Spaulding Roundup: Football News & Notes

by Nestor on Mar 26, 2009 5:06 AM PDT in Football Comment 7 comments

Let's start the round up with the following official note from Morgan Center:

The National Football Foundation Hall of Fame is sponsoring a "Coaching Academy" at UCLA on Saturday, April 11, 2009 from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Coaches at all levels are welcome to register for the on-field and classroom sessions featuring a discussion of coaching philosophies, game strategies, life skills development, health, training and nutrition, safety and risk management and on-field demonstrations. All registered coaches will also be invited to view the Bruin football scrimmage on Spaulding Field that day from the sidelines.

The Academy will feature Bruin head football coach Rick Neuheisel and his staff. They are expected to be joined by a number of other outstanding current and former coaches from around the West including Bill Redell, Harry Welch, Dave Levy, Jim Brownfield, Dave Buchanan and Jeff Steinberg.

The news on its face is kind of boring. Yet this kind of workshop has the potential to be very beneficial to our program. It allows Neuheisel and the coaching staff to strenghten their relationships with high school coaches in the area (and probably around the west coast). Recruiting junkies know how crucial it often is to develop strong relationships with high school coaches. Often times they can play a key role in a recruit's decision when he is on the fence.

Speaking of recruits apparently UCLA is in the mix for Robert Marve, a highly sough after University of Miami quarterback who is looking to transfer this season:

Robert Marve, the Univeristy of Miami quarterback who is transferring, will make a trip to Purdue April 10, according to his father, Eugene.
Marve also wants to visit UCLA, to get a tour of the campus and also meet with the coaching staff.
Marve is also considering Michigan, South Florida, Nebraska and Texas Tech.

Hmm. Spring time in Westwood v. spring time in Ann Arbor, West Lafayette, Lincoln and ~~College Station~~ Lubbock? Guess we will have to keep an eye on the story.

As for the guys who are are already in program per Dohn Logan Paulsen is taking a huge leadership role this off-season:

One thing a lot of players are telling me is UCLA tight end Logan Paulsen is doing a fantastic job as a team leader. He is very involved in the workouts and with making sure the offense continues to work hard.

And apparently there might not be any more "over the wall" shenanigans during this spring ball. Guess we will find out soon enough.

GO BRUINS.

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Marve

I watched him play his senior year in high school, and his accuracy was really remarkable. Or to put it another way, I had never seen anything like it by anyone in college or in the NFL. I figured he would be a shoo-in for several Heisman trophies.

Well, things didn’t work out that way for him at Miami. He had an auto accident (he was a passenger) and got hurt. He did some stuff typical of a kid away from home for the first time and got disciplined (suspended for two games for two separate incidents, neither of which i can recall now.) And he found that D-1 defenses were better than high school defenses (9 TDs, 13 ints). Those are the down sides.

The upside is that he is a tremendous talent. His dad played pro football (for the Bucs) so he knows what football is about. In my opinion, he is looking at UCLA because of Coach Chow and maybe Coach Neuheisel, which shows motivation to excel. Bottom line: He would be a GREAT addition and I think would go straight to the top of the depth chart. He is that good a passer.

But the huge factor weighing against his coming here is that his father is il. Eugene Marve announced early this year that he has prostate cancer, which is a factor in Robert’s geographical decision.

by Fox 71 on Mar 26, 2009 6:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Multiple Heismans...

…Rick Mirer, table for none, Rick Mirer…

All hail the Mighty Bruins!

by seernst on Mar 26, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope he visits College Station

because Texas Tech is in Lubbock — and he will not be pleased to be visiting the wrong school.

sjh

by Class of 66 on Mar 26, 2009 6:36 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Harry Welch

Is that the coach from Canyon High School? They won the Golden League like 20 years in a row, or it felt like that anyway. Those guys used to beat us (Quartz Hill) like a drum every year. Nightmares.

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Mar 26, 2009 8:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Over the wall ...

I for one am glad to see the over the wall tradition put to bed.

There’s something just wrong when one of your more storied football tradition is the team going AWOL and skipping practice.

Go Bruins

by Achilles on Mar 26, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Wasn't it first done after WINNING the Rose Bowl?

IMO, doing that the year after winning the Rose Bowl would be a nice tradition, however, doing it when your program is rebuilding just seems stupid.

by bornagainbruin on Mar 26, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spot on

We are making inroads in LB Poly, Mission Viejo, etc. We need to get into Servite which has been a suc stronghold. I know they have a DT there that will be highly sought but I’m not sure what his name is.

by BlueReign on Mar 26, 2009 1:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs