Special Saturday Open Thread: UCLA's Bowl Prospects
by Nestor on Dec 5, 2009 12:28 PM PST
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PrintWell, there is a lot of football games going on today. Pittsburgh-Cincinnati are locked in a huge battle for the Big East championship. Houston (our opponent for next season) is playing an entertaining Conference-USA championship game against East Carolina. Of course Florida-Alabama is coming up in a bit and then later on tonight Wisconsin is taking on Hawaii in a game, that has implications for UCLA. You can check out the full scoreboard from WWL over here.
We need the Badgers to win. Rooting for them will be a weird feeling given our experiences against them at the Rose Bowl (and also at the Sun Bowl). But hey, they have a solid team and some of the best fans in college football (the ones we interacted with before 94 and 98 game were classy and gracious). So yeah, why not. Go Badgers. If you are watching college football today (its snowing out in the East), here is a special open thread.
GO BRUINS.
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Don't blame you
There’s like a 95% chance that Texas jumps out to a 21-0 lead in the first five minutes and cruises to the title game. But hey, there IS that 5%, I guess.
Crazy ending
I kinda feel cheated that a botched extra point was the final difference
by insomniacslounge on Dec 5, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
It's amazing when you see a team with Pike and Collaros (sp?)
then you look at Arizona St. and see a team with absolutely no quarterbacking. If they had a QB, even a mediocre one, that would have been a scary team.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I just logged on to post the same thing
Prevent Doesn’t.
Going to a 3 man rush got them sliced apart.
sjh
I can't remember...did they rush 3 on the final TD pass?
b/c that would be one horrible scheme that has 8 back and still allows single coverage on the go route.
by insomniacslounge on Dec 5, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
They're on late tonight
They need to beat Hawaii to give us a shot at a bowl game.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
A full day of college football
but we also men’s water polo in the national semis at 2 (match is streamed online at the official site and ncaa.com), men’s soccer playing for a spot in the College Cup at 4 and women’s volleyball in the NCAA 2nd Round at 7.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:39 PM PST reply actions
I believe I read that the Wake Forest official site
will have a live blog so I’ll try to follow along there, but there’s a solid chance I get consumed by the SEC Title Game and forget to keep track.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
That would be freakin great
I think I just wished for the first (and likely last) time in my life that I lived in Winston-Salem.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Rye,
are you the unofficial SID for UCLA athletics? You do a better job than Dellins.
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Haha Dellins is a good guy
He’s really helped us out with getting interviews with CRN, Coach Savage and JJ Stokes.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Some great games going on right now
Houston, Cinci, great leadup to the national championship for the national championship
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asterisk
*mythical national championship
by insomniacslounge on Dec 5, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Lots of empty seats at the Coliseum
It’s a startling number that is very unusual for them. They’re scattered about so I think they’re all sold, but either an extremely late arriving crowd or a ton of no-shows. Then again, I wish we put that many people in the Rose Bowl.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:45 PM PST reply actions
I like Florida
It might be the playbook, but the versatility of that team is really fun to watch
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Players, not plays
I’ll take Bama.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Barkley is the greatest QB in the world
he never cracks under pressure, except when it matters
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Remember way back
When USC played OSU this year? And WWL dubbed Barkley as the greatest player ever?
1. Matt Barkley pass complete to Joe McKnight for 21 yards to the USC 37 for a 1ST down.
2. Matt Barkley pass complete to Anthony McCoy for 26 yards to the OhSt 37 for a 1ST down.
3. Matt Barkley pass complete to Damian Williams for 8 yards to the OhSt 28.
4. Matt Barkley pass incomplete to Damian Williams.
Going 3/4 for 32 yards without from Joe McKnight is something that KP could do
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Does anyone know if there's a site that totals
the number of missed receivers? When a guy is open and the QB just makes a bad throw to miss him? I feel like Barkely’s had an inordinate amount, even for a true freshman, in the last month to 6 weeks.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:48 PM PST reply actions
I don't want to continue to harp on this a week later
but look at how much wider the SC linebackers are playing than they were against us. They’re wider, leaving room to run and they’re in clear view of Foles. They also brought a blitz wide around the edge, leaving room up the middle for a run. That’s why I didn’t want Moline last week. There was no thread off tackle and the linebackers got to play tight, hurting us in the run and pass game.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions
Bama v. Fla
Since either #1 or #2 will lose, does that automatically put Texas in the Championship game? (Assuming they beat Nebraska — go Nebraska.)
sjh
Kick off isn't until 2:30....right?
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Just wanted to make sure I had kick off right
because I don’t want to miss that. Turns out I had it wrong anyways.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Or 2
Something like that.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
The dude is good
You notice though that their only fundamentally sound receiver since Smith and Jarrett to live up to expectations is a transfer from Arkansas who got college coaching elsewhere? I have no diea what SC is doing with their WR’s because they take such great talent and churn out such mediocre wideouts.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
My brother and I have been having this conversation about twice a week for three years now.
Brother: SC brings in every top receiver in the country and don’t have anything special out there.
Me: Their only standout guy is a transfer who was coached elsewhere.
Brother: What the hell is their WR coach doing?!?
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
What happened to Morrell Presley at the end of the year?
He and Randall Carroll didn’t even see the field the last few games?
HAHA
Barkley just got his longest run of the year! Don’t worry KP still has 68 yards on him
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Barkley misses an open receiver on 3rd and 10
yet Mike Patrick and Craig James can’t stop talking about his “bright future”
what do you expect?
I can’t deny that he has a bright future though… if you call middle of the PAC 10 bright
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Yup
Once it’s tipped, everyone is an eligible receiver.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I went to check out some of my high school's games this year
and I’ve seen the play stopped on an offsides call, an excessive celebration for two players hugging in the end zone and my favorite, forgetting to switch sides after the end of the third quarter and figuring it out two plays into the fourth quarter.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
Did anyone see the end of the Fresno/Illinois game? OMG!!!!
Fres. scored a spectacular touchdown with 2 seconds left, and instead of kicking an extra point to tie the game and send it to OT, they went for two and made it on a deflected pass that a offensive lineman caught. The QB just heaved it up as he was being sacked and magic happened! 55-54 or 54-53 final score
Bruin-4-Life!!!
For all the hype around Dewayne
NMSU is headed towards a 3-10 season just like last year’s 3-9 season.
Based on what I read
Dewayne really cleaned house and is playing very young players and ones not so talented. A family friend who lives in New Mexico says a lot of people think the program is going in the right direction now. Only time will tell…
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure how much this is the spread
and how much this is not being nearly as good as the other team. I wish we had a reporter who would have asked Walker specific questions about what he does against the spread and what goes wrong. You know…like doing their jobs.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I have never seen Walker effectively scheme against
a spread offense or a variation of it (run at college level) in last few years. He did a good job bringing back a modicum of credibility in UCLA defense but I am still not sold on him being one of the elite DCs in the game.
I think
That his spread defense worked best against Oregon. As opposed to a more Arizona type look (this year I mean), or BYU style, his spread option defense was never horrendous
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How many points did we give up last year?
And you are not going to be so intellectually dishonest that you will hold up the game in which Oregon played w/o Dennis Dixon as example of Walker’s effectiveness? Will you?
re dixon first
no, but the scheme is different… and saying that a shutout is a questionable performance is weird. Last year, if UCLA wrapped up blount last year, then it would have been a different story completely.
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No
It’s kind of dumb to argue that if "UCLA wrapped up Blount" than it would have been a different story. We gave up 110 yard rushing to Blount, but we gave up 170 yards on the ground to Masoli. So our defense came out and got WORKED early. Craft and our offense made it a game but it wasn’t enough.
And yeah, I am not going to count a shutout against Oregon’s backups like Brady Leaf, as much as ND fans will count their defensive performance against the Law Firm at the Rose Bowl.
So your arguments are really off base when it comes to asserting Walker effectively schemed against Oregon’s spread.
There's no one he's one of the best DC's in the game
Too inexperienced and it showed at times. Had he stuck with it a little longer, he could have gotten there, but he certainly wasn’t when he left for NMSU. A good DC, but he’s not on anyone’s top 10 list.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
I think he would have made himself more marketable
if he stayed here for two more years and got us to a great bowl game. He could have parlayed that to a better job opportunity than where he is now.
Utah in ’06 in the opener, defense was solid, Arizona a little later on in that season we did alright. I think the main reason why have struggled against “spread” teams, under Walker, and under any other DC, is that our defense has never tackled well since I have been following UCLA football – the games we did well in, i think it was a talent over scheme thing – we were just better than Utah ’06, Arizona ’06, and the Oregon game when they were down to their 3rd-string QB or whatever – talent equal our guys have struggled to make the tackle in space.
Boise State
runs a pro-style offense….they run base nfl concepts, a lot of 21 (2 back/1 TE) stuff, rarely more than 3 WRs, rarely from the shotgun. that’s about as pro-style as you will see in the WAC.
Makes sense without Dunlap
Make it tough on Florida to blitz and see if they can get pressure with their front four. Saban is a defensive guy, but he’s no dummy.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I liked Saban in The Blind Side
pretty good movie if you haven’t seen it
by Give me a B... on Dec 5, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone keeps sayings its a good movie
But when i see the trailer, it looks like something that is “made for TV” specifically for Lifetime channel.
I thought the same!
But I was convinced to go see it and it was worth it. Very well done.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Well, not exactly
give it a look if you get the chance. I don’t think you’d say that after you’ve seen it.
by Give me a B... on Dec 5, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Great, great book
Haven’t seen the movie yet but the book is a great read. I read it over one weekend while trying to Philly. It’s long but it reads fast.
I love how people want to expand the Pac-10
so we can have a title game, then use the SEC as an example. That atmosphere and packed stadium is great, but Stanford vs. Oregon this year in the Pac-10 title game, played in Arizona or LA. Maybe 50k there? Maybe.
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It's okay
You can celebrate twice now.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
For anyone who wants to watch men's water polo in the national semis
Here’s the link to the stream. Starts at 2 pm PST.
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Flanker screen
I wonder we didn’t see more of that play with talents like Carroll and Thigpen this season.
A guess
The one reason I think is that things like that take very good line play because they need to get out into space and make very good blocks. With such an inexperienced offensive line, I don’t think the coaching staff wanted to put that kind of stuff in with them. They wanted to make sure they were handling basic run and pass blocking.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
That’s probably the only explanation. Stoops is after all what 5th year into his program. So his offensive line foundation has been in place for awhile.
I agree, the line opens up lanes, provides pass protection
that allows you to be creative.
How many penalties did the line have when running the “Wildcat” or whatever we call it?
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
If we can’t handle the Wildcat and flanker screen by next season, I’ll be concerned. For this year, I don’t mind skipping them and dealing with the basics.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Foggy
I’m awake between night shifts, at my son’s hockey practice, between TV’s with UofA/$c* and Fla/Ala. I have no idea what is going on. It took 5 min to type this.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Unless one of the higher bowls passes on Cal/Arizona/Stanford/OSU
A loss puts SC in the Poinsettia Bowl. A win puts them in the Holiday Bowl. San Diego no matter what.
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Just wondering, how do you guys watch multiple games
and type at the same time? lol
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 1:48 PM PST reply actions
Kudos to any BNers who can watch multiple games at a sports bar
and type away on BN on a laptop : )
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
The downside of having the sound off.
I dozed off and missed Zona’s TD. Was it a grind it out drive?
Yup
90 yards on 15 or 16 plays
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Jesus Tebow is the wind god....so no
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
It being at 6:30 Hawaii time
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
It's bizarre ...
I’m watching both games, btw …
The announcers in the Pac 10 game talk with such reverence regarding SC … it’s like they don’t know they are in fifth place.
See
http://www.rolltide.com/trads/elephant.html
Their players were so big, they rumbled like elephants
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Quote from the 1930 Mississippi - Alabama game
“Hang on, boys, here come the elephants”
Newspapers called the D the Red Elephants afterwards.
I don't think ...
Oregon could stay on the field against Florida or Alabama … when people say the Pac 10 is the best conference, they are talking about overall depth because there aren’t any two teams in the Pac who could hang with FLA or ALA
Well Tennesse should have beaten Bama
Bama got a little lucky in that game.
The whole Pac-10/SEC debate is boring. However, if I had loads of time I would have no problem laying out the arguments on behalf of Pac-10.
Perhaps
Oh I was just referring to the general discussion we always see flying around this time of year re. conference supremacy.
I think Florida and Alabama are great teams. However, I don’t believe they would have gone undefeated in the Pac-10 (they’d end up w the same record as either Oregon, Oregon State or Stanford).
RE: Oregon State ...
I thought they had a good season … they are 8-4 … but we are one dropped pick 6 from ATV in that game from both teams being 7-5. We are that close when you look at it that way …
meh ATV’s pick is kind of masked
killing momentum, but Canfield is just money, and the offense wouldn’t work in OT
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Oregon's defense
doesn’t look nearly as strong, IMO.
Oregon is 85% offense. Their defense seems fairly average.
I agree that their defense is average
But so is the offense for both Alabama and Florida. I think the Ducks would give either of these teams a run for their money.
by insomniacslounge on Dec 5, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
We can't except an invitation to the Humanitarian Bowl,
I don’t want anything associated with Chetey Petey. I was planning to run the Nike Human Race a couple months back, but when I found out that some of the money went to the pete carroll foundation, and quickly declined. I don’t want to give him spending money so he can buy homes for his players.
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 1:59 PM PST reply actions
DeWayne Walker
Just glanced through this thread and saw the discussion a ways back.
I wish DW well.
He improved both schools’ programs when he went to New Mexico State.
sjh
Does anyone else hate
CBS? I think their ingame quality is OK, but anything else is just terrible
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well
I’m talking more about broadcasters, bumpers, everything in between. The camera quality isnt bad
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What's going on in the Mausaleum?
Are the kitties still winning?
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
2nd half about to start
14-7 Zona
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
USC water polo won their match
If the Bruins beat LMU, we’re playing them for the national title.
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Yup
Beat LMU twice this season, but are down 4-2 in the 2nd quarter.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Do we expect any different?
That’s ABC/ESPN.
On the field, why he doesn’t get the majority of their carries now I’ll never know. The dude is a hammer and with 20 carries a game would wear down a defense. Really, McKnight was their 3rd best RB at the beginning of the year, behind Bradford and Johnson.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Yep.
He spiked the damn ball. Automatic call. I don’t care about his intent. Though, he was on the AZ sideline, which suggests he is doing it to antagonize their team just as much as it is to fire up his own. Easy call. Pac-10 refs = tools. Worse refs BY FAR in the nation.
12 - 10
Now Florida is looking like their press releases.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
I love watching this game...
Meyers and Saban are going head to head in the play calling.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
Saban's winning
and so is his team.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I'm cool with that..
This year it’s a real horse race with Tebow, Gerhardt, and Ingram
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
I did...my bad.
Too bad about the kid from OU, though. He had so much promise.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
He's not a Heisman candidate ...
but how’d you like that little RB for Pitt today? What a little stud.
A bunch of teams do it
UCLA included
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Urban Meyer
Was coaching at Bowling Greene when we hired Karl Dorrell making less than $600,000 per year.
How come every team in college football ...
has some weird looking, chubby, baby faced guy on their sideline whose only purpose seems to be to overreact to every play and every call?
Like the guy
on Cal’s sideline who crazily swings that stupid rope around??
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ingram will win
so they can give Alabama, the storied SEC football program, it’s first Heisman winner, even though Gerhardt blows him straight out of the water.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:46 PM PST reply actions
West Coast votes for Gerhardt
Southeast splits between Tebow and Ingram.
Colt wins if Texas beats the Huskers
It could happen
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
It would be strange if Ingram gets Bama their first Heisman
All the great players that have played there and Ingram wins their Heisman? He’s a good player, but not like some of the Bama greats.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
No time outs called
Looks like 19-13 at the half.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
I've had the sound down, so I don't know the answer to this one
How many times did the brilliant announcing crew say, “Well, that missed extra point could prove to be really, really big in the fourth quarter.”
Missing out on points is costly?
Fox, I think we need you calling the game for us.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
HAHAHAHA
the announcers marveling over how quiet the Coliseum is. Unless U$C embarrassing its opponent, their fans completely disappear.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:51 PM PST reply actions
Remember how they bailed against Stanford
I’ve never seen it so empty there
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
I can understand them bailing
when they’re getting the shit beat out of them, but this game is so close and competitive and they’ve already bailed.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
UCLA fans aren't really in any position to laugh at another team's crowd
We’ve been pathetic.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
agreed
but at least we have the off-campus stadium excuse.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Not when they're doubling our attendance
There’s no excuse for doubled attendance.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
i totally agree
especially when you get to sit around and drink beers on a golf course before you walk into the ROSE BOWL.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
"If you're USC, do you care about second place?"
Announcer making pre-excuse for $ucsters less than inspired performance thus far. My gosh, this is sickening to listen to.
SUC ties it up
These announcers should just put down their mikes and admit their manlovefor Barkley and $C. Just pathetic.
HA!
Halftime SEC Championship: That throwing the last football with the game already in hand is akin to Petey’s calling for that bomb last Saturday.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Oh wow
Losing to a girl, in SEC country? That poor boy will never live it down. Way to go Sarah Beth! Way to try to run up the score too!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Unbelivable!
I thought she had no chance until I realized it was a best of.
What u talkin about?
Flippd back to LA here.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
Half time of the SEC game
it was a girl vs a guy for who could throw a football into a small hole . The guy made 8 out of 10 while the girl made her first 9 in a row. With the contest already in hand, the girl threw the last football anyways.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
UCLA and LMU trade goals
It’s 7-5 Bruins as we head to the 4th quarter. A win and the Bruins will play SC for the national title tomorrow.
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We were ranked #4 entering last week's conference tourney
but beat #1 SC in the semis and #3 Cal in the finals. I don’t know if they redid rankings after last week. For the tourney, we’re seeded #2 and SC, #1, but Stanford and Cal didn’t make it so I don’t know if we’re actually #2.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
where can i follow the game online?
my friend scott starts for ucla, want to see how many he’s scored.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:00 PM PST reply actions
Scroll up on this thread
I posted the link to it earlier.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Excuse me a sec...
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sorry, had to clean the keyboard after vomiting after that last comment about $c*’s football greatness.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Wait, no goal
I think there were a foul or something. We scored, but it didn;t counr. For what reason, I’m not sure.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
LMU scores
Our goalie got a hand to it, but it snuck into the goal. 8-8 with about 3 minutes to go.
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1:50 left, still 8-8
LMU has the ball. Each team’s goalie just made a nice save.
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Yeah some good adjustments
and Foles has missed some wide open guys. That Arizona defense is gassed now too.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
OMG
LMU beat our goalie, but the ball went off the underside of the cross bar and came down, part of the ball crossing the goal line, but not all of it. Woah. Thought we just went down a goal.
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Not a clue
Hoping the announcers will tell me.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Gators start with the ball
and the chess game continues
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
36 yard field goal attempt for SC
Looking to take the lead. Congdon is perfect from inside 40 this year.
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It;s good
17-14 SC
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
This LMU goalie has been sensational
If it weren’t for him, we’d have already won.
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Robbed us again
I’m sick of this guy!
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
He needs a good screen or something
to get him going again. Something to give him some confidence and get him comfortable again.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
They were helped by a roughing the passer call on a near sack
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
Such a stupid penalty
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I'm glad we have such a young and talented secondary
We’re going to need it with all of these good, young QB’s in the Pac-10. SC fans should be worried with their entire secondary graduating.
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I'm rooting for Nebraska
Would love to see that TCU pass rush go against Bama/Florida
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Texas
Granted I have about a century of Longhorns history in my family, so I have to go that way.
This is why I really was pulling for Auburn in the Iron Bowl – thought that Bama would win this game, setting up a Texas-TCU title game.
formerly bruinhoo
Arizona offensive line opens up a nice hole
on a huge third down. First down Cats. Come onnnnnnnn Zona.
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Wow!!!
I was starting to think I was wasting my time watching this game. That was amazing!!!
This LMU goalie is killing me
I’m giving him my player of the game no matter who wins the game.
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Of course
Barkley makes a good play, he’s “Mature beyond his years.”
Barkley makes a bad play, he’s “only a freshman.”
Buncha lapdog jag-offs.
Formerly UCLA Class of 86
Alright Barkley
Lead SC to a TD here and I’m impressed. Don’t and your smug attitude is disrespecting me.
Formerly ryebreadraz
hahaha
wow!! such a huge pushoff.
get some journalistic integrity.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:35 PM PST reply actions
Florida stopped again
Recievers are being covered like blankets
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
Trojies burned all their timeouts already
3 minutes left and 85 yards to go. Barkley just sacked for -5.
do you know who scored it? i can't stream it
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Not a clue
If they mention it, I’ll let you know
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah!
Cats get the ball…Petey outcoached himself.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
I hope Stoops piles another TD on
Good field position to do so!
by onedeterminedpanda on Dec 5, 2009 3:39 PM PST reply actions
11 am PST, CBS College Sports
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Lapin makes a save at the buzzer!!!!
UCLA advance to the National Title Match where they’ll play SC.
Formerly ryebreadraz
They're burning the clock
Then take a late FG to ice the game
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
UCLA vs. USC for the men's water polo title tomorrow at 11 am PST
The match will be live on CBS College Sports. USC beat us 2 out of 3 in the regular season, we beat them last week in the MPSF Tournament.
Formerly ryebreadraz
What's Pete Carroll's Deal?
He can’t do better than sixth place in the PAC-10???
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:41 PM PST reply actions
Fake the FG
and throw for a TD
Formerly UCLA Class of 86
by Class of 86 on Dec 5, 2009 3:41 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I love watching SC lose
but this is killing me just a bit. Had we held onto the ball last week, we could have won and would be tied with SC in the Pac-10 and overall this year. Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That loss is going to kill for a while.
Formerly ryebreadraz
Ha!
Now that would have been entertaining to see.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Yeah
don’t trust him not to fumble.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
all right, kitties....
Barkley is being served on a platter.
GET SOME!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
keep competing Petey!!!!!
What a competitor!!!
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:45 PM PST reply actions
Who is the better financial services college bowl sponsor?
GMAC, or the San Diego County Credit Union?
formerly bruinhoo
How about Roady's?
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Nice shot of an empty Crapaseum, even though the trOJies have a chance to win
Although you really have to throw it, Matt
every time he smirks...
an angel loses its wings.
His scowl is just priceless.
Great effort Barkley
Way to do the one single thing that would guarantee no chance to win>
SuCk on that.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
k..back to Atlanta
Bama snuck in an other FG 26-13
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
He got a big kick out of throwing a long bomb with only a few seconds left last week
Why the sad face now, Matt?
Whoever has the most pieces up their sleeves.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
And the loser
smacks the board and sends checkers flying all over the place.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
YEAH
hahahah f*** $C
Take another loss Peatie. Win forever asshole!
They disrespected you sweet cheeks barkeley. No smile this time? I’m smiling!
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
Hmmmmm
I’ve got a friend who goes to Utah. Buy a Utah jersey and join him at the Poinsettia Bowl maybe?
Formerly ryebreadraz
Utah/$c?
That could be a solid game. Better than I would have expect out of that game
formerly bruinhoo
It;s Pac-10 #6 vs. MWC #2, I believe
but with TCU in a BCS bowl, it would be MWC #3, which I think is Utah. I should check on that.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Poinsetta Bowl officials have to love that matchup
With the state of the Utes’ reputation after last season’s BCS success, I imagine that game will draw excellent TV ratings. The bowl folks and ESPN have to be loving that.
formerly bruinhoo
Utah is going to the Poinsettia Bowl
If Cal loses to Washington though, I think the Vegas Bowl would snatch up SC, leaving the Poinsettia Bowl with Cal.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Man that is great!
LOVE IT!
Now a bowl loss dooms them next season
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
Good Lord
Wa anyone watching the Stoops interview? I couldn’t take my eyes off that moron in the background in Trojans gear TAKING A PICTURE OF THE CAMERAMAN. What an idiot.
by CAJason80 on Dec 5, 2009 3:51 PM PST via mobile reply actions
They should have play action passed
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
I'm so happy now
Thank you Wildcats for making my weekend
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
Huskies have taken a 7-0 lead in Seattle
we need Cal to win that game to ensure $c’s place in San Diego, I believe.
formerly bruinhoo
They drop into a tie with SC
So the Vegas Bowl (Vegas is 5 and Emerald 4 this year right?) chooses between the two.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Cal and $c tie for 5th, UW finishes alone in 7th, with the Bruins in 8th place.
As Ryan noted, Vegas Bowl gets its choice of $c or Cal.
formerly bruinhoo
YES!
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 5, 2009 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
"Schadenfreude Saturday?"
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
by Bruins102NCAA on Dec 5, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
No
While I love seeing USC win, I’m not ready to celebrate SC dropping so low until they do it with us beating them.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Seeing USC lose*
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Rye,
we will beat tomorrow, in Water Polo!
by UCLA Championships Made Here on Dec 5, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I want to know
where’s Barkley’s million dollar smile?
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
out of curiosity, went to $C blog
never gone there before.
some of them calling for pete carroll to leave.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 3:59 PM PST reply actions
Probably people
who are SC football “fans” and UCLA basketball “fans” also asked for CBH’s head.
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Confirmed
Bama is winning the battle in the trenches
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C
When Tebow was in high school, he played quarterback and defensive tackle.
He may have to go in to shore up the D, because Alabama is having its way with the guys Florida has on the field now.
Damn! If we had only beat SUC
my prediction of 7-5 would have come true.
As it is, I LOVE seeing the Cheaties and Matties and the Peties getting punked at the Mausoleum.
Their dynasty is so over. I think they’re worse next year. The PAC 10 has passed them by.
As we will next year.
GO BRUINS!
bay area works!
i’m over in berkeley!!
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
and you're asking how do i live in berkeley
and not know what channel the game is on.
by inhowlandwetrust on Dec 5, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I have it on some random DirecTV channel
695
Formerly ryebreadraz
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 5, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
No new thread N
Too much good mojo with this one. SC loses, water polo wins…we still need a Wisco win tonight.
Formerly ryebreadraz
New overflow thread
We will NEVER SHY AWAY from CELEBRATING A BAD SATURDAY for the TROJIES.
Closing this one up.
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