Category: Blue & Gold News
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NOTHING BUT TRAILERS
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Fresno picks up the trash and goes double-wide to dust UCLA by a ‘neck, but Bruin fans get a teaser of better times coming soon Norm Chow’s Offense awoke from their slumber on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a mistake-prone Defense, and one huge fumble, in the Bruins’ 36-31 lossto…
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Abby NORM-al
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For the second week in a row, Norm Chow’s Offense can’t muster a TD, in 31-10 loss to Arizona Is this the year of the Tennessee Tease? After shocking the Nation with an upset win over the Volunteers, the Bruins have reverted to a team who has no business thinking about…
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SCHWETTE VOL SACKS
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Volunteers don’t get Overtime — Rocky UCLA tops Tennessee 27-24 in O.T., overcoming 3 major injuries and Craft’s 4 1st Half INT’s When you’re playing as an underdog, with a 3rd string QB, and you quickly lose your top Running Back, Wide Receiver, and Tight End to injuries, you…
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STAY IN YOUR SEATS AT HALFTIME!!
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Get your BBQ between quarters, but be watching the field at Halftime, when the UCLA Spirit Squad will do a “Tribute to Elvis” routine that will knock off your blue suede shoes For the FIRST TIME EVER, the Bruin Spirit Squad is being given the Grand Stage. Tonight at the…
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BRUINS ARE SMOKIN’!!
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In honor of 5 years of smokin’ the competition, BeatSC.com’s readers can print a coupon for a free small BBQ sandwich at the Rose Bowl Mmmmmm, BBQ. Mmmmmm, 3 choices of Hickory Smoked Meat. And especially, Mmmmmm, FREE! As a thank you for your loyalty, I have arranged with the very generous Owner…
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THE LISA MY WORRIES
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A little Lisa late is better than never — Congratulation to UCLA Dance Teamer Lisa, SI.com’s recent Cheerleader of the Week When you’re working over 80 hours a week, sometimes you don’t have time to recognize some big events. Such is the case with the most recent National honor bestowed…
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LOVE, CRAFT
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Just like Basketball: The Football Bruins will ask a first-year Kevin to lead them to a non-fictional Pac-10 Title Just a quick note to make sure you heard that Kevin Craft has been officially named the STARTING Quarterback for UCLA. Craft will take the first snap on Labor Day Night against Tennessee, after…
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FURROWED CHOW
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Even Norm must be puzzled by what he sees from his QB’s and O-Line, which no amount of browbeating is going to fix He can’t turn water into wine. The greatest coach in the world can’t win a game without players, and right now, it looks like Norm Chow might need a few more. …
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BRUINS BONED AGAIN
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Ben Olson re-fractures his footbone and is out for two months, leaving fans with airs up in arms, and the arms race up in the air This is not what Norm Chow signed up for. The UCLA Bruins just lost their second-straight Starting Quarterback, without even playing a down. With…
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THE STARTING BELL
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Bruins ring in Fall Practice with Bullish Kahlil Bell atop the stocked Tailback position UCLA Football 2008 is underway, and even though Karl Dorrell is gone, three primary figures from the tough 2007 campaign are being counted on to keep the Bruins from a repeat performance. Fully-recuperated Kahlil Bell starts…
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L.A. SNAKES WACKY, PISSED-OFF MANNY ———— L.P. MAKES MACKEY LIST (OF MANY)
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Dodgers find lost Sock; Codgers raise Logan’s stock: L.A. hits the Lotto with Ramirez, and Paulsen’s gotta lotta admirers Suddenly, the Dodgers are for real. With one unpredictable three-way (trade), the Dodger GM has gone from goat to hero, and the Dodgers have gone from certain first-round casualty (at best), to serious contender for the National League Pennant and…
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CLEARED IS A BELL
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Tardy Bell — Now with medical clearance, Starting Tailback Kahlil Bell’s return is finally in full-swing, but a hunch says Bell will need to ring up a hellacious effort in practice to silence others trying to crack the Starting line-up It’s a Bell Curve — Lots of talented Tailbacks will…