Pregame Guesses: UCLA and Washington State

by Achilles on Oct 3, 2008 4:00 PM PDT in Football Comment 46 comments

It's that time of the week again.

I've got the results from Fresno State on a Fan Post here.

I've got to be honest with you -- we're not much better at guessing than the team is at winning. I don't think anyone has gotten three points in a given week yet.

Now, let's turn our attention to the Washington State Cougars.

How bad are the Cougars? Let's put it this way: They're double-digit dogs to a team that's been blown out by BYU and Arizona, got beat pretty good by Fresno State and has dropped three in a row.

That's how bad the Cougars are at the moment.

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John Cougar Mellencamp Crumblin Down Video (via MrsHappyGoLucky)

Washington State sucking is actually sort of nostalgic for us old timers. I can recall a time when Washington State knew their place as one of the conference doormats. That was back when we used to play in New Year's Day bowl games and actually win them. This was back when Rick Neuheisel was throwing passes and Karl Dorrell was catching them.

I can almost picture Neuheisel sitting his his frat house, knocking back some Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve or MIckey's Big Mouth (no doubt delivered by the Duck Blind up on Montana), watching MTV (note to the young folks, MTV used to play music videos -- weird, huh?) , checking out Johnny Cougar and going, "Heh, heh ... I wonder if he's rooting for the Cougars?" ... then cracking up as he and his bros spill beer and pretzels all over a sofa they stole from Dykstra Hall.

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I'm just going to say it: UCLA needs this win. If they lose, well ... it's basketball season. So I'm going to throw optimistic caution to the wind with this week's questions:

1 - How many points will UCLA lead by at halftime?

2 - How many touchdowns will UCLA score on offense in the game?

3 - What will the exact combined attendance be at the Rose Bowl, Dodgers Stadium (where the Cubs will be playing the Dodgers) and the Coliseum (where USC faces Oregon)?

Okay ... that last one was a joke.

3 - Seriously, which game will have the higher attendance, the UCLA-Washington State game at the Rose Bowl or the Dodgers-Cubs game at Dodgers Stadium? (Answer Bruins or Dodgers)

As always, leave your guesses in the subject line of your comment below.

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14, 5, Bruins

exact total attendance: 212,394. mark it down

by bucknellbruin on Oct 3, 2008 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

17, 4, Bruins

Wooh! Tomorrow is Gameday!

by captainqtp on Oct 3, 2008 4:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

9, 4, Bruins

and for the extra point: 207,608

by templarknight on Oct 3, 2008 4:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

6, 4, Bruins

Gotta love those Schnues.

Speaking of those stolen sofas from Dykstra Hall. I remember how we use to roll sofas down Bruin Walk for our camp outs for basketball games.

Mickey’s Big Mouth? Dude that was even before our time.

by Nestor on Oct 3, 2008 4:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

17, 5, Dodgers

by Dexter Fishmore on Oct 3, 2008 4:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

3, 21, Dodgers

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Oct 3, 2008 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm lame, that 21 should read 3; for three touchdowns = 21 points

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Oct 3, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like your first number better

21 Offensive touchdowns!!!!! Now THAT would be dope! :)

GO BRUINS!!!

by uclafan11 on Oct 3, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yet only a three point lead at halftime

I’d love to be able to run up the score like that.

by SuperBruinMan on Oct 3, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

10, 3, UCLA Bruins

Bonus = 170,000 LA Sports Fans on Saturday

by BruinWannabe on Oct 3, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

14, 4 , Bruins

by SuperBruinMan on Oct 3, 2008 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

6, 3, Dodgers

by BruinFan96 on Oct 3, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

7, 7, Bruins

I have no idea what I’m doing.

by YRLBruin on Oct 3, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

3, 3, Bruins

by Fox 71 on Oct 3, 2008 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

11,6,Dodgers

Here’s hoping for an offensive explosion. Hopefully YRLBruin is right instead of me.

by popopapa on Oct 3, 2008 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

10, 6, Dodgers

by northbaybruin on Oct 3, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Explosion in the running game

by northbaybruin on Oct 3, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

10, 4, Bruins

greg in denver

by gbruin on Oct 3, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

13, 4, Bruins

by Bruinut on Oct 3, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

20, 5, Bruins

And I am not surprised there haven’t been any perfect scores of 3 yet. The guesses have largely needed to be exact (exact number of tackles, exact number of receptions, etc.). It’s hard to nail one of those, let alone 2 or 3 of them. Number of offensive touchdowns is a little smaller range (except for MexiBruin who had us down for 21 offensive touchdowns!), but number of receptions and tackles is pretty rough to hit exactly since there is such a large range of possible values for that.

It is what it is though. Tough isn’t necessarily bad. If you do want higher scores, you would need more leeway in the guesses like the rushing totals and stuff you have done. Or more guesses that are closer to 50/50 propositions. A good prediction for this type of thing is the Over/Under. You can’t really do win or lose straight up or even with a point spread — too much homerism or pressure to be a homer in this forum. But over/under doesn’t have that bias in there. So that would always work well for any game.

by OCBruin95 on Oct 3, 2008 8:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs