Category: Blue & Gold News
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YES WE DO HAVE PRINCE ALBEIT IN A CAN
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In the driver’s seat, new QB Kevin Prince answers the call, but the car he’s driving starts up with a crank Operator? Give me Dial-a-Prayer. There is a reason why Terry Donahue, Dick Vermeil, Jerry Robinson, and Rick Neuheisel were all stressing PATIENCE when they spoke to the Rose Bowl crowd at…
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NO SURE THINGS
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Bush and Mayo cases combined means impending penalties? Derozan and Gibson leaving early? Prince starting? Don’t pop any champagne corks just yet A lot of articles have filled the early Spring Sports pages, making hope spring eternal. Teaser stories about the NCAA Death Penalty supposedly coming down on usc’s Football AND Basketball programs,…
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PUT YOUR BENJAMINS ON FRANKLIN
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Tailback Jonathan Franklin is Money, hitting the jackpot in his bid for playing time, as Top Rusher and only Offensive player to hit paydirt in UCLA’s scrimmage Benjamin Franklin said “A penny saved is a penny earned.” There are some recent investors who may disagree with that sentiment, but UCLA Tailback Jonathan…
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PUNCHO VILLA
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UCLA gets punched out by thuggish Villanova 89-69, providing a not-so-happy ending to the Bruins’ 3-year streak of Final Four appearances When did Villanova get a Football team? The Wildcats’ Round 2 assignment was to tackle the Bruins from Westwood, and tackle them is just what they did. Every time…
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SHIPP OF FUELS
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Shipp ignites Bruin blowout with second straight career-high Josh Shipp is peaking at a time when the UCLA Bruins just might need him the most. For the first time in Josh’s 4-year career as a Bruin, UCLA did not win the Pac-10. This year, the Bruins enter the Pac-10 Tourney…
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WHERE’S THE DEEF?
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Bruins can’t catch up in rare loss to WSU, as Defense lacks relish again, allowing Rocheesie to flame-broil them for 33 points Did “speeding it up” have an unexpected — and costly — ramification? A few weeks ago, after the Bruins lost a couple of games, UCLA fans started calling for…
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SHAMROCK SHAKEDOWN
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Mint-condition Bruins cream the Irish 89-63, icy Notre Dame’s 7th straight loss, worst of the year, and perhaps, final straw Alfred Aboya is turning UCLA BACK into a National contender. The Senior Center was the clear-cut MVP in the Bruins’ laugher over a free-falling Notre Dame team, who has lost…
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BRUINS PUT TROJANS IN THEIR PLACE
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UCLA destroys sc in every facet of the 76-60 game (which wasn’t that close), keeping the trojans down in 3rd place That’s the way it is SUPPOSED to be. The Bruins KILLING the trojans. UCLA BEAT SC 76-60, by outhustling them, forcing 14 1st half Turnovers, and shooting the rock well. …
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CARDINAL ABUSED BY ABOYA
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A Holiday Classic: Double-A and Holiday Force team from Bay to Altar ways, with 40-14 spurt and 97-63 spanking A couple of losses has apparently made the Bruins start practicing more Religiously. At least it LOOKS like they’ve been working harder and getting better-prepared. On Saturday afternoon, UCLA completed a weekend sweep of…
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MONTGOMERY GORED
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Winner of 7 straight at Pauley with Stanford, Mike Montgomery, now the Cal Coach, gets marked down, 81-66 So maybe Mike Montgomery DOESN’T have the key to Pauley Pavilion. After dominating the Bruins at Pauley during a 7-year stretch with the Cardinal, the new Bear Coach got a rude awakening…
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SAME SHIPP, DIFFERENT DAY
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Losing (to) Isaiah: Bruins lose 5th straight in Seattle despite a career-high 25 points from Josh Shipp; Huskies’ Isaiah Thomas harasses UCLA for 24 points, as Washington assumes the lead in the Pac-10 with an 86-75 victory Yes, there was a Husky disparity at the foul line. But that is…
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SNUFF THE MAGIC DRAGO
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Nikola Dragovic smokes 6 three’s to spark the Bruins to a 15-point lead, before the Cougars go on the (Niko-tine) patch, and fly all the way back, but flame out, 61-59 The Cougars were able to put out a fire, but they still got burned. UCLA’s Nikola Dragovic hit 6…