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 underdog who hung around to […]
Breakfast of Champions: Needing more pancake blocks, UCLA’s Football team barely beat unranked Stanford, but the pre-game rally is #1 in the Nation (and the Spirit Squad photos are selling like hotcakes) It’s nice to celebrate a thrilling, last-minute win, but don’t get too syrupy, and don’t stack it too high… The Bruins beat STANFORD at […]
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 lead, 16-14. But Stanford got […]
After a weekend of exciting finishes, it’s time to decompress How much can one heart take? After UCLA lost a heartbreaker on Saturday, as did #1 Oklahoma, #3 Missouri, #4 LSU (sort of), and Michigan, the NFL did its part to complete the weekend in exciting style. Almost half the games on Sunday went down […]
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 the Ducks for 60 minutes, […]
Victory over WSU lightens the mood in Westwood Rick Neuheisel promised that his team would improve from week to week. And, except for the drop from the emotion-driven Opening Night upset of Tennessee to the 59-0 loss to BYU, Neuheisel has delivered. Of course, it’s not saying much to improve on 59-0, but the Bruins […]
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. And when they win by […]
Poetic Juicetice: King of the trOJans O.J. Simpson is found guilty on all 12 counts in Kidnapping/Armed Robbery trial, 13 years to the day after his murder acquittal; The Juice could get boxed for 15 years to Life. Viva Las Vegas! It took 12 Nevada jurors virtually NO time, to do what 12 L.A. jurors couldn’t do at […]