Category: Blue & Gold News
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‘HART AND SOLE
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Stanford’s heart breaks, as Toby Gerhart beats it; UCLA’s soul is saved, as Kai Forbath’s foot stays planted Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart, with the heart that he always plays with, was The Heart of Stanford Football. Head Coach Jim Harbaugh was the Brains and the Balls, but Toby was…
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KIFFIN ALREADY WHIFFIN’
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Sniffed, stiffed, and miffed: Swift attempt by sc to $teal away Norm “It’s not always about the money” Chow comes up empty, leaving Kiffin 0-2 against Neuheisel Sorry trojans — you can’t buy happiness. Sometimes, your arrogance gets in the way of your money. Every man MAY have his price,…
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YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT(LOAD OF MONEY)
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This is not a (boating) accident: Kiffin was supposedly hired only after promising to reel in Chow, but despite a million and a half clams in bait, Norm may be “the one who gets away” It’s hard to resist a million and a half bucks. And it’s hard to turn down a chance to…
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Trees “RIDE GREEN TO MAPLES” Win
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Attack of the Killer Turnovers: Stanford “Bates” UCLA, then dramatically flicks them aside, as Jeremy Green’s Runaway Production reel-y comes in “Tandy” in making sure that the careless Bruins die in the end, 70-59 Sometimes, watching UCLA play is tougher than watching a “good date film.” Bruin Basketball or a…
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“DON’T THROW THAT AWAY, IT’S A ROLL-OVER MINUTE!”
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Emergency Break-through: Off-the-hook Michael Roll takes Jerime Anderson off the hook, by saving JA’s blocked pass and cranking in the game-winner with 1.9 seconds left in Overtime, as 15-point underdog UCLA disconnects Cal like a dropped call, 76-75 Boy, did Cal dial a wrong number. How about “11%.” That’s what the…
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FOGG-HORNE BEG, MOURN
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Fogg-Horne, Leg up: Flogged, torn, by Fogg, Horne, UCLA lays an egg, getting cold-cocked 77-63 in their own roost by Arizona, as Wildcats Kyle Fogg, Jamelle Horne — and Derrick Williams — scramble the Bruins with an early wake-up call Cock-a-doodle-don’t. The momentum of a three-game winning streak and a 1-and-0…
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NEW YEAR’S BLOCKIN’ EVE
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Happy New Jer, 20(1-0): Jerime Anderson refuses to let the ball drop, with a game-saving block as the Countdown hits zero, in UCLA’s 72-70 victory over ASU that skyrockets the Bruins to 1-0 in the Pac-10 and 1st Place The Bruins saved their best for last. On the final day of 2009,…
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AYERS TO THE THRONE
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Akeem & Rahim Desecrate Temple: Rahim Moore’s 10th Interception keeps UCLA in the game, and Akeem Ayers’ Interception-TD gives them the game, as the Bruins come back from 14 down to become EagleBank Bowl Champs (31-20), finish the season with a winning record (7-6), and lay claim to the future…
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DON’T FEAR THE REEVER
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Reever Madness: Reeves Nelson kills — hitting a career-high 21 — as UCLA executes Delaware State (or was that Della Reese State?), 66-49 Drew Gordon’s loss is Reeves Nelson’s gain. With the former Starting Center long gone, Freshman Nelson has been getting his chance, and on Sunday afternoon he really made the most of it. …
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DON WE NOW O.J. APPAREL… OR NOT
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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shop, not a trojan was stirring to purchase this slop Silent Night indeed. On what should have been one of their busiest nights of the year, in the middle of a mobbed shopping mall right before Christmas, the usc merchandise store…
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NO BITTER DIET ‘KOLA AFTERTASTE
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Flat UCLA, down 8 with 12 minutes left, bottles up Colo. St.’s Offense, and bubbles up a 29-9 spurt — led by a re-carbonated Nikola Dragovic — to can the Rams 75-63 and sweeten the Holiday break One day after pleading Not Guilty to apparently bogus Assault charges, Nikola Dragovic…
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IRISH SPRING A LEE
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Bruins find a new Lee-der: The Blue & Gold fall to the Golden Domers, but strike gold in Malcolm Lee, who scOREs 29, and is starting to pan out after being panned all year It’s never fun to lose to the school that has given the World Digger Phelps, Bill…