Category: Blue & Gold News
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PRISONERS OF THEIR OWN DEV-ICE
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Bruins go cold as pink champagne on ice against the Sun Devils, who live it up at the Hotel Pauley-fornia with a 61-58 O.T. win — For ASU: What a nice surprise; For UCLA: Bring your alibis. Was that the worst drought in UCLA History? With 8 minutes left and with a 54-43…
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BRUINS PUT THE HURT ON ‘ZONA, CARROLL PUTS THE DIRT ON SANCHEZ
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Bitter trojan Coach bemoans his QB’s early departure, then UCLA forces the early departure of Wildcat fans from Pauley in 83-60 blowout [COMMENTS NOW ENABLED] Hey High School Football Recruits: If you want to play for a Coach who won’t support you, and won’t have your back, but WILL spitefully cost you millions and…
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HOLIDAY’S GALEN PARTY IS SEALED BY ST. NIK
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The Bruins Deck the (Heritage) Hallsters with a 64-60 slay-ride, improving to 3-0 at the Galen Center; Life of the Party Jrue Holiday, Darren (No “L”) Collison and Virgin (to Starting) Nikola Dragovic are the brightest stars Does that mean that Ben Howland is the 1 Wise Man in this town? UCLA owns the Galen Center. …
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TROJANS UNPREPARED FOR BEAVERS, AGAIN
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Looking past the Beavers to UCLA, heavily-favored sc chokes in Corvallis (just like football), bringing Oregon State’s 23-game Pac-10 losing streak to a happy ending Are they allergic to Beavers? You would think that after their Football team’s upset loss in Corvallis earlier this year — a loss which cost…
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HEAD FIRST
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HEAD START: Laying 69 on Beavers is just foreplay, but Bruins can taste what would go down as their 4th straight Pac-10 Title Don’t worry — No one is getting overly excited about stuffing the lowly Beavers in the Conference opener. Oregon State lost ALL 18 of their Pac-10 games…
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KENNY’S DREAMING, STANLEY’S STEAMING
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Ken Norton jr. makes unfounded accusations about UCLA lying to recruits, and then vows to stay at usc, where Fullback Stanley Havili is flattened upon being ruled academically ineligible for the Rose Bowl What — Was “Ballroom Dancing 101” all filled up? If it’s been asked once, it’s been asked a thousand times: How is it…
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STAR SHIPP FINDS HIS WAY BACK*
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[*comments no longer disabled.] No, not Jefferson, but Josh, whose Grace(ful), Slick Bruins have Built This City, and whose return from injury built this 78-55 victory over Weezy-anna Tech into a “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” moment You can’t have a hot Roll with every supper. Every now and then, when your…
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ROCKIN’ ROLL ALL NIGHT, AND PARTY EVERY DAY
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Bruins KISS off Wyoming 113-62, as Hotter Than Hell Michael Roll comes Alive with 25 Here lies the ghost of Fennis Dembo… in a KISS Kasket, buried under Pauley Pavilion. The last time UCLA faced Wyoming, it was 1987 March Madness, and Wyoming’s Dembo scored 41 points to knock Reggie Miller’s Bruins OUT…
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MERCER TAKES A HOLIDAY, HOLIDAY TAKES A MERCER
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Vacationing Georgia Mid-major — who beat sc last year — can’t handle Jrue Holiday and UCLA, as Roll is darin’, and Darren’s on a roll And it’s Mercer by Numbers, 1, 2, 3…76-59. The Mercer Bears went to Hollywood for Christmas Vacation, and all they got was this lousy beatdown. The Bruins slowly…
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ROAMIN’ HOLIDAY TAKES ANAHEIM; ROAMIN’ GABRIEL TAKES HOLLYWOOD
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Active Jrue Holiday gives DePaul a day the Blue Demons would rather forget in the Wooden Classic, while Gabe Sachs’ revived Classic “90210” is nominated for the People’s Choice “Best New Drama” Award, and needs your online vote to win Classic TV and Classic UCLA Basketball. “Freaks and Geeks’” Gabe Sachs…
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OLD-TIMERS FINALLY FIND THEIR MISPLACED SPECTACLE
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The vivid Blue & Cardinal landscape — missing since 1982 — was a perfect backdrop to see the Bruins show the most heart The colors on the field looked better than the numbers on the scoreboard. Yeah, UCLA lost convincingly to a superior team. That was a given. The only element that was…
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Usc-backers lose big money, as flat trojans fail to cover spread in 28-7 victory over the out-manned Bruins. At least THIS year, the one moment of Bruin Cheering was early in the game, when the Bruins still had a chance. In fact, usc fumbled the ball on their first play…