Category: Blue & Gold News
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ROSEN BLOOMS THEN VANDER’ GOES
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Good News, Bad Knee — Rosen honored with National Player of the Week Award in his very first game, but UCLA’s leading tackler Eddie Vanderdoes injures his knee and is lost for the season For the first time in 10 years, a Bruin has won the Walter Camp National Offensive…
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ROSEN DEFLOWERS VIRGINIA
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Josh the Virgin(ia)-Killer — True Freshman QB Josh Rosen is more of a surgeon than a virgin in his first college game ever, as he slices up the Cavaliers for 351 passing yards and 3 passing TD’s, leading UCLA to a convincing 34-16 opening day victory Remove the question mark,…
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NOW YOU SEE ‘EM…
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ROSEN GOES IN… AS THE STARTER
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Not posin’ — If you were dozin’ or maybe frozen, you may not know that Rosen got chosen… to be UCLA’s Starting Quarterback The suspense is over… for those people who never saw practice this season. For the rest of us, it was only a matter of time before True…
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TROUT IT OUT LOUD
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Home Run Trout — Mike Trout becomes first-ever to be All-Star MVP twice in a row, as his lead-off Home Run (the first in 38 years) and scoring of the go-ahead run in the 5th inning lead the AL to their third straight victory, 6-3 KISS it Goodbye. It must…
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ALL ABOUT THE BASES (AND FACES)
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Diamonds are a Bruin’s Best Friend — With UCLA the #1 Seed in the Baseball Playoffs, and making the Softball World Series as well, it’s time to celebrate some of the remarkable catches that comprise the UCLA Spirit Squad It’s Postseason time for College Baseball and Softball, and UCLA is…
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BADASS AMBASSADORS
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Tender Skittles — Dynastic UCLA Dance Team and Cheer Squad return 17 kickass girls, and replace 5 departees with 6 new spirited beauties Well, it appears that the UCLA Spirit Squad Selection Committee operates just fine without me. For the last two years, I was honored to be a member…
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ROSEN TUNDRA
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Whole Lotta Rosen — Everything’s coming up Rosen at UCLA, as True Freshman Phenom QB Josh Rosen makes a successful Rose(n) Bowl debut in UCLA’s Spring Showcase Saturday morning marked the first day of the Post-Hundley Era for UCLA Football, and it just may be a smooth transition to another…
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CINDERELLA FROZEN OUT
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11th Seed UCLA goes ice cold, missing all 8 of their three-pointers until the final 3 minutes (when they were already down by 17), with Bryce Alford going 1-for-8 from the floor before that final 3 minutes, as a 12-0 second half run gives Gonzaga control, and the 74-62 win,…
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INSIDE THE PARKER
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Tony Parker parks the Bruins in the Sweet 16 — Tony touches ’em all, with a career-high 28 Points, plus 12 Rebounds and 3 Blocks, as UCLA scores 50 Points in the Paint to whip UAB 92-75, and to prove once again the Bruins are better when they go inside…
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(GOAL)TENDER MERCIES
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Bryce’s Brick Burns Brown’s Boys — After carrying the team with a barrage of made three-pointers, Bryce Alford heaves up a near-airball on UCLA’s final possession, when an SMU player touches it for a 3-point Goaltending call giving the Bruins a 1-point lead; Mustang fans and their Coach Larry Brown…
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DANCE LIKE NO ONE WAS WATCHING
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Depsite a questionable résumé, a lack of signature wins, and a bevy of pundits predicting exclusion, UCLA gets invited to The Big Dance as an 11th Seed, and will play Larry Brown’s SMU in Louisville on Thursday, thanks to the Bruins’ steady improvement throughout the season, ultra-competitive game against Arizona, and…