Re. Matt Barkley And His "Guarantee" V. UCLA

by Nestor on Jul 30, 2010 11:36 AM PDT in Football

Well, well. Looky here. Earlier today we exposed Adam Maya as a Trogan hack. Well it appears that he is just a boilerplate hack trolling for cheap hits. Look at the headline this Trogan brain surgeon came up with today:

Well we don't care much for Matt Barkley here on BN. However, to be fair to him (and I know there is no need for mercy or fairness to Trojans), this is exactly what he said:

"I know we beat them last year and we're going to do the same this year," Barkley said at Pac-10 Media Day on Thursday. "Just sitting here at this Rose Bowl, I realized this earlier, one of our goals is to own the Rose Bowl. We can't play in the bowl game this year. But our last game of the year is against UCLA in this stadium, which is going to be something special, especially for our seniors. It's always a great game and it's going to be another great game this year."

Truthfully you can't really fault for what he said here. Yeah, the part about "owning" the Rose Bowl is very Cheatey Petey like. Yet techically he didn't say anything about guaranteeing a win. So this is classic hackery from Adam Maya, who seems to be intent on making a complete fool of himself infront of the entire LA fan base. He is getting ripped by Trogans even in his comment thread.

All that said, thanks Adam for that awesome screenshot. LOL. That will come in very handy for our coaches. We expect nothing less from a petty Trogan with a vendetta against UCLA. Oh, and we are not going to have any shortage of ammunition of inspiration against Barkley and his Trogans. Why? Just take a look after the flip.

We are going to be living with this until those guys come into the Rose Bowl:

127 more days.

GO BRUINS.

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“I know we beat them last year and we’re going to do the same this year,”

I dunno, that sounds like a “guarantee” to me. At least a strong promise :P

by ranelar on Jul 30, 2010 12:12 PM PDT reply actions

True

Guarantee has a whole different connotation to i though. Hey, wait. Why am I defending a Trogan? Someone needs to ban me asap.

by Nestor on Jul 30, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

by INawe on Jul 30, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

has maya ever

written to defend himself. because it’s not just this, as BN has chronicled, it’s so many things. Has he ever tried to explain himself?

by bruin 95 on Jul 30, 2010 1:12 PM PDT reply actions

Nope

It is hard to defend himself at this point, given his body of “work.”

by Nestor on Jul 30, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

There will be blood

How prophetic that play has become in retrospect.
It was a turning point.
It was rock bottom.
Petey’s last gasp will forever be symbol of his arrogant hypocriy.

Until that play, even I, a diehard Bruin, was willing to chuckle at the wisecracks of my many USC friends who lorded their football ‘superiority’ as if its a birthright. But, not after that. It exposed them as the blind, unscrupulous, ditto-head dogs that they really are.

They made excuses for that play. . They say we brought it on ourselves. They overlook the cheapness of it, and, for that matter, the manner in which it took away from what I must reluctantly admit was a good performance by them.

Pete would have sent a stronger message by refusing that ‘challenge’, and running out the clock.

In calling that play, Petey turned the spotlight away from his team, and put it on himself.
My only regret is that he crept out before all his bricks came tumbling down.
The coward won’t be there to crawl from the rubble after this year’s humiliation.

by 4oooore on Jul 30, 2010 1:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Well

Barkley is just a typical Trojan. This is the moment that seared into my memory forever. This was in my senior year in high school in a game Trojans won by a score of 48-45 I think. Bruin Nation never forgot this moment:

UCLA didn’t lose to those guys for next 8 years.

by Nestor on Jul 30, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

This photo sums up the rivalry for me.

The Bruin is the classy one offering his hand to his opponent, while the Trogan sits on his ass showing a complete lack of class.

The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Jul 30, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

+1

by Bruin'96 on Jul 30, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Never seen that picture before :)

by bornagainbruin on Jul 31, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope Bullough sends a blitz on our first defensive play.

Knock him to the grass and let him know he’s going to be down there a lot.

"The true athlete should have character, not be a character."- John Wooden

by firstto100 on Jul 30, 2010 1:44 PM PDT reply actions

This reminds of last year's game and

IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL all over again!!! That video needs to be played everyday to our team and let’s hope our team gets as mad as it makes us. Seeing #91 and CABANA BOY Matt laughing and CLASSLESS Pete laughing – I can’t wait for this years game. I hope we CRUNCH them solid. I also hope that Cabana Boy gets just what he deserves! He is a cocky, little – you guys fill in the rest. GO BRUINS!

by Forever a Bruin on Jul 30, 2010 2:33 PM PDT reply actions

I was watching this game

at Maloney’s in San Diego’s Gas Lamp and was already fuming. Barkley throws that long bomb and I yelled, “WHAT THE FUCK!?!” Some Trojan fans were sitting at a table about 10 feet behind mine so I immediately turned around to gauge their reaction (or perhaps for them to give me an excuse for me to do something – hey I’m not proud but it was the heat of the moment), and the look on their face pretty much said, “Wow, that play Petey just called was NOT cool. This guy has every right to feel upset.” The Rose Bowl is usually pretty good about NOT provoking a heated response by displaying controversial video on the big screen (ie – bad calls by refs of which of course there weren’t many examples of that right?), so I wonder if the Rose Bowl people could be so kind as to display this inflammatory piece of footage during our last game of the season.

Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.

by bruin8uclap on Jul 31, 2010 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Rookie move

For someone who started for a year, you would think the lad would recognize this is an untoward thing to say.

by peggysue69 on Jul 30, 2010 2:46 PM PDT reply actions

Do you think Adam will comment on Jeff Fisher's comments today?

He’s been all over the place (Rome, DP) discussing how Lame did wrong. Seems Lame is lying again about Fisher’s response to his setting the time line straight. (Imagine that.) Seems Fisher is not happy about it, and when speaking of the suit with Rome, referred to “we”…not management…but “we”. Also, on DP, when asked, he responded that CRN had spoken with him first when he was interested in hiring NC, unlike Lame. Here’s a link to the DP interview with Fisher:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/blog/122181/index.html

Go Bruins!

by uclaluv on Jul 30, 2010 2:53 PM PDT reply actions

NC

Wasn’t even employed by the Titans any longer when CRN called. that’s how classy CRN is.

But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.

by tasser10 on Aug 1, 2010 7:14 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Ah, Matt Barkley.

If memory serves he “lead” the preseason #4 ranked Trogans to blowout losses to Oregon 47-20 and Stanford 55-21, a stellar 9 – 4 record, and a huge win in the Emerald Bowl. That Matt Barkely?

If Carson Palmer was the one in charge to lead the turnaround, Barkely will undoubtedly do the same, with opposite results.

They will be calling for Mustain to start by week 6, and he can’t right that sinking ship either.

by sam_in_hb on Jul 30, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions

How the hell is Maya the one covering the UCLA beat?

I sure wouldn’t have been able to tell.

by bruinbunz on Jul 30, 2010 3:57 PM PDT reply actions

Just wondering...

Does anyone know if the any of the football players or coaches read from this site? I’m just curious…

by chente on Jul 30, 2010 5:55 PM PDT reply actions

I'll never forget that play

But that kind of stuff will always come back to haunt you. I can just see it now…Barkley with a blank expression on his face as the clock ticks 0:00 at the Rose Bowl. Would it surprise anyone if that becomes his last game in a college uniform?

by hicalliber on Jul 30, 2010 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

Wait

They play was edgy, but not something that requires nightmares, it was the reaction that SC had by pretending like they just won a national championship. Are we on the same page?

Formerly ucla13_usc9

by 03rdn9 on Jul 30, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah, that's what i meant

but it will come back to haunt barkley, not me.

by hicalliber on Jul 30, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Gurantee

CRN needs to post that quote on every locker and post it in the training room and the doors leading out of the locker room come time to play FUSC we will show Matt Barkley what we think about his gurantee.

by Tim Macias on Jul 30, 2010 8:39 PM PDT reply actions