Bizarro World: Let's become SC Fans

by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 17, 2009 9:51 PM PDT Comment 20 comments

I'm just sick of this, UCLA is terrible, let's just go and try to see what winning is like for a change. I mean, every time that UCLA gets something going, they say, "haha, stupid fans, believing in us". This fan base has taken a mental beating, we should be rewarded for our sufferings. But no, we haven't. It's just a terrible situation to be in; we love something so much, but can't stand it. I hate losing more than anyone.

But then again, isn't losing...kind of fun?

Before I get going, I'd like to say that I'm just throwing things up there, try to stick with me.

Fun in the sense that there is something to build upon. Every time that we lose, we accept it, generally, and move forward. Every time $C loses, they get upset and call up the AD there to fire Petey. EVERY TIME THEY LOSE! Every single time, the AD gets at least one call asking to fire Pete Carroll. At UCLA though, we don't care if we lose a few games right?

Last year, we didn't have to win every game. In fact, some people didn't care if we even WON a game last year. But this year, we got spoiled rotten. We got a big ol' jug of "True Blue Kool-Aid" (I'm copyrighting that, and selling it at the next home game by the way). We slither past SDSU, then we go to Neyland and get an injection of the most pure and deep Kool-Aid drug ever made. We got so high off of that game, that we didn't notice that the offense/defense would need help against a "below average" KSU defense/offense. 3-0. I didn't even know we were undefeated going into the Stanford Game.

All in all, we got spoiled. But the truth being, I'm almost happy, because I think we thinned out the true fan base... again.

I'll skip there, we all know what happened in the 2/3 subsequent weeks;

I collected 3 concerns for our team in those 5/6 weeks (They aren't "made of straw" Nes)

The offense lacked a deep threat, whether it be at the QB spot, or the WR spot
Discipline, either post or pre play, was questionable on both sides of the ball.
Big plays haven't really killed us this year on defense, just long drives.

Against Cal, lla lleh ekorb esool. ("All hell broke loose" in Bizarro world)

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(Artwork for the cover of Superman vol. 1, #202 (Dec 1967 - Jan 1968). Art by Curt Swan.)

1st, Kevin Prince emerged as a kind of a sort of a type of a deep threat (still shakey on that). But then some receivers started getting more aggressive on their "post"-route procedures, and actually turning to the endzone! We saw a more open playbook today, and I'm proud of the results.

2nd, I thought we did a good job of limiting the penalties this week, aside from some really bad ones late in the game, we didn't exactly "shoot" ourselves as much as "step" on ourselves.

3rd. Ya, 96 yard runs can basically sum it up. The only sustained drives were in the VERY beginning of the game, and at the VERY end of the half.

So what we saw today was the "Bizzaro" ALCU. I'll rest my case at that. ALCU will always be my favorite team on htrae

So after starting this post, I'm sorry that I side tracked, let's get back on track:

As I was saying, if you are a real fan right now, you are both frustrated, and excited. Now we've seen the best of both worlds. A great offense, and a great defense. It's just a matter of syncing them up. For those booing the decisions today, SHAKE YOURSELF, and to those boohooing about how bad Prince played today, SHAKE YOURSELF. It feels good, right?

-oG sniurB

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for as bad as our defense looked in the first half, and as bad as our receivers looked dropping passes, we still had a shot at this victory. On the drive with 5 minutes left, Austin misjudged the pass to the end zone, and then Prince underthrew a wide open Paulsen for a pick six. If either play gets executed better then we are down 5 with 5 minutes to go.

I love this teams’ fighting spirit, the fact our o-line seems to be improving every game, and the speed and athletic ability of our young guys.

So, I guess what I am saying is that I too am frustrated, yet excited about our future.

by bornagainbruin on Oct 18, 2009 12:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"if either play gets executed...."

There’s an old saying. If your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle.

The fact is that we didn’t make those plays. I can live with that. What I can’t live with is the fact that we gave up 376 yards in the first half. I can’t remember ever getting torched so many times. I don’t know enough to say why we gave up so many yards. Are our kids just not good enough? I don’t think that’t true, because those same kids made several great plays on defense. That leaves either just bad karma or bad coaching. I’m not willing to make a judgment as to which is which. I just know that I’m more than a little upset about the state of the Bruin defense.

Under these circumstances, I suggest to Coach Neuheisel that he never punt if the offense gets us past our own 40 (or maybe our own 30.)

by Fox 71 on Oct 18, 2009 5:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

EXACTLY

“If your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle.”— ha! Bad karma or bad coaching? I’d like to believe the first, because that’s fixable. The former is ultra bad…. 376 yards in the 1st half = a real “Karma Killer”.

BTW: UCLA = HEART. You can hear from far and near the Mighty Bruin roar!

by Bruin4ver on Oct 18, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fox

If I was saying that we should have one this game IF only for a few better executed plays, then I think I would have deserved that cliche. I can see how that could be interpreted by what I wrote.

I’m pissed about the first half, too. But I think saying its “either just bad karma or bad coaching” is ridiculous. Seems like some of it we can blame on the coaches some we can blame on the players, and some we can give credit to Cal. First, I agree with most on this blog that the slow starts are really hurting us and that they are the fault of the coaches. Second, our tackling has been poor lately, which I blame on the players. I don’t blame the coaches because they’ve told us how tackling has been a priority in practice, especially during the recent bye week. So, if you think the coaches can’t coach tackling, a position I’ve seen no evidence to believe, then blame the coaches. I’ll blame the players and give some credit to Cal’s great running backs. Third, Cal threw in some good wrinkles, such as the receiving touchdown thrown to Best which had him in a mismatch with Bosworth. This didn’t happen the rest of the game, so I’ll give some credit to the coaches for being able to adjust.

For me, the bottom line is that both the players and the coaches were the cause of the first half’s problems, not just the coaches, and that both coaches and players should receive credit for us being in the game late in the fourth quarter.

by bornagainbruin on Oct 18, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

IN A BIZARRO WORLD,....

…. YOU TAKE A LOSS & CALL IT PROGRESS. 13_9 your whining pisses me off.

Bruins looking for positives in these latest round of defeats are so used to being let down that they’ll indulge in the “Oh, we were spoiled early on” /“we thinned out the true fan base.” syndrome – NO THAT’S REAL DELUSION.

EXECUTION, EITHER YOU HAVE IT & WIN 3 IN A ROW OR YOU DON’T & LOSE 3 IN A ROW. SIMPLE.

Stanford, Oregon, & Cal were all winnable & we did not win, that’s the core of all this discontent. To say expectations were too high after Sept 19 hides behind the fact that we were contenders in these last 3 games & we failed to execute.

BTW: TRUE BLUE KOOL AID = BEING 104 IN TOTAL OFFENSE, LOSING 3 IN A ROW & BEING “ALMOST HAPPY” B.S.

BTW: UCLA = HEART. You can hear from far and near the Mighty Bruin roar!

by Bruin4ver on Oct 18, 2009 4:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Again welcome

If you knew anything about me or what I was trying to say, I don’t think you would be saying this. Go back in the archives and look through for my name and then come back and apologize. You shouldn’t go mudslinging when you don’t know a thing about what you’ve read

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 6:59 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Because I don't agree with you,...

is not “mudslinging”. Your entitled to your opinion as much as I’m entitled to mine.

APOLOGY? PLEASE.

I’m not the one writing: “I’m almost happy, because I think we thinned out the true fan base… again.” That’s an opinion I don’t agree with & my reasons above are as clear as I can make them.

I’m leaving this thread at that.

BTW: UCLA = HEART. You can hear from far and near the Mighty Bruin roar!

by Bruin4ver on Oct 18, 2009 10:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry about that

I didn’t know that AWESOME MODE ON YOUR KEYBOARD WAS ON lol. Ya the caps lock makes it Awesome mode.
re execution
It’s a combination of both, but the inevitable was bound to happen right? If you want me to look in detail i’ll provide the stats in passing efficiency for the Oregon and Stanford game per 1st down – 3rd down stretches. Stats can’t lie right? The games in which we didn’t execute never really showed on the scoreboard, which is right on your behalf, but then again, we wouldn’t have the horses to go back into a balanced stanford/oregon offensive scheme for the final 2 minutes of either game.
re expectations, you are technically agreeing with me.

BTW: TRUE BLUE KOOL AID = BEING 104 IN TOTAL OFFENSE, LOSING 3 IN A ROW & BEING "ALMOST HAPPY" B.S.

I was saying that we were fooled by the Kool Aid… and you just solidified my point

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ucla13_usc9

Do you have evidence of Brendon faking that injury? Where did you read this? I’d like you to provide some evidence of it. I am curious. THanks.

by Nestor on Oct 18, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll look for the link

I know there was a quote from a trainer somewhere, i’ll find it for you

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here

HERE IT IS
Dang took a while:
here
But here it is, so mysterious, but still looking for the quote. I’ll get back to you.

In short, the players silently threw a game that Toledo f’d up on with his decision about the wristbands

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No where in that article...

… there is a quote or evidence that proves Brendon faked his injury. It reported that Brendon sprained ankle in the first play. Guess what it happens and I have seen it happen enough in my time of following UCLA football.

by Nestor on Oct 18, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you watch

the ensuing coverage of the sideline. No limp, no nothing.
Plus nes, the truth behind it is we threw that game, this just provides a motive

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And it was a knee btw

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, I watched that freaking game

Do you have any physical evidence that he faked injury or this is clearly your opinion based on expertise in sports medicine?

by Nestor on Oct 18, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

still looking

for the quote, but i saw it i promise you

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You might be right I just asked

someone that graduated from UCLA with a masters degree in kinesiology and she said that a limp may or may not be visible depending on its severity and situation. Since it was the 1st quarter, the doctors might have just subsided him and never came back around to rechecking his ligaments, but the rest is still up in the air.

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ucla13 is one of the best posters on here...

so don’t flame so hard, it’s neither nice or polite.

And he’s really right that it was a kind of ‘bizarro’ game. Up was down, left was right, offense was the best all year, defense the worst.

What is to be made of that? I don’t know, but young teams are inconsistent, and that’s basically been our problem, both from play to play and from game to game. In all of our losses it’s been big plays and big running backs that have hurt us.

Don’t be surprised if the games in the second half of the season have a much different feel, because we won’t be playing against such great running teams and because we will continue to improve.

We need to play complete games on offense, defense, and special teams. When we do this, we will start to win. In most of our games, we’ve gotten execution from two parts of the game. So, we’re 3-3.

by selby4000 on Oct 18, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the kind words

People weren’t reading the bulk of it, so thanks for that there.

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by ucla13_usc9 on Oct 18, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NO TD'S

I think our offense played well till they reached the endzone and totally regressed. I was looking at some stats and saw that we only had 50 total yards less than cal but had 19 less points

by AMM19 on Oct 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs