The Trojan Times UCLA Beat Writer Tries To Paint Bruin Fans As "Bandwagoners"
by Nestor on Oct 12, 2009 8:14 AM PDT
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PrintChris Foster from the LA Trojan Times writes breathlessly:
The thud heard around the Internet late Saturday was caused by Bruins fans hopping off the bandwagon.
The online chatter was harsh, even if the website dwellers represented a small percentage of UCLA fans.
"We're trying to keep each other uplifted," said linebacker Reggie Carter, one of four team captains. "It'd be great if the fans stayed with us too. We're all one family. You don't run out on your family when things are going bad.
"Hopefully, they'll stay with us and understand we're fine. We're fighting. It's not like we're not trying. We want to win for ourselves as much as we want to win for them. They were with us when we were winning. We'll see how many stay loyal and stay with us now."
Let's make it something very clear to you Chris. The only major bandwagon hopping that has been happening around Los Angeles during last few years is the one by your pathetic, joke of a news paper riding Pom Pom's train. When one needs to describe what exactly entails in a bandwagon type sports coverage, he or she can just point to the college sports section of the LA Trojan Times for last few years which as documented here time and time again has gone out of its way to cover up for the Trojan scandals or take one cheat shots after another at UCLA.
Obviously Foster has no clue or sense about the zeitgeist of Bruin Nation, otherwise he wouldn't have made the idiotic comment about "website dwellers" representing a "small percentage of UCLA fans." As for the loyalty of UCLA fans, he conveiniently decided to leave out the attendance numbers at the Rose Bowl during this past decade and compare that to the numbers of other Pac-10 teams during their tough times, because it would have destroyed his arguments re. band wagons comment.
As for Carter's comment, no one is going to abandon the teams. Not the ones online here or other message boards or blogs. The reality is the people who come to Bruins Nation, BRO or other UCLA online communities are the hardest of hardcore passionate UCLA fans who have stuck with our Bruins through thick and thin. Sure people are going to offer criticisms when something is not going right, but that is exactly what we should expect from a passionate and knowledgeable fan base, instead of expecting them to follow along everything the coaches utter with blind lemmings. No one here or any other UCLA online communities will be giving up on Carter or UCLA football, even if that entails getting our collective hearts ripped out time after time as it has been done on a routine basis since December 5, 1998.
I guess what we read in the LA Times shouldn't be a surprise considering the kind of national joke it has become in recent years getting scooped time and time again by internet reporters who can also be called as "website dwellers" about the transgressions of its favorite college football program in the city. Look at the mirror Chris, take a close look at your sorry sports section, and read closely a$$clown colleagues such as Splashme and Slimers before you attack UCLA fans for riding a "bandwagon."
GO BRUINS.
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A bandwagon? UCLA Football? Chris, there hadn’t been a bandwagon to jump off of since either 99 or 01. Talk about writing a story that isn’t there, huh?
Wait
So the entirety of the trOJan fanbase having a shitfit when PomPom lost to yet another ranked team isn’t considered bandwagoning but uncited speculation of possible internet grumblings after a tough loss is?
Yeah…no.
Fuck the SUC Times.
Time to dig out the old Evidence Code.
California Evidence Code section 210 says:
“‘Relevant evidence’ means evidence, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant, having any tendencey in reason to prove or disprove any disputed fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action.”
This guys statements are relevent only in the sence that they bear on his credibility. Beyone that, they have no tendence in reason to prove the point he is trying to make.
And if the Evidence Code isn’t enough for you, how about Shakespeare (and will someone please translate this into one-syllable words for the trOJies who drop in), from his Scottish play (which opera people aren’t allowed to say out loud): “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
We'll let me try and translate that for the Trojans
An idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing = Brennan Carroll
It’s too bad I can’t find the film that was circulating a couple of years ago. I guess it embarrassed them.
Unfortunately, that tale isn’t so grand as Macbeth, which is a masterpiece of the English language.
Troy will fall...AGAIN!
by Bruins102NCAA on Oct 12, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of typos
We’ll = Well
We all make them but it gets to you after to proof something a few times and then post, only to find you missed about 2 or 3. Oh we’ll.
Troy will fall...AGAIN!
by Bruins102NCAA on Oct 12, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
California Evidence Code?
Whatever you do, please don’t start citing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 71.
By the way, I seem to recall that attendance for Cheatey’s first game was below 50,000. If there’s a football bandwagon in town, it wears red and yellow.
Louisiana born, California grown - bleed Blue and Gold, with a healthy dose of Purple mixed in.
by ucla84 on Oct 13, 2009 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL @Chris Imposter
The "Thud’ he heard was Bruin fans punching something to take out their frustration. Chatter on the net is a sign that people CARE about the program.
by BlueReign on Oct 12, 2009 9:40 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The decline of the L.A. Times
saddens me, a subscriber for more years than I care to say.
The sports page, I think, is very seriously afflicted. But it is interesting that a Times reporter(if that’s the right word) turns to BN and other blogs for a story. Because, let’s face it, that’s where the real fans are. Of course, he spins it wrongly and with no understanding. But what can you expect?
Don't subcribe, don't click
That’s my version of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
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