BN Gameday: Stanford Pre-game Thread
by Nestor on Sep 11, 2010 10:29 AM PDT
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Our game is a nationally televised one on tWWL. Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard and Mike Bellotti are going to be in the booth. They did the Kansas State game last weekend and thought Huard/Bellotti combination was pretty good. I particularly appreciated both of their commentary on our defense. Will be interesting to see what they have to say today (btw Bellotti and Neuheisel have become close despite their intense rivalry dating back to Neuehisel's Colorado/Washington days). Anyway ... we have hours to go till the kickoff of our home season opener.
Mentioned in the roundup thread that we won't put up the game thread till 12:30 pm PST but might as well get started early ... because ... well it's apparently a "Monster" Saturday (at least that's what tWWL is telling us). Well not sure we have the OMG the greatest matchups evah docketed on the same day. Still there are same tasty matchups to keep us occupied through kickoff. It will be interesting to see how the Michigan-Notre Dame game turns out. There is also Ohio State-Miami, Oklahoma-Florida State and the Alabama-Penn State actions if you are into old school matchups. The Florida-South Florida game is already pretty "interesting" (given how Florida looked last week against a cupcake opponent). You can keep track of the full scoreboard here.
So if you are watching other games this am, share your quick takes, observations or pre game nervous musings, here is our open thread. Have fun.
GO BRUINS.
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Leaving for the Rose Bowl in an hour
Hoping to see a lot of fans in blue. Years past a loss has really discouraged fan support, but it is the first Pac 10 so hope everyone comes out!!
UCLA '08
The real USC is handling Georgia right now
Georgia struggling to make anything happen on either side of the ball….
USC / Georgia games always low scoring
well, except for last year. We’re missing Green something fierce, though. Murray has looked real good for his first road game as a freshman QB; hasn’t made mistakes. We just haven’t had help anywhere else.
That fumble on the 1 by Ealey didnt help, either.
right
Georgia D has stepped it up; but that fumble undid everything.
by britishbruin on Sep 11, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Gators are lucky it is tied.
B.J. Daniels (USF QB) threw a pick right before the end of the half and the Gators promtly got 7 to tie.
OMW to the Rose Bowl now. 730 start for a Pac 10 game YESSSSSS!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
by bruin8uclap on Sep 11, 2010 11:06 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Well its past 11:30 now and I sit here in front a CLOSED LOT!
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
by bruin8uclap on Sep 11, 2010 11:33 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Lot is open now.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
by bruin8uclap on Sep 11, 2010 11:39 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
USF is giving the game away.
Gators just got a lucky fumble recovery at their own 10 after USF drove the length of the field.
Demps is the SEC (NCAA?) 100m champ.
Very fast.
by orlandobruin on Sep 11, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Announcers say NCAA champ.
Fastest man in college.
by orlandobruin on Sep 11, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
The freshman are doing well at big time programs. I’d like to see our star to be runner(s) get a lot of action today!
Go Bruins!
This day is getting off to a bad start for me
My 2nd team (Minnesota) is down 10 to FCS South Dakota heading into the 4th quarter, oy vey…
They struggled against Middle Tenn last week too.
Although Middle Tenn went to a bowl game last year.
by orlandobruin on Sep 11, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
MTSU is a decent team
They at least went 10-3 last year. Today, the Gopher defense has given up 440 yards and 41 points to South Dakota, its been painful
Barkley and Co. are going to have a field day
next week when $C heads to Minneapolis and faces this pass defense
Houston
Anyone watch Houston last night? We better not miss any tackles against them. Those guys can run
I saw that Case Keenum got dinged up.
Left the game in the 3rd Q. Not sure of the severity or if he’ll plau against the Bruins next week.
by orlandobruin on Sep 11, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Omen
We are on our way to CA — driving toward Amarillo where we’ll spend the night.
Jen is driving, I’ve got the Slingbox running so I can watch the OhSU v. Miami game — don’t care who wins, don’t like either.
Anyway, just saw a BLUE AND GOLD oil well!!! All the rest are rusty and dirty. Not the Blue and Gold.
Means something to me. Good omen. Go Bruins!!!!
sjh
OMW!!!!!!!
So happy we have a 7:30 start!!! Hope some of the frosh get into the game. I love seeing a soph start the next year with plenty of game time experience. Go Bruins.
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that count's" - John Wooden.
another positive datapoint for CRN
Back to back national broadcasts to start the season for UCLA. Our exposure under Neu gets better and better. Of course, the more we win the better that will get.
by DoubleTroubleBruin on Sep 11, 2010 12:53 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Michigan tries a two QB approach
QB #2 immediately throws a pick setting Michigan up for an easy score. Not saying this is what would happen if we throw Brehaut in, just saying, THE TWO QB THING ALMOST NEVER WORKS.
+1
Yup, it’s an epic fail before you even try.
I always use this as a counter-point
UGA Football, 2002:
David Greene was spelled by DJ Shockley in 10 games, who was a RS Fr at the time.
UGA won the SEC that year, and the experience that Shockley got was invaluable in helping him lead UGA to the SEC title again in 2005 following Greene’s graduation.
It’s basically the only example of successfully spelling quarterbacks I’ve ever seen, however.
Michigan did ok with Brady-Henson too
But those were both grooming situations. Its different than playing two similar qbs.
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ND only put backup in because Crist is hurt
Brian Kelly is smarter than that
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ND only put backup in because Crist is hurt
Brian Kelly is smarter than that
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Go Bruins!
Very psyched for tonight. I spend the rest of the year looking forward to Saturdays in the fall. Nothing in the world like it… getting off the freeway (mountain/seco exit…)… rolling through the neighborhood peppered with ucla banners and $25 driveway parking… cruising into the stadium lot… walking past the A gate, on to the grass, wading through a sea of Blue and Gold, dogs grilling, cold beers being passed around… students with painted faces reminding me of myself and my friends thirty years ago (yeah yeah youngsters, there are a few of us veterans on your site here…) balls flying through the air…. stroll past Matt and Wayne doing the pre-show (they still out there this year?)… meeting fellow lifer bruin fans at the pre-game party in the tent… listening to the band play a song or two for the crowd…. then making our way into the stadium with its majestic arches and sturdy walls, through the cool damp air of the tunnel that opens up to the epic sight of the rose bowl on game day, fans and players filling it with excitement… sitting down with my wife in our seats, saying hello to our bruin fan friends we only see five or six teams a year, but who, like us, are always at these game, hanging on to our optimism to the last possible minute…. then settling in beneath a beautiful Pasadena evening sky in the greatest college football stadium in the country full of hope and belief that the Bruins will shock the world and rise to the occasion. Prince injuries, yeah yeah… revamped last, uh huh… last week’s game, whatever… trad med declaring us doa, blah blah…. don’t hear it, don’t care, not on game day. No better way to spend a Saturday. Kickoff in six hours. Life is good again. GO BRUINS.
by mwright84 on Sep 11, 2010 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
JMU!?
WOW! They beat Virginia tech! Man, Boise must be SO bummed!
"The entire world that bleeds blue and gold ... they have been dying for this." - Coach Rick Neuheisel
James Madison!?
No matter what happens this season for UCLA, at least they say they didn’t lose to a FCS team!
by orlandobruin on Sep 11, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
+1
huge hit to Boise St… and even if VaTech recovers to win the ACC, all the ACC teams are going down today… Georgia Tech was more than a 2 touchdown favorite going into Kansas
by britishbruin on Sep 11, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Afternoon Guys!
Was at work earlier; soaking up some OT pay. Got back home here and am enjoying watching my alma mater, Iowa, roll cross-state rival Iowa State.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:12 PM PDT reply actions
If you have Versus, click over to check out Air Force's helmets today.
The lightning bolt is colored in like the American flag. Very cool.
And they are tied with BYU.
Air Force is favored today
1.5 points on a site I look at regularly
by britishbruin on Sep 11, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal-31; Colorado-0 at the half.
Ouch.
UCLA @ Strawberry Canyon might end up being a tougher game than some may have thought.
Colorado is a mess
When they join the PAC-10, they’re probably the second worst team next to Washington State. Keep in mind, things have gotten so bad there that Dan Hawkins had to bench his own son to try and placate the fan base.
Once you’ve reached that point, you pretty much have no hope.
South Dakota Beats Goofy Gophs Up Here In Minneapolis
Can’t say as I’m all that shocked or surprised. I’m guessing that pretty much seals Tim Brewster’s fate – maybe Joel Maturi’s as well. One good thing is that it’ll likely make a lot of Gopher fans unload their tickets for this next Saturday when those Trojan scumbags roll into town. Am planning to be clad in True Blue this next Friday and Saturday to heckle any and all Trogans that I see.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:28 PM PDT reply actions
Florida St.
Wow. Miss Mickey much?!?
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I bought into the hype for FSU and Miami
and have had a rude awakening on my dual screens this afternoon; Miami lucky to still be in their game, FSU not in theirs…
by britishbruin on Sep 11, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I Heard That They Wanted To Get Rid Of Hawkins Badly
So if he somehow survives this year it’ll be no small miracle.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:39 PM PDT reply actions
Meant To Put This Under The "Colorado Is A Mess" Post
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
CU couldn't afford to can him
Or join the Pac.
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep, Heard That, Too
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Denard Robinson is bananas
174 yds rushing in the first half.
I’m liking the Hundley signing more and more every time I see Robinson run.
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 2:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Not quite the same
Hundley’s much bigger; Robinson is faster
by SuperBruinMan on Sep 11, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
i know, but they're both dynamic runners
A better comparison is probably Kapaernick- which I wouldn’t mind either!
by AllHailMightyBruins on Sep 11, 2010 3:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Touchdown Iowa!
Rolling 35-0 over the Clowns.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 2:43 PM PDT reply actions
Interesting
I think Bob Field either went to Iowa or played at Iowa before joining Terry Donahue’s staff.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Off to poker night . . .
. . . will be watching the Bruins but not posting tonight. :(
GOOOOOOO BRUINS!
Michigan - ND In A Tight One
irish clinging to a 24-21 lead. Hope the Blue can force OT.
Great 5th set between Federer and Djokovich. Hated to see the Fed Express not make it to the Final tomorrow.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 4:02 PM PDT reply actions
When I grow up...
I wanna have a stiff-arm like Terrelle Pryor’s. That man is beastly!
by TracerBullet07 on Sep 11, 2010 4:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Checking in from the south...
Game 1: Navy beats Ga. Southern Yea!
Game 2: Bama handing it to Penn St. early
Game 3: My heart is on the golf course now, tailgating in the sun! Go Bruins!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
I have a feeling
this Alabama/PSU game is going to get real ugly.
Too true, unless JoPa can find a way to stop the Bama ground game
Talk about a herd of elephants!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Definitely
their ground game has been scary so far. Ingram who? Can you imagine how worn down defenses will get when Ingram is back as well? Geez
k..looks like the downs reset on multiple fumbles
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Change of possession so new set of downs
Thought it should have been Bama ball though.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 11, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks Like UDub and The 'Cuse Are In A Tight One In Seattle
13-10 UDub was the score I saw in the 2nd quarter.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
But Washington
was supposed to be the best team ever this year! Because they beat SC last year. Or something like that.
Hehe, barely beating Syracuse. How quaint.
Texas and Oregon both looking beatable ...
Texas only up 3-0 in 2nd quarter, Ducks down two FGs to the Vols midway through the 1st quarter.
Hey! Give Texas some credit
They’re up 6-0 now against that fierce Wyoming defense.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 11, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
yep
Go cowboys! Lol.. the rain could really be a factor for the ducks considering it hardly ever rains in Oregon
by westwood12003 on Sep 11, 2010 5:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Bama running a lot of pistol
and it’s been very effective. Hopefully ours can do the same tonight.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 11, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
Helps when you have the gross tonnage advantage
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
It does
but Penn St. seems confused by some of the misdirection, before they can get knocked back.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 11, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Cowboys herding cattle?
that is so literal!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
PSU should be doing better, but the Bama D has been stopping them
This game is the Tide’s to lose so far.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
132 rushing yards fot Tennessee vs. Oregon
IN THE 1ST QUARTER!
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Sep 11, 2010 5:51 PM PDT reply actions
Ducks
Can’t stop the run, either! Pac 10 needs to step up!
by LouisianaBruins on Sep 11, 2010 5:54 PM PDT reply actions
Well
it’s exciting for us, who have to play in Eugene this year, that the ducks look vulnerable, but I REALLY don’t want #7 ranked Oregon to lose to an unranked SEC team.
Besides suc, in today's football era....
shouldn’t we root for the ducks?
Penn state spreading the field and getting movement..
can Saban answer?
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
I'd normally root for the ducks
but Knoxville was too fun last year and everyone was so nice. Plus, it’s good to see they’re recovering from the Kiffin disease.
I can't take
a Pac 10 loss to an Sec school down here in Louisiana. I have to pull for those dispicable ducks!
by LouisianaBruins on Sep 11, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My ex-son-in-law is a die hard Auburn fan...
think he’ll appreciate me teaching his 2 year old son “Roll Tide Roll”!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
LOL
sounds funny until I think about any future children I may have coming home and telling me to “Fight on!”… Definitely not cool!
Teach your offspring to have good taste in potential mates!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Another Penn State Mistake
Another INT thrown by the freshman QB.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
Yikes
Montana State 22, Wazzu 7. How are they so amazingly bad??
Quackeroos Get FG
Narrow the deficit to 13-6.
Hard to believe that Wazzu is THAT bad.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 6:25 PM PDT reply actions
Montana State is beating the Cougs
if Montana St ends up winning, does that qualify as an upset? Something in me wants to say no.
Well, so much for saying we've never played an FCS team
WSU is one (and mediocre at that), practically speaking.
shocking!
but has wulfe lasted even this long?? i know they dont have much talent but a good coach would never field the kind of completely uncompetitive teams this guy has…
by falseintellect on Sep 11, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
So.... will the Stanford Band burn a koran??
I have feeling they are going to do something controversial.
Easy money and faithless women, red-eye whiskey for the pain...
In 84 against $C they did a salute to musical originality...
played “Conquest” 20 times straight.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Not Sure
but they’re back in the game.
by LouisianaBruins on Sep 11, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Oregon
Man, I love the aggressiveness of their offense.… except against us.
by hongerelli on Sep 11, 2010 6:37 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Am Starting To Get Nervous
So what else is new?
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 11, 2010 6:43 PM PDT reply actions
Just think about …
… fairies and it will calm you down.
by hongerelli on Sep 11, 2010 6:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Watching Highlight Films on ESPN
I would really like to see us break some long runs. It’s been a while since someone has gone through the hole and just run away from everyone else.
We have that speed with JetSki and Jones. Would really like to see them get some very big runs.
Also, seeing a lot of very good young QB’s. Love for Prince to take his place as an up and comer.
Can clearly see why Rodriguez replaced Forcier. Not that Forcier isn’t very good — but his replacement is great. That’s what QB competition can do.
sjh
Almost time
GO BRUINS BEAT stanfurd! I do wonder what the stanfurd band will do?
by Forever a Bruin on Sep 11, 2010 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
We really need Oregon to win
Called the best team in the Pac 10 and in the top 10 nationally — come on Ducks.
sjh
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