Bruins Take Care Of Cougars ... Methodically

by Nestor on Oct 4, 2008 10:20 PM PDT in Football Comment 29 comments

Going into tonight's game we were a little worried. This was the kind of game we have seen Bruin teams under previous regimes drop time after time.

This is kind of game we have seen Bruins come out in previous years and choke away, taking their opponents lightly, showing any kind of focus or killer instincts.

Instead tonight the Bruins came out with a purpose and took care of business. They started a little out of sync on offense and were having trouble tackling early in the game on defense. But they settled down and under Craft's leadership methodically sliced up the Cougars with help from Austin, Bell, Embree, Moline and Moya:

Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Lewis (via ESPN)

Bruins take apart the Cougars by a score of 28-3 (boxscore). The final score was not indicative of how Bruins controlled the game as Cougars piled on a TD in garbage time and Bruins had CForce mopping late in the fourth quarter.

No doubt Bruins took a step forward tonight but still there is lot of room for improvement as they head into Oregon for a very difficult road game. We will have more thoughts on the game tomorrow and early next week.

For now ... enjoy a steady Bruin win featured by an efficient and enjoyable offensive performance we haven't seen in years. Let's hope the Bruins build on it to improve some more this upcoming game week ...methodically of course.

Oh and the Blue Crew just took care of the Cubbies at the Chavez Ravine officially making this a True Blue weekend in LA.

Thread it up in our post game victory thread.

GO BRUINS.

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KC is starting to look like a quarterback

I’m especially impressed by how the team is responding to him. He’s working for it.

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela

by bruinchick on Oct 4, 2008 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Chow Has Been Brilliant

He’s put KC in places where he can succeed.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Oct 5, 2008 5:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Craft Was Terrific.

He’s going to be a flat-out good QB for this team.

Thanks, Coach Chow.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Oct 4, 2008 10:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

2 out of 3 on pregame guesses

1 point away from a clean sweep (why couldn’t Forbath have hooked an XP!?!)

by bruinhoo on Oct 4, 2008 10:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Post-game interviews

they’re not satisfied. I could really get to love this team.

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela

by bruinchick on Oct 4, 2008 10:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Apple Pie For Everybody

But now, sleep.

Thanks, everybody. God, it’s great to be a Bruin.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Oct 4, 2008 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A good win

Our guys need to start getting used to success.

by Fox 71 on Oct 4, 2008 10:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just feels good to get a win

not everyones Dodger Fans =(

One Game at a time the Mike Scioscia way.

by deejayelleseven on Oct 4, 2008 11:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What a fun game!

Ryan Moya is my hero. I swear, if he can touch it, he can catch it. What a clutch player. Is anyone going to Eugene next week? I’m tempted.

by captainqtp on Oct 4, 2008 11:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Great Night at the Rose Bowl

I’m back at home watchin the game again – feels so good to get a win! There was a great crowd there tonight, especially considering the rain and the Dodger game. I don’t know if they showed it on TV, but there was a wave going on at the Rose Bowl for at least 10 minutes!

Also, our latest hoops recruit, Anthony Stover was there cheering on his team!

GO DODGERS!!!
GO BRUINS!!!

by uclafan11 on Oct 5, 2008 12:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Was anyone else...

Annoyed by the neverending “wave” that the crowd did in the fourth quarter?

by Centric on Oct 5, 2008 12:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fueled by the kids in the endzones

It was actually quite amusing after awhile.

by SuperBruinMan on Oct 5, 2008 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

At first I was like “oh no the wave” but as it went on it was actually cool and people really got into it.

by uclafan11 on Oct 5, 2008 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, but...

There was still a football game going on. The wave frenzy hit its peak while we still had the ball. The fans should’ve known better.

by Centric on Oct 5, 2008 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah True..

We did have the ball and I was thinking “can you just continue this quietly!” Would have been better if we were on D, but it was still nice to see the enthusiasm. Several members of the team were totally into it as well and participating, so that was fun to see. :)

by uclafan11 on Oct 5, 2008 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not normally a fan,

but it was fun seeing the defense do it along the bench.

by jaffa on Oct 5, 2008 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else listen to Bruin Talk?

Apparently Tim Cates doesn’t like recruiting services.

by SuperBruinMan on Oct 5, 2008 12:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

BN is more than a UCLA site

it’s a family of people who love UCLA.

And, people in families talk about lots of things — things that go beyond the topics that first brought them together.

I hate the Dodgers — I’m a Cardinals fan.

When I see a post about the Dodgers, I have choices: I can glance past it, pass it over, not read it OR I can read it and see what my BN brothers and sisters have to day about things that matter to them. For example, Rotten’s excitement about being at the game is pretty cool — it’s a side of him I don’t think I’ve “seen” before.

Shackle, with all the good stuff here, can you just ignore the stuff you don’t like?

sjh

by Class of 66 on Oct 5, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well said, but

it is harder to ignore when the volume of non-UCLA stuff ratchets up. Also, Rotten’s post could be seen as good because we could see how excited Rotten was to be at Dodger Stadium, but I see it as evidence that he was not at the Rose Bowl- we should not be celebrating loss of fans to a baseball game.

by islandbruin on Oct 5, 2008 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I will repeat the point I have made here time and time

No one is paying is to do this. This is a labor of love. We write here because we enjoy it. This is not work and the minute it starts feeling like such (as an obligation) I will stop doing it.

If people don’t like what we are writing they can ignore and not come back. No one’s feeling is going to hurt.

If you think there other UCLA stuff that needs to be talked about, then WRITE about it instead of WHINING about it. Thanks.

by Nestor on Oct 5, 2008 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was not articulate

My comment had more to do with the fact that the game at Dodgers Stadium drew fans away from the Rose Bowl, which is not a good thing in my book. I hope that Rotten can score some tickets for the NLCS at Dodger Stadium, and that he has a great time, because there won’t be a UCLA home football game which conflicts with the Dodgers.

Also, in referring to the volume of non-UCLA comments, I did not intend to criticize the moderators of this site. You guys are great. This clearly is a labor of love for you, and it shows in the quality of info provided. Any question which I might raise, like recruits being invited to football games on official visits (as apparently did not happen with KD) is promptly answered. I really do appreciate the quality and the effort.
The volume comment was referring to the occasional posters who weigh in on pro sports more often than on UCLA. Since you all apparently don’t have a problem with that, then I should not either. Point taken.

by islandbruin on Oct 5, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Its all good island

I wrote the post game post around 1:30 am over Bruins/Dodgers euphoria! So I am not going to apologize for getting carried away with true blue madness.

I think its ok for folks here to go a little OT every now and then while keeping the Bruins in the center of our discussions. As 66 said it allows us to get to know each other in this community even better.

Anyway … no worries. We are good.

by Nestor on Oct 5, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anything cool come out of the post-game interviews?

Here in Exile, as soon as the game was over my station went to a program in progress — as bass fishing tournament amongst college teams. I started cheering on A&M.

Does UCLA have a bass fishing team? I have all of my years of eligibility left — and will come back to school for a chance to letter in bass. I’m very good with walleye and musky — ready for the challenge.

Seriously, would love to hear what CRN, NC and DW had to say.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Oct 5, 2008 7:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All I Saw

was some of CRN’s press conference, and honestly, he looked tired and he was a little crabby with the reporters—a couple of uncomfortable pauses and he said something like, “You guys don’t have any questions because you’ve already written your stories.” (Which is probably true. He wasn’t rude at all, and he thoroughly answered the questions that did finally come, but, he was clearly fatigued, in my opinion.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Oct 5, 2008 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reggie

can deliver some fearsome hits. Corey had a great game. And I saw our receivers run better routes. Dang, but I wish they play Dean more!

by brewinz on Oct 5, 2008 8:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dean:

I’m a big fan — he’s from neighboring Katy.

The announcers made it seem like he’s yet to assimilate the system and understand his role in different situations.

Now that we’ve burned a red-shirt year, I hope he gets to play more.

I take it Knox will be red shirted?

sjh

by Class of 66 on Oct 5, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Knox on track to red shirt. And I would love to see Dean get some reps. From what I have heard he just needs to focus a little more in practice.

by Nestor on Oct 5, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i also heard

that there is some concern that he can’t run up the gut like the other backs. He’s most comfortable running outside and needs open space to show off his speed. Still, he’s got potential and I would love to see im out there more.

by UCLAbruin920 on Oct 6, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you guys read my mind...

with regards to dean. i can’t help but hope that he’s the gamebreaker we seem to be missing. i hope he gets worked in the scheme more, bell is no where near 100%, i respect his desire to go, and is alright straight away, but his cuts lack explosiveness, and that’s just bad news for any running game. pardon the comma splice folks!

Across The Face

by rb bruin on Oct 6, 2008 1:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs