Photos: Fresno State @ UCLA

by Telemachus on Sep 28, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

Hot day at the Rose Bowl and though Austin's 100-yard kickoff return to start the game was called back, it gave us a bit of an idea of what we were in for. I mean, blocked PAT's (one returned by the Bruins for two points), a punt returned for a TD (dang FSU), an interception by DT Brian Price, and 250 combined kickoff and punt return yards and almost 300 yards of total offense by Terrence Austin!

Oh yeah, we lost.

But I'm relentlessly optimistic and was really happy after the game when CRN got on the PA to thank the crowd for coming out and supporting the team. He encouraged us to come back next week for WSU and almost promised a win. (I think his emotion got the best of him here, I'm sure he doesn't want any bulletin-board material to fire up the cougs) You can just sense the passion CRN has to get the ship righted.

Enjoy the slideshow, there's lots to be encouraged about.

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Oh, and the other reason to make it to the game:

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Tele,

These photos are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for posting these.

You are a truly gifted photographer.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Sep 28, 2008 6:47 AM PDT reply actions

Ditto that

Tele is a Bruin (BN) treasure.

by Nestor on Sep 28, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow! These are great!

Thanks.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Sep 28, 2008 12:09 PM PDT reply actions

Excellent, Tele!

Great photos – I forgot my camera yesterday and I felt naked without it! :) Looks like you have a pretty professional camera – do you have any trouble getting it in the stadium or is it small enough?

by uclafan11 on Sep 28, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions

Not a Pro camera

It’s a Nikon D40x (10.2 mega-pixels) with a fairly compact 55-200m zoom lens. Usually don’t have any problem getting in with it (I leave the smaller lens on when I go through the gate). For some reason they had to get a supervisor over to check it yesterday, but let it go, since it’s a still camera.

Thanks for the compliments all! I’m really just a hack, it’s mostly the equipment. The hard part is following the action while calmly shooting, when what I really want to do is to jump up and down cheer. I learned that from about 8 years of video taping my daughter’s basketball games. :)

by Telemachus on Sep 28, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions