fails to oppress UCLA, who fights back from 15 down, forces Overtime on two Malcolm Lee Free Throws, then wins it on four more Lee Free Throws, 58-54 Chalk this one up to Marijuana. With Washington State’s star player Klay(Pipe) Thompson suspended after getting…
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‘COX SUCKERS BRUINS
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C.J. Wilcox spits out 24 in 2nd Half, and heads off UCLA by draining a 3-shot that seeds a Husky 14-0 spurt with 5 minutes left, to overcome a 4-point hole as UCLA goes down, taking it on the chin, 70-63 Malcom Lee and UCLA totally shut down usual nemesis…
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BEAT THE CHEATS, SUPPORT THE CAUSE
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Brand new T-Shirts available NOW — Just click on the photo, and help keep this website alive With Spring on the way, it’s time to spring for some new anti-$C attire. It’s a great way to show your true colors, insult the trojans, and support BeatSC.com, allowing it to stay in…
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RUNNING SOME ERINS
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Honey Do! 4 pounds of sugar, 3 pounds of spice, 2 jars of honey, and a whole lotta nice This was no chore. Call it another labor of love, if you like, but today I schlepped to the supermarket of my “yet unposted photos,” and picked up 30 pics that feature…
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JAMES AND THE GIANT ‘SPEECH
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Bruin James Franco co-hosts the Oscars without mishap, but loses the Best Actor award to Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech,” which also gets crowned with Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture At least UCLA’s James Franco didn’t have a Letterman “Uma/Oprah” moment. The UCLA grad/Oscar-nominated Actor co-hosted the…
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BLUE VELVET CUPCAKES
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Velvet Revolvers: In MY Velvet Underground, when the Velvet Fog clears, it’s all about getting beyond the Velvet Rope to get some beautiful Blue Suede Views If you check the most recent comment to this site, you’ll see someone informing me that Thursday night was UCLA “Spirit Squad Night” at Pauley Pavilion, and asking where…
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THE DEVILS ‘N MISTER JONES
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Obscene start, happy ending — Lazeric Jones Reems ASU with 10 Points, 10 Assists, and no mental boners, pulling UCLA out of a 12-point hole, and thrusting them to an 18-point pounding of the Sun Devils, 71-53 Slow starts may have worked for Zenyatta almost every time, but UCLA needs…