As I'm reading the LA Daily News recap of media day, there were no printed quotes from Dorrell.  In fact, there was no mention of Dorrell whatsoever -- as if he was a non-entity, invisible, and utlimately, irrelevant.  LA Daily News is supposed to cover everything LA, like  UC "LA".  Surely, it had to have found SOMETHING printable from Dorrell that might be of interest to readers.  Apparently not.  And yet, I do not blame the LA Daily News -- I'm sure it really, really tried.

This is supposed to be KD's best squad and his best chance to make a run toward a BCS bowl appearance, at the very minimum.  How could UCLA not even get a mention in a major LA newspaper?  I was not there, but surely KD must have uttered something quotable for the Daily News to print?  How could there be a recap of media day without some kind of quotes from the coach of a major university right here in LA Dalily News' coverage territory?

I'm afraid that the answer is that Dorrell, in the LA Daily News' eyes, is basically irrelevant; UCLA football is irrelevant.  If this were college basketball media day, do you think there would be a Daily News write-up with no quotes from Howland?

We Bruin fans could jump up and down all we want about this being the year, the best chance for our football team to make some kind of national statement.  But as far as the Daily News is concerned, UCLA football is still basically a non-factor.  And KD's inability to say anything of substance, other than the usual meaningless cliches, really does not help mitigate that perception.