Additional UCLA Football Clips: Views From Outside BN
by Nestor on Apr 14, 2010 5:25 AM PDT
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PrintHave few more notes piled up in the inbox which I thought were sharing. Lot of people around the country have been either amused or intrigued by the news of CRN and Chow brandishing the new revolver offense. Here are couple of bits. From ESPN's Ivan Maisel:
Norm Chow has been teaching a pro-style, West Coast offense for many years, which is why UCLA’s installation of the "pistol" offense this spring comes as such a surprise. But Chow, the Bruins coordinator, knows that UCLA simply must find a running game. The Bruins finished ninth in the Pac-10 in rushing, with 114.6 yards per game, last year. Nevada, running the pistol, tripled UCLA’s total and led the nation with 344.9 yards per game.
I am guessing that is one of the reason coaches are looking at this offense. There is also the idea that the coaches want to make the most out of having a QB who poses a viable runing threat (without running him all the time). I wouldn't fret too much tough about Prince. I am guessing he is not going to be rushing 10 times a game and will hear enough from CRN or Chow to have his mouthpiece on while sliding.
Ken Goe from the Oregonian gets a little too carried away:
Even UCLA might be in the hunt ("in the Pac-10 conference race"), especially if the Bruins get the hang of the pistol offense that coach Rick Neuheisel and offensive coordinator Norm Chow are installing this spring.
So, stay tuned. It should be a fun fall.
Settle down there buddy. We are not thinking about conference championships yet. We'd like to see our team take couple of steps forward from last season (with a win in last regular game of the season) and we can go from there.
Lastly, lot of folks in Beantown are talking about UCLA football today:
With the NFL draft just over a week away, Tom Brady and Wes Welker went back to school on Tuesday.
According to the Boston Herald, Brady and Welker made an appearance at UCLA's spring football practice in Westwood, Calif., on Tuesday. Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel made the news public via Twitter.
"Heading onto Spaulding [Field] for practice. Excited to welcome Tom Brady and Wes Welker, they stopped by UCLA to toss the ball around this afternoon," Neuheisel wrote.
uclafan11 was all over this development yesterday.
Who knows there might be some symmetry here. There are lot of similarities between the Red Sox Nation (which essentially is the base of the Patriots fan base) and BN (when it comes to UCLA football). That is also perhaps a post for another day this offseason. Anyway, having someone like Brady (how the heck he ended up in Michigan again?) at Spaulding can perhaps bring some good karma in Westwood. Never hurts to see the four letters popping up in the other coast.
GO BRUINS.
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I was lucky enough
to be sitting right in front of Kevin Prince’s dad during practice yesterday. He was talking with another alumnus all about the team. Apparently one of the major reasons for the switch to the “pistol” offense is the move of Lane Kiffin back to the PAC-10. You now have Steve Sarkisian at Washington, and Lane Kiffin at USC both running an offense similar to ours because they all originated from USC. That makes our offense that much more predictable to our PAC-10 opponents. I don’t know enough about football to know if this is an accurate assessment, but it seems to make sense to me.
I heard a LOT more about our football team, but I don’t feel very comfortable sharing the information here since I was kind of eavesdropping. lol
Troy is burning
by bruinbasketball on Apr 14, 2010 2:40 PM PDT reply actions
Practice was open, no?
I’d say just tell us and leave out the source, but too late now =p
Good things?
I hope…………….. :)
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
ok,,,
He talked about the recruiting quarterback situation. I’m not sure if I heard this stuff clearly…Apparently Wayne Gretzky and Rick Neuheisel are friends? Anyways he said it was likely that we would give Jerry Neuheisel and Gretzky’s son a scholarship for next years class.
He spent some time talking about Crissman’s lost arm strength after his injury.
He went into detail about Kevin Prince’s offseason goals. He was pleased that his son was able to put on some weight and apparently Kevin Prince got faster.
I’ll try to remember more details, but I heard him talking for a good hour and it was quite enjoyable. I am well aware that the BN community does not stand by rumor-mongering, which is why i don’t want to assume all these things as fact.
Troy is burning
by bruinbasketball on Apr 15, 2010 8:27 AM PDT reply actions
oh yeah... he also talked about
the connection between Crespi High school and Nevada’s football team, and how apparently Crespi was the first high school to implement the pistol offense or something like that. I’m not exactly sure what he was talking about but it made me feel very comfortable with Kevin Prince running this new offense.
Also apparently he had an opportunity to talk to Hasiak. He said that he asked him about how he was dealing with the whole situation. Apparently Hasiak just responded that he was "ok". His general impression of Hasiak was that he was a very mild mannered guy who was jut having problems adjusting to life on the mainland.
ok thats all i can remember for now
Troy is burning
by bruinbasketball on Apr 15, 2010 8:29 AM PDT reply actions
Thanks for the info bb
FWIW I think it remains to be seen how Jerry Neuheisel comes in (if he does). I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes in as a walkon. Also, we will have to see how his senior year turns out. We might have another QB in the program before this Fall. We will see.
Somewhat off topic
Aside from the obvious financial difference in having to pay for school/housing, is there any other tangible benefit to being a scholarship versus walk-on player? Obviously earning the scholarship has an element of prestige and even if the money is irrelevent (which it would be in Jerry’s case) I can see desiring one being rational, just curious if he did walk-on despite being worthy of a scholarship (if he is) what would he be “giving up” to free up schollies for other players?
Walk-ons are denied some benefits by the NCAA, as they are not granted all the free stuff (not talking about SUVs and houses) that scholarship players are. the biggest is probably meals, training table, there have been a few programs that have gotten in trouble with the NCAA because they provided these benefits to walk-ons. In some programs they are like 2nd class citizens as they are not allowed to participate in certain team activities because of NCAA regs.
by jtthirtyfour on Apr 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
socially though they are a part of the team
just like everyone else
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing" Homer Simpson
JJ
My brother was a walk-on for the Bruins in the 90s and still talks about how great the training table meals were. When did the rules change regarding walk-ons and meals?
by bornagainbruin on Apr 19, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Should have been more clear; they don’t get free training table meals…there’s some convoluted rules governing meals – Not sure but I heard something like walk-ons are supposed to eat at the dining halls (which they have to purchase a meal plan for) and can only eat meals provided by the athletic dept if their practice schedule conflicts with the dining hall hours (and then they have to pay for the full cost of training table meals).
Found this article from 1985 when these rules were in effect – basically walk-ons aren’t supposed to receive any benefits without paying.
by jtthirtyfour on Apr 19, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
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