The Real Bruin Bear Security Force
by Sideout11 on Nov 23, 2010 10:23 PM PST
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PrintIt's that time of year again. Some call it Rivalry Week, others Blue and Gold Week. I think of it as "I Hate Their Guts And Now I Can Show It Week." I suppose that the official kickoff is Monday, but that is purely semantic. It is going on right now, it was going on last week, and it will continue even after the game. It is a rivalry, and it does not stop. Last year, we were caught with out pants down, plain and simple. Some U$C punks defaced our bear, and as a result made our entire student body look weak and apathetic. In case you need a reminder:
This was all a result of USAC's version of the Bruin Bear Security Force, which decided that no mischief could possibly occur after midnight. They abandoned their post before most college students go to bed, and we all abandoned our responsibility by trusting them. Furthermore, their half-assed response embarrassed the hell out of me and everyone else in this community. When that happened I promised that there would be a change, and that is exactly what I am doing.
A facebook page has already been created by Rally Committee, who appears to be running the event this year. That's nice, and it's good to see somebody other than USAC taking charge, but just because someone clicks attending does not guarantee that he or she will show up. To all the students who read this blog, let's get in in writing right here. Post which nights you will be camping out, so that we can be sure that people who are actually committed will be there.
I will be there at minimum three nights, and my roommate Asad09, who promised his attendance when he wrote about the incident last December, is upholding that commitment by camping out every night next week. That's two people. Let's get a bunch more, so that we will never be embarrassed like that again by showing the Trogans that we mean business.
With N's Post on the sidebar, it's on the rest of us to stay on things like this, and this is a damn good start. -Ty
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Good on you, Sideout!
I hope many others follow your example by pulling duty at The Bruin, or by supporting you and the night crews with plenty of Diddy Reese, Double Doubles, and coffee.
As an exile, I am extremely grateful for your efforts.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Give me an estimate on how many people you expect there
… and I’m up for ordering food for one night next week. Enzo’s/In-n-Out/whatever, give me a day/time/headcount and I’ll bring what my budget can afford.
by UclaCompSci08 on Nov 23, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you
bring a taser, those pictures bring back bad memories
by DocBruin on Nov 23, 2010 11:25 PM PST reply actions
I volunteered
but I have been convinced by others that the students should handle it. If there isn’t coverage for the Bruin around the clock two weeks out, call me. I’m ready. The students need to let us know.
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
I can tell you that Tommy is already wrapped in ducktape condom.
by UCLAngels on Nov 24, 2010 12:56 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I'd prefer it be
something from the same region of the body a condom needs, but the backside instead!
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
Awesome.
Thank you, Sideout. Last year’s embarrassment , and the even more embarrassing excuse (“they didn’t vandalize our mascot last year so they won’t do it this year”), were very tough to swallow for me and many Bruin alums on this site. It should never happen again. I hope that there are numerous other students who share your sentiments. You and Asad09 shouldn’t have to camp out all week.
I believe this whole thing started
when some enterprising Bruin took a torch over to Figueroa, cut off tommy’s sword and welded it up his butt. To that Bruin, I offer a long distance salute.
Does anyone have any contacts in the terrorist community? A low-yield nuclear device would take care ot that foul condom advertisement once and for all. Wiping that weeping boil from the face of the earth would be a collateral benefit.
Hilarious
Dang – wish someone had a picture of that!
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Nov 24, 2010 4:35 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe someone with a Chemistry background...
can formulate something that causes a reaction to the adhesive in the duct tape they use to wrap tommy, so that when they remove the tape, tommy doesn’t look the same as before it was wrapped in duct tape.
Might as well use the time to our advantage
Thank you, Sideout and Asad09, for stepping up to keep the bad guys away! Last year’s group was a joke, but it sounds like this year’s security presence will be more formidable. While guarding our bruin, how about starting an all-night fight song writing session? We have had the same tunes for so many years that maybe, with a hardy band of true fans who love UCLA and can’t stand U$C, we can churn out some new tunes and lyrics for the game!
Good job sideout.
Maybe putting up a picture of Coach again, next to the bear would help. Sorry I live in another part of town or I’d join in (that plus I’m 50+ and have to teach at 7:30 in the morning). But if there’s anything else I can do (drop by pizza or whatever after work) let me know.
Go Bruins!
Oh, baloney .
I’ll bet you never passed 39.
by LongtimeBru on Nov 24, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
BTW
When I first read the headline, I thought the article was going to be about BN and Nestor. Better still, it’s about other great bruins taking action.
Go Bruins!
Thanks to all of you ...
and may the experience bring you closer to your fellow Bruins and create friendship and memories that endure.
sjh
I'd love to hear some stories
about pranks Bruins have pulled on SUC. I’ve heard a couple but would love it if some of you Alums would share some.
When the week gets here,
please put up a schedule of how many people are there each night. That way, the alums here can coordinate providing you guys with food to keep you going.
I’d also suggest leaving one night “empty” on the schedule, so that some Trogan who thinks they’re really clever will try to get to the bear that night, only to find you guys waiting with paintball guns, napalm, and whatever else seems appropriate for a Trogan SCum.
We're havin' too much fun today. We ain't thinkin' 'bout tomorrow.
I'm 1,500 miles away
but would be happy to send a (sadly) small amount via PayPal to an alum who would already be delivering food one night.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
just a +1
to all the ‘thank you’s expressed above.
So much to say and interpret!
I had forgotten they did this last year. So basically, we not only need to get them back for that bullshit last minute bomb to end the game, we need to pay them back for this. Members of the football team, coaches and players alike, I sincerely hope you are reading this post.
Also, can I suggest, an ongoing fanpost, with pictures, to track the week long defense?
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
They installed at least 3 cameras guarding the bear.
So if they can feed them here, we can have live view of it.
Looks like both mascots will be well protected
but then there’s always the Hollywood sign ;-)
"I don't forget very much" Rick Neuheisel, 11/28/09
Hopeful that we'll have
a Bruin Security Force instead of last year’s Bruin Security Farce.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
I'll be out there
A group of band friends and I are gonna be out there one of the nights this week for sure!
you cant convince me
that it wasnt in fact students from our school. if you go back and remember this was the time that tuition was increased, the students that WERE there protecting the bear were told to go home because USAC would be there to protect, and the person in charge of USAC had made some pretty disparaging comments about the UC regents because they were raising tuition. The excuse that was given, utter bull.
Will it ever be proven…probably not but i do find it very suspicious.
If that is indeed the case, then it was even more of a disgusting act.
I hope that it was not the case. It certainly would be an ineffective protest of the tuition increase since most if not all would simply assume that it was Trogan scum.
by orlandobruin on Nov 24, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
that sounds pretty far-fetched
I don’t see how being pissed at the UC Regents for raising tuition (again) necessarily leads to wanting to defame our Bruin Bear (or allow it to happen)… I chalk it up to incompetence over malice.
Instead of that 'protective' tarp they've had...
They’ve stepped it up a notch in covering our bruin.
Wow!
Now that’s more like it baby! Time for some hibernation so the bruins will be ready to go on the 4th! (And this friday).
Thanks for reposting the picture. Makes me feel very secure!
Go Bruins!
As someone who repeatedly banged his head on that box last night (actually, the part pictured, even)
that thing is a tank. The trogans would definitely need power tools to get anywhere near the bear, and that’s just not happening. Last night there were about 10-15 people around the bear all night, and there were at the very least two awake during every hour between 10pm and 6am. No trogans to speak of, so if they came, they must have backed off after seeing how many people were there.
by b d on Dec 1, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Jeez
I don’t know what pisses me off more. That they did this to the bear, or that classless Failure of an NFL coach dialing up that last play of the game. this picture should be on every players locker next week. And that video should be up at all times. Time to destroy those losers across town 50-0. Hell, OSU got pretty close to embarrassing them…
by UCLABRU1 on Nov 24, 2010 4:27 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Jeez
I don’t know what pisses me off more. That they did this to the bear, or that classless Failure of an NFL coach dialing up that last play of the game. this picture should be on every players locker next week. And that video should be up at all times. Time to destroy those losers across town 50-0. Hell, OSU got pretty close to embarrassing them…
by UCLABRU1 on Nov 24, 2010 4:38 PM PST via mobile reply actions
This might be wrong but...
how about having some cans of blue and gold paint ready to land on any trogans who even attempt to get to our Bruin! Now that would be a nice photo op!
Go Bruins!
security plus
I like what they are doing to protect mour bear but armed guards with orders to shoot to kill would be a nice addition. Who would miss SCum anyway. If that sounds a bit extreme we can wait and strike Tommy Trojan a crushing blow by pulling him from his base and dragging him through town and dumping him off the pier.Do this in the Spring when they are relaxed.
Maybe we could go disguised as a horse ...
and they’d just put tommy trogan on top of our “horse” and we could take him away!
Go Bruins!
I'll be there
(with Bruinmarcher and others) at least one night, maybe two or three. I’m a senior, and I want this to be a week I’ll remember for the rest of my life. See you there, Sideout!
Not that I would advocate anything like it,
but it seems like Tommy Trogan is due for a little “re-decorating”. Just sayin’.
We're havin' too much fun today. We ain't thinkin' 'bout tomorrow.
They got the bear covered, but no one covered the fountains
Pranksters dye the fountains red
Three fountains colored red. People know it’s rivalry week, how come CSOs don’t step it up, too?
As a former CSO
They do step it up, but the field units are usually waylaid by other (arguably more important) tasks like escorting students home. Even beyond that, they’re only on duty until about 1:10am, when their shift ends. Then it’s all UCPD.
For myself, I tried to watch the bear, fountains, and major buildings such as Royce, Pauley, Acosta, Spaulding field, etc. as much as possible during my field shifts on rivalry week, because I know exactly how “ingenious” sc kids think they are. Regardless, this is two years in a row now. We have to step it up.
Forgot they get off around 1
But you’re right, someone has to step it up.
by Alanamaslama on Nov 29, 2010 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Real Original
Have to give it to them. Never seen that before. I mean, how easy is it to walk up to the inverted fountain, sit down, then “accidentally” drop a bag into it? Please, real weak sauce. I think the fountains should be shut down during beat suc weak, to deprive the sucsters of this greatest of epic pranks.
I have an idea, this is really imaginative too! Let’s burn “YOU SUCK” into their football field! No? How original will that be? Pranks that are unimaginative and weak reflect more on the school that produces them than the school that is pranked.
EGO TROIORUM MALLEUS SUM
by Bruins102NCAA on Nov 29, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
Let's be there for bonfire
at Wilson Plaza this year, Wed. Dec 1, 7:30 pm Pre-show, 8 pm Rally & Bonfire.
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