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So rain didn't stop 5 guys from our football team - Taylor Embree (Junior WR), Frank Guzman (RS Senior LB), Jeff Dickman (RS Sophomore CB), Mike Harris (RS Junior OT), and Lowell Rose (RS Sophomore CB) - from visiting the boys and girls at 186th Street School for their "5th Annual Super Bowl School Spirit Day."
They all did our eight clap. You can read more about it on the school's blog here. Just 5 more "UCLA type of guys," Hello Kiffin would need to spend less than 10 minutes to tell apart from his Trogans.
GO BRUINS.
about 2 hours ago
Nestor
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Seantrel Henderson Opens Up A Gaping Hole In Hello Kiffin's Recruiting Class
by Nestor on Feb 8, 2010 3:00 PM PST
in Recruiting
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So much for Hello Kiffin's top ranked recruiting class. All those Trogans who have been daydreaming about Norm Chow should have been more concerned about exactly the kind of recruiting class Kiffin has been putting together across town. Seantrel Henderson, the much hyped "recruit" for the Trojan's top ranked recruiting class is back on the market:
As has been suspected since Wednesday -- when Cretin-Derham Hall offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson committed to play at USC but did not sign a letter of intent -- the nation's No. 1 recruit is back on the market.
During an in-studio interview with KSTP-TV sports anchor Joe Schmit on Sunday night, Henderson and his father, Sean Henderson, made it clear that Seantrel will not sign with USC if NCAA penalties are too severe. But the extent of those penalties may not be known for months, and nobody knows how long the Hendersons are willing to wait.
USC officials will appear before an NCAA infractions committee later this month. The NCAA is investigating allegations that former football player Reggie Bush -- now with the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints -- broke rules by accepting cash, a car and free housing from businessmen who hoped to profit from Buch after he turned professional.
Schmit asked Seantrel Henderson if NCAA sanctions could change his mind about going to USC.
The 18-year-old said, "Yeah, I think it would. But at the same time, I would have to, you know, talk to the coaches to see exactly what’s going on and exactly what’s going to happen and then base my decision upon what’s going to be going on. Because that’s the school I would like to go to, but then at the same time I just can’t walk into anything that’s going to, like, make my future, you know, not as good as it could be."
Hmm. Sounds like a kid who is smartly weighing all his options. I wonder what recruits like Robert Woods and Dillon Baxter are thinking right about now. Seantrel Henderson's decommitment is not the only issue plaguing Kiffin's first class at Southern Cal. More on the troubling signs around Lamey's first class after the flip.
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College Baseball 101
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 8, 2010 12:00 PM PST
in Baseball
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This 2010 season, which starts in 11 days, will mark the fifth season in which I've provided coverage of the UCLA baseball team on BN. Each year, I've increased the amount of coverage of the team, going a bit more in-depth each season, but when asking for suggestions about how to improve my coverage this season, DexterFishmore had a great idea.
For all the words I've spent on the team, I've yet to take the time to explain some of the basics of college baseball so those new to the sport or following from afar can have a better idea as to what is going on. These are the basics of it all, but I very well may not have touched upon things that confuse you or you're unsure about. If that's the case, please ask the question and I'll do my best to answer it.
So, to kick off my 2010 season preview coverage, here is College Baseball 101, everything you need to know to get the basics of the college game.
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Danger Signs: UCLA's Problems Under Ben Howland Run Deep
by Guest Blogger on Feb 8, 2010 6:09 AM PST
in Basketball
260 comments
By BruinBlue
A good deal deeper than Nikola Dragovic, who is a terrible player, but who will mercifully be gone soon. Deeper than James Keefe, who tries, but who inexplicably got worse in four years. Deeper than Malcolm Lee, who has flashes of talent, but who spends every day thinking of how to get out of here. Deeper than Bobo Morgan, who is a cheerful mediocrity; or Jerime Anderson, who is actually painful to watch; or even Drew Gordon, who took off seven games into the season.
Our problems come down to two indisputable facts: We have unaccountably recruited several inadequate players in the last few years. And those few players we have recruited who have great potential, almost always vacate the program after one or two years. And it doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that you absolutely cannot have an elite program with this formula. It is like the algebra problems where the reservoir is being filled with water from one hose, while it is being drained by another hose which is more powerful and faster. We recruit some players; some of them are no good; the ones who are good take off; and we have to immediately recruit some more of them. And if we should start to become unable to recruit many top players--and I think that this is going to become a real possibility--well, you can pretty easily predict the ultimate outcome.
We haven't gotten to that stage yet, but I am not at all optimistic that we are going to be able to recruit well in the next class. We've got a few players for next year. Smith is definitely a strong recruit, and Lamb is probably pretty good. And then we have a JC player who won't be here long, but who might help. Other than that, we are apparently going after Europeans (shudder), more JCs (hard to imagine it has come to that), and undersized sleeper players (smacks of desperation). Why should anyone just blithely imagine that this is going to get better next year or the year after that?
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Non-Revenue Sports Bruin Review and Calendar
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 7, 2010 9:59 PM PST
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UCLA kicked off a five game road trip with consecutive wins in Hawaii (Photo Credit: Daily Bruin)
Men's Tennis
The rain continues to hamper the #4 Bruins as yet another one of their matches was rained out. As a result, they didn't get any matches in last week, but will be in Charlottesville, Virginia for the ITA National Indoors this Thursday through Monday.
Women's Gymnastics
The sixth-ranked Bruins had no problem whatsoever with the road. In Tucson, taking on #18 Arizona, UCLA scored a season-high 196.725, well ahead of the Wildcats' 193.800 to improve to 6-1 on the year. Vanessa Zamarripa took home the all-around with a career best 39.675 while also winning the bats and beam. Bruins finished first and second in all four events and took third in three of the four as well. #8 Stanford, the only team to beat UCLA this year, will be at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday as the Bruins go looking for revenge.
Men's Volleyball
UCLA left Pauley Pavilion for a five-game road trip and their first destination was Hawaii, where large crowds are the norm. In front of over 3,000 fans both nights, the Bruins played with fire and picked up a pair of big wins over the #6 Warriors. On Thursday night, UCLA dropped the opening set 27-30, then stormed back to take the next three 30-25, 30-26, 30-25. Friday night brought a bigger crowd and even an even bigger cheer from the Bruins. It took four sets again as UCLA took down Hawaii, 30-26, 23-30, 30-26, 30-28. Garrett Muagututia led the way, totaling 46 kills in the two matches. Back on the mainland and back in California, the Bruins (6-5, 5-3) will head to the northern part of the state this weekend to face #5 Stanford and Pacific.
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Cal Game shots (edited: Now with bonus pics!)
by b d on Feb 7, 2010 9:04 PM PST
8 comments
Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N
I was on the fence as to what to do about this post -- I shoot RAW and JPEG (at the same time), but rarely ever use the JPEGs the camera makes for me. I almost always postprocess a bit, and this weekend, I didn't get back to the computer I normally process photos on. I didn't want to disappoint, though, so I'm going to post the JPEGs the camera made for now, and when I get around to doing the postprocessing, I'll edit the post to have the better pictures. Here we go!
I finished the post work, and I decided to include a few more pictures! See the end for bonus shots. --b d
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| From MBB vs. Cal |
Starting lineups (I think that sign may be older than he is)
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What team had the biggest signing day surge?
Allen Wallace | Scout.com's National Editor: For me, that team is UCLA. The Bruins elevated their rank hugely on LOI Day by adding LB Jordan Zumwalt, LB/DE Josh Shirley, DB/WR Anthony Jefferson, D Dietrich Riley and perhaps most importantly Owamagbe Odighizuwa. That's an amazing amount of firepower and it's all the more impressive because Pac-10 rivals USC, Stanford, Oregon, Washington and Arizona were all the victims of this final Bruin onslaught.
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Nestor
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Trojans Once Again Trying To Create Desperate Noise Around Norm Chow
by Nestor on Feb 7, 2010 5:38 PM PST
in Football
16 comments
Looks like the Trogans are at it again. Apparently they feel so threatened by UCLA's signing day success that they are feeling pressured to spread the same rumors all over again. From the topline of USCFootball.com:
With signing day come and gone, assistant coaches at the college level are beginning to jump ship for other opportunities. In our latest USCFootball.com Offensive Coordinator Hot Board, we highlight a couple of new names and revisit a few familiar ones, including the resurfacing rumors about Norm Chow returning to Troy.
Why stop there Trogans? Why not trot out SChilly Smith once again to legitimize this round of rumor mongering.
You have to LOL at their persistence in trying to create instability around the UCLA football program. Yeah, I am sure Norm Chow is going to leave UCLA now to go over to work for a narcissistic, man-boy, puppet coach like Hello Kiffin who has also been acting like a creepy pedophile. Why would Chow want to go work for some unproven egomaniac who wants to call his own plays.
This is nothing more than another pathetic attempt by the Trogans to inject Chow rumors in the traditional media. The fact of the matter is Norm Chow is contracted wit UCLA through this upcoming season. His representatives have been talking to UCLA about a long term deal.
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Bruins Football Schedule
| San Diego St. | Sat 09/05 | W 33 - 14 |
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Sat 09/12 | W 19 - 15 |
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Kansas St.
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Sat 09/19 | W 23 - 9 |
| @ Stanford | Sat 10/03 | L 16 - 24 |
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Oregon
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Sat 10/10 | L 10 - 24 |
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California
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Sat 10/17 | L 26 - 45 |
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Sat 10/24 | L 13 - 27 |
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Sat 10/31 | L 19 - 26 |
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Washington
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Sat 11/07 | W 24 - 23 |
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Sat 11/14 | W 43 - 7 |
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Arizona St.
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Sat 11/21 | W 23 - 13 |
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Sat 11/28 | L 7 - 28 |
| @ Temple | Tue 12/29 | W 30 - 21 |
Bruins Basketball Schedule
Next 5 Games
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Sun 02/14 | 7:00 PM PST |
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Thu 02/18 | 5:30 PM PST |
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Sat 02/20 | 6:00 PM PST |
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Oregon St.
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Thu 02/25 | 8:00 PM PST |
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Oregon
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Sat 02/27 | 2:00 PM PST |
Last 5 Games
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Sat 02/06 | L 58 - 72 |
| Stanford | Thu 02/04 | W 77 - 73 |
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Sat 01/30 | W 62 - 52 |
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Thu 01/28 | L 66 - 71 |
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Washington St.
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Sat 01/23 | W 74 - 62 |
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