Category: Blue & Gold News

  • TRADITION, TRADITION!!

    L’Chaim to the Rivalry:  Carroll and Neuheisel agree for both teams to wear colored jerseys on Saturday Don’t call them “Home” jerseys.  No, sc does NOT “own the Rose Bowl,” but on this Saturday, they will be wearing their ketchup-colored jerseys instead of their white “Road” jerseys.  From now on, UCLA…

  • BLACK FRY-DAY BRINGS MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS

    Bruins get burned by FOUR Sun Devil Defensive TD’s, as Black Friday defines UCLA’s Season of Giving While many were at the Mall, the Bruins were getting mauled — on the scoreboard — as UCLA lost to Arizona State 34-9.  The Worst Defense is a Bad Offense, and the Bruin…

  • DON’T PUT “TROJANS” ON YOUR WEINERS

    Your meat will look better adorned with the 4 letters that stand for good taste:  “UCLA.” Now THAT’S the way to tailgate. Finally, after all these years, you can now show your Bruin Pride with your meat.  It’s time to proudly wave your weiners at passers-by, proclaiming your undying devotion…

  • ALL DAWGS GO TO SEVEN

    Huskies can dig up only 7 points in bone-afide, 27-7 Road win for the Bruins This season for UCLA, a W is a W, even if it’s against 0-10 UW. The Bruins were in Seattle on Saturday to face the Nation’s only winless team, and despite being only a 7-point favorite, dominated play…

  • UCLA “NEW YAWK-BLOCKS” THE REDHAWKS

    Miami, OHIO PLAYERS get A Taste of Honey before their New York-bound Rollercoaster gets derailed, 64-59 The Bruins are Broadway-bound.  UCLA got a big scare from the Miami, Ohio Redhawks, but came out with a tough, 64-59 victory, sending them to the tournament semi-finals at Madison Square Garden, against Michigan. Thursday…

  • PRAIRIE VIEW TO A KILL

    Walken before you run:  UCLA opens the season with a pedestrian 82-58 win over Prairie View A&M — The Panthers had no anther for Darren (Thunderball) Collison, but at least they got a killer view, from which they can take a Quantum of Solace The Bruins may Die Another Day, but not last…

  • BEAVERS OF DESTINY

    The trojans are still dammed from the Rose Bowl, after the Bruins go down in the Second Half to the rejuvenated Beavers, who still control their own Destiny for a return trip to Pasadena The UCLA Bruins may have flunked out on a TV “Quizz” Show, but they got a pretty decent Consolation…

  • YOU CAN’T BYE HAPPINESS

    Idle UCLA doesn’t lose, but #1 Texas does, handing Bruins’ rivals a BCS boost It could be time for a triple-bye-pass, after all the exciting games that took place during the Bruins’ bye week.  Just to name two, fellow enemy of usc Notre Dame lost to Pittsburgh in 4 Overtimes, but conquerors…

  • RUNNING ON EMBREE

    DOCTOR MY EYES:  Bruins can’t Stay on the winning Boulevard, and trojans Take It Easy on (Winslow) Arizona Not such a fine sight to see — The TEASE of a Football double-header, not the Spirit photos.  First the Bruins fall apart after leading at Cal, and then the trojans escape from an…

  • HARKEY’S MACHINE

    UCLA’s Offense isn’t a finely-oiled, Mean Machine, but a Craft-to-Harkey TD with 10 seconds left Sticks them past Stanford, 23-20 Rick Neuheisel’s Team of the Future is learning to win in the Present.  Down by 11 in the First Half, the Bruins came storming back, scoring three straight times to take the…

  • BRUINS STRETCH OREGON TO LIMIT

    Ducks Smoke Bruins with Blount Instrument —  LaGarrette Blount’s late 69-yard TD run rolls Ducks one toke under the line in tighter-than-expected 31-24 ‘burner Even after getting dismantled by usc last week, the Oregon Ducks came into Saturday’s game against UCLA as prohibitive 18-point Favorites.  But the Bruins went head-to-head with…

  • PAIR A MOYAS WILL DESTROY YA

    Bruins get the Kinks out, as they Club the Cougars 28-3, with Moya and Bell scoring 2 TD’s each, and the Defense returning to form Sure, Washington State is a weak team this year, but a win is a win, and the Bruins appreciate every one they get this season. …