Category: Blue & Gold News
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RETURN TO THE NORM
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Cheers — Norman Powell scores a season-high 21 (17 in the 2nd half) and spurs a 14-0 2nd half spurt to help UCLA overcome a 10-point deficit and BeatSC 83-73, completing a season sweep over the lowly trojans In a deviation from the norm, UCLA struggled in the 1st half…
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VENTURA COUNTY COUNTESS
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VENTURA COUNTY LIKE — Count me in! Bruin Rowena represented Ventura County this weekend, making the semi-finals in the 2014 Miss CaliforniaUSA Pageant — Another fine representative of UCLA It’s a small world after all. While I was in the audience at the 2014 Miss CaliforniaUSA pageant this weekend, I…
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2014 is The Year of the Horse, but NOT the TROJAN Horse
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The Bruins absolutely destroy u$c and their snarky new Coach 107-73 in Basketball, then ESPN reports that Star QB Brett Hundley will return to UCLA for his Junior year, virtually assuring that SC will continue to be Second Class citizens in L.A. for the third year in a row It…
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SUPER CALI (FRAGILE-LIPSTICK-X-P-ALL-BODACIOUS)
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Spoonful of sugar — “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” is what you say when you don’t know what to say, and seeing (former UCLA Dance Team member) Michelle be so graceful and exquisite in last night’s prelim round of the 2014 Miss CaliforniaUSA pageant left me speechless For the second time in three years,…
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A TON OF RUN N’ GUN FUN FOR HUN IN THE SUN
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He’s the ONE, he’s second-to-none, and I hope he’s not done — Brett Hundley throws for two Touchdowns after running for two Touchdowns, including an 86-yard scramble that put UCLA up to stay in 42-12 thrashing of Virginia Tech in the Sun Bowl If this was Brett Hundley’s last game…
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TONY TURNS THE TIDE
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Parker and Recreation — Tony Parker comes through in the clutch, notching — in crunch time — several Baskets, Rebounds, a Block, and two Free Throws, as UCLA holds off Alabama 75-67 Just when UCLA was becoming known as a donut team — nothing in the middle — Tony Parker…
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GET CAUGHT WITH YOUR HAND IN THE TILLOW
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Former Bruin Cheerleader Katie E. has invented a brilliant new product: The “Tillow” — It’s a beach towel with built in pillow and pockets — Please check it out and help her realize her dreams! I have been telling you for years that the members of the UCLA Spirit Squad…
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POLA DISTRESS
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I see Red people — Mora hires “trojan-for-life” Kennedy Pola(malu) as Bruins’ new Running Back Coach… and just when I thought Mora really “gets it.” Sigh. Well, there it goes. UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora just let all the air out of my bubble of joy. I was riding…
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MORA STANDS PAT…HADEN UP
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You can’t spell “schadenfreude” without “Haden” — Defying the wishes of every trojan (and Husky) including Pat Haden, Jim Mora decides to stay at UCLA, signing a 6-year extension with the Bruins, while the trojans are still stuck with Steve Sarkisian If it was REALLY Pat Haden’s plan to get…
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SARKNADO
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Trojans gobble up leftover turkey — In a move smacking of desperation and an ulterior motive, u$c settles for Steve Sarkisian, hoping to re-capture the “success” of the Pete Carroll Cheating Era and also hoping to induce Jim Mora to bail on UCLA; The dubious move has created a Sharknado-like…
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THE HUNDLEY GAMES II — CATCHING FIRE (AGAIN)
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Hungry Hundley Bruin — In the annual Fight to the Death between UCLA and u$c, Brett Hundley executes the trojans for the second year in a row, running the Bruin Offense with Kat(niss)-like efficiency, throwing for 208 yards and running for 80 yards and 2 TD’s, while the UCLA Defense…
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BRUINS DOUBLE DOWN IN VEGAS
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No Mirage — UCLA’s Aria is Royal Flushes of Nevada and Northwestern in the Vegas Invitational, cashing out at 7-and-0 on the season, a deal that makes Steve Alford the first Bruin Coach in history to win his first 7 games (Wooden was 6-1); Kyle Anderson is the Tourney MVP,…