UCLA Beats Colorado 45-6; Becomes Bowl Eligible!
by freesia39 on Nov 19, 2011 7:54 PM PST
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PrintHey guess what? We're bowl eligible! Thanks, Colorado!
On Senior Day, the Bruins came out blazing, stopping Colorado on their first drive although the missed tackle bug started to return. As a Senior Day gift, Taylor Embree was also allowed to return the ball on punt returns today, actually accumulating 13 yards of return yardage. On our second play from scrimmage, UCLA uses a little play action and Kevin Prince throws a perfect strike to Shaq Evans, who just has to put his hands out and a ball is placed in there for a touchdown.
Of course, we can't do anything right without doing something wrong, and Evans is flagged for excessive celebration, the first of nine penalties on the night. For once though, the flags don't hurt us in this game.
On the next series, Tyler Hansen's pass bounces off the receiver and Sean Westgate is in the right place at the right time to intercept the ball, and we are given another 15 yards when Colorado nearly rips Westgate's head off by the facemask. Prince hands the ball off to Jonathan Franklin, and BOOM, touchdown. 14-0.
After Colorado can't do anything after Jeff Locke kicked the ball off out of bounds (and some good UCLA defense after Westgate misses a tackle) UCLA gets the ball back and it's all Kevin Prince, Joseph Fauria, and Nelson Rosario on the drive, as Prince broke off a few nice runs, Rosario went over 2000 receiving yards in his UCLA career, and Fauria shows off his acrobatic skills, diving into the end zone for the touchdown. We're not even out of the first quarter, and we're up 21-0.
This is the effort we have been waiting for ALL SEASON, and it showed up... when we played the worst team in the Pac-12, Colorado. Don't celebrate too much everyone. It's COLORADO.
In the second quarter, Colorado scores after their touchdown is reviewed but they miss the extra point. But some worry creeps in, as UCLA starts acting like UCLA, committing dumb penalties, and going super conservative on the play calling as we run for the end zone, but miss a field goal from 25 yards. The first half ends with a lot of stupid penalties, particularly one by Randall Carroll on a punt, but we're lucky that Colorado is Colorado, and that we played "well" in the first half to make most people forget about the penalties.
The first quarter was fun. Too bad we'll never see anything like that again (or maybe when we get a new coach...)
In the second half, we run (literally) down the field. Throwing the ball apparently is out of the question early in the third, as we run, run, run and wind up needing to kick a field goal of 22 yards, converted by Tyler Gonzalez.
Colorado and UCLA exchange turnovers on their next drives, as Andrew Abbott picks off Hansen, but Jonathan Franklin fumbles the ball right back to them. Nothing comes out of the exchange, except for Iuta Tepa MMBOPPING Tyler Hansen. (I couldn't resist.)
Derrick Coleman comes into the game to make his usual impact, barreling down the field where no one accounted for the huge running back. Bad strategy, Colorado. Prince then hooks up with Fauria again for another touchdown, Fauria using every bit of his 6'8" body. Later on, Kevin Prince throws for his fourth touchdown of the night to Nelson Rosario, who drags a receiver into the end zone.
The game ends on a nice note, after a spectacular second interception by Andrew Abbott, with Nick Crissman coming in to hand the ball off several times to Malcolm Jones, who scored the final touchdown of the night. Also spotted on the play is Jerry Rice Jr. A feel good ending to a night where UCLA dominated Colorado with 553 yards of offense, 328 of it on the ground, and holding Colorado to only 229 yards.
But remember, this is Colorado. Don't celebrate too hard now. This is how we should be dominating teams below us in the standings.
So yes, the eye test:
1) Is our defense prepared for each and every team we play?
2) Do we call offensive plays to catch our opponents off guard?
3) Do our players look like they know what they should be doing at all times?
4) Do our players play for 60 G-D minutes every game?
5) Do our players execute?
6) Do we have leaders on the field?
1. Yes, we were prepared to play one of the worst teams in all of football and we stopped them. Andrew Abbott had two spectacular interceptions, and Keenan Graham had a great sack today, VROOMING into the backfield to get to Hansen.
2. If you thought we'd throw the ball that often and score 4 touchdowns through the air, raise your hand. Put your hands down, you liars! We converted on a team that gives up 38 points a game and is 116th in the FBS in points against. We were going to score. They were some really nice throws by Prince though, and everyone was making a genuine effort to catch the ball.
3. Yes. Ok, except for the nine penalties for 102 yards, we didn't look completely lost. We still can't tackle to save our lives, but we didn't look completely incompetent.
4. The players executed all 60 minutes. The second and third quarters were iffy (I was scared the second quarter, I felt that corner turn back to where I didn't want to go, like if I accidentally went the wrong way on Figueroa or something...) but the game kept moving.
5. Um, see number 4. I answered two questions in one. My hands are cold. Sue me. (Actually many of you are lawyers, don't sue me. Please present a compelling memo.)
6. I think Kevin Prince played so well tonight, and he moved the team up and down the field. Datone Jones finally played like the Datone Jones we've been expecting all year (he has to start up his clip reel for the NFL) and Andrew Abbott, a former walk on, has been playing so well for the UCLA defense this year. I'm so proud of the kid.
If you have more thoughts, please elaborate. I know there's a sense of euphoria that we won, but also remember a few key events:
1. This was Colorado that we played
2. It was Senior Day and emotions were definitely high.
3. We were playing for our bowl game lives, so the effort was finally there.
4. See #1.
Now, someone go tell SC we need them to lose so that Oregon can get in the national title game - we need additional funds for the Athletic program for our Head Coach fund.
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with gutty coaches
I’ll take our talent. sc and oregon are better but I think our talent would play them tough.
we will have to learn to tackle and play without penalties.
But, I doubt our coaches can put together game plans on both sides of the all to stay with either.
sjh
Damnit
officials are reviewing what was called a completed pass in bounds (allowing the clock to run out). Really, it was incomplete and FSU will get the chance to try a game winning FG.
formerly bruinhoo
Officials are still reviewing the play
going on 4 minutes. My guess will be FSU ball at the 30 yard line with 9 seconds to go.
formerly bruinhoo
FG attempt
offsides….weird call…43 yards
by Bruined 4 Life on Nov 19, 2011 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
At least one of my teams has a coach
and a non-hilarious chance at playing for their conference title.
formerly bruinhoo
FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he just dropped the ball!!!!!
Effing Trogans
One time I kind of root for them and they find a way to choke. Tools.
by Nestor on Nov 19, 2011 8:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Reverse mojo?
You can’t turn it on and off. You root for sc and the mojo queen doesn’t know you ean it.
sjh
+1
time for a breather and to regroup
not because too many or too few players on the field
novel use of to
sjh
Cal had a chance for the TD
Settles for FG 13-7
Is Donahue coaching for Oregon
From his JetSuite box? Playing for FG?
by Nestor on Nov 19, 2011 8:25 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Sad that their primary placekicker isn's as good as our 4th string walkon
Sad for them, at least.
formerly bruinhoo
Screw the SEC homers.
Don’t think I’ll be watching Bama-LSU
I will watch it gladly
I don’t really care much for other PAC-10 programs’ who often actively hate on us.
by Nestor on Nov 19, 2011 8:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Beep beep beep - Syntax error
“Hate on” is not recognized language for anyone with a proper, UCLA education.
LSU still has to get past Arky
(Which has never been really easy for them). And then Georgia.
And I doubt you can send Alabama to the NC game if they don’t win the conference.
Really, the entire top of the college football landscape could end up being one giant cluster…uh…y’know, like it is always is at the end of the year.
Too much SEC lurv for Bama not to play for the title in that case
Hell, if Nebraska could make the title game after finishing 3rd in the Big XII a few years back, Bama can expect the same.
formerly bruinhoo
If you don't think LSU and Bama are the two best teams in college football,
I’m not sure who you’re watching. Bama might not win SEC because they happened to be in the same division as the #1 team- and they only lost by 3 in overtime in a game that they missed 3 fg’s. They deserve a second shot.
Formerly AllHailMightyBruins
by AHMB on Nov 19, 2011 9:57 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Oh, I don't disagree
Alabama and LSU are by fat the two best teams in CFB.
It just still gets in my craw that Bama’s likely to make the NC game without ‘winning the conference’, which was the big argument against Georgia making it in 2007 when they were largely in the same position.
Not that I’m bitter or anything. :)
Think Oregon wants to remanage those last 40 seconds?
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Bad weekend for kickers
Ok. St., FSU, Oregon
Not a great day at the top of the rankings
Oregon loses, Clemson loses, Oklahoma about to lose and Stanford trailing early.
formerly bruinhoo
We win - we're in.
Simple as that.
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
the political move will be to try to force Houston into the big 12
to give them a better chance of playing a schedule worthy of bCS champ games.
Houston has played a very weak schedule — including us. They will have a very hard time making a serious argument for the big game.
sjh
That was $C''s bowl game
Now they overlook the Bruins and we should expect a 42-3 Bruin win next weekend
kelly made a calculated decision that failed -- but was understandable
he decided not to use his time outs to save the clock. He chose, instead, to use his no huddle, speed offense to try to keep sc off balance and tired. Lame made a smart move and called a timeout to rest and regather his d.
So, battle of the clock goes to sc.
but oregon lost because they don’t have a decent kicker and they missed a kick that a championship team has to make.
sjh
1982 Bruins v. Trojans From LA Times...
In front of 95,763 at the Rose Bowl, UCLA quarterback Tom Ramsey was sharp early and helped the Bruins jump out to a 14-3 lead. USC responded behind Todd Spencer’s touchdown run. Then UCLA — which found out during the game that Arizona and Washington State were leading — scored again to take a 20-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
That’s when the Trojans took over. Led by quarterback Scott Tinsley, who completed several key passes to Jeff Simmons and Tim White, USC had two lengthy drives over the final 12 minutes. The first ended with a field goal and on the second the Trojans had a fourth and goal at the UCLA four-yard line with three seconds remaining in regulation.
Tinsley completed the drive with a touchdown pass to tight end Mark Boyer and then, instead of kicking a game-tying point to keep UCLA out of the Rose Bowl, Robinson opted for the two-point conversion.
With no time remaining, Tinsley dropped back and before he could deliver a pass, UCLA’s Karl Morgan ripped through for a sack to preserve the Bruins’ 20-19 win.
UCLA went on to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl — all made possible by Morgan’s memorable defensive play.
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
GOD - How I Remember THAT Game
Like it was yesterday. Just remember so vividly how I screamed when #40 got that sack on their 2-point try with :00 left on the clock.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Nov 19, 2011 9:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I guess I never realized the tie would keep us out of the Rose Bowl
That was almost sporting of John Robinson to go for the win.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Touchdown BS aka Boomer Sooner
pending PAT
Remember Karl Morgan (from my era)
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
Sorry. Look up a couple of posts.
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
NBA: Where Greed Happens. RIP 10/10/11.
looks like a Baylor time out with 51 second to go
My guess is that OU lined up to go for 2 and BU took a time out
Presidents cup is
Like watching a Bruin game.
False start
they were going for it. Now they’ll kick
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Does this mean
The BCS rankings will be:
1. LSU
2. Alabama
3. Arkansas
Nope
It will be
1 LSU
2 Houston
3 -10 Any of a bunch of one-loss teams
11-15 Any of a bunch of two loss teams
What’s the point of Houston’s going undefeated otherwise?
Now that would be neat
BCS chaimpainship LSU against Houston!!!!
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
Baylor with the TD
RG III is very very good
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Earlier in the year
it was mid to late 1st round
looks like they might be the best
you know LSU can still loss to someone else before the bcs chaimpianship game
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
look at Houston's schedule
too weak to take them seriously
I’d love to see it, but it wouldn’t be fair to teams that play a tough schedule
sjh
I really like that guy
Great kid, great story
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
I rushed the field once
It was the 20-16 game.
How I wish the kids now were generating good old days like that.
its getting late out east
so furd —put them away—please
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
I have been reading that he will be spliting carries w/Hunter tomorrow
At least according to the SF paper. Take if for what it is worth, but unless you have a good RB3/4 to take his place, probably worth taking the risk.
formerly bruinhoo
for some reason
I’ve never liked Cal. Go Stanford!
I have to be a contrarian
I would like to have fewer one-win teams.
Razorbacks beat LSU would be good, and then some more losses by the ranked teams in the championship games. And we’re back to Houston vs. Boise State.
Football Saturdays are a reason to live in the Pacific Time Zone
Easy to watch all day without staying up too late
sjh
when i lived in hawaii I use to say the same thing
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
thats ok---i loved surfing early in the morning
glass is nice and no others in the way
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
looks like more at that game than ucla's
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
anyone know our attendance?
crowd looked thin on tv. Too bad. It was senior night. And, an exciting win.
not to mention that we turned the corner.
Also, anyone know what Neu told the crowd after the game. Was my prediction right?
“Thanks for sticking with us. We still have work to do. We are in the race for the championship.”
sjh
at Lehigh U---we made it to the playoffs
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
its a no scholarship school so I
do not know how far we’ll get. Only loss in overtime.
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
i have not---i should have today
but i thought i would jinx them. A couple of the players are in a course I teach—-a pretty hard course—you know i am impressed how some of these kids do it—-play football and go to college—
latter—-
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:35 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
I think of the Wisconsin and Minnesota kids who sit through snow storms and bitter cold.
sjh
Yep, raining here.
Although I think this game lost a bit of the luster when they lost to Oregon last week. Some students may have already started going home – no classes next week.
I think it's a private school thing?
Let’s the kids who want to go home from far away more time. Although the quarter ends two weeks after, so there are still a lot of kids that stick around.
I think Griffin can come back
He finishes against Texas Tech and Texas, if he has a big win against the Longhorns I can see him being in NY.
Heisman = best player on best team
Since LSU’s best players are on D, Richardson will win if Bama beats Auburn. Mark it down.
Formerly AllHailMightyBruins
by AHMB on Nov 19, 2011 9:59 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
ok stanford one more===take control
i thing i’m crashing—-got to make up an exam tomorrow and then there the honey do list—-I have faith stanford will win
ok they are warmed up
I sure hope we’ve turned the corner.
Night all.
by DrKahanamoku on Nov 19, 2011 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
Zach Maynard...
how exactly did Cal win any games?
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Still a close game in Tempe
ASU 27, Arizona 24. ASU is now on Arizona’s side of the field.
The thing is, it happened.
Touchdown Arizona
30-27, extra point pending
kick is good 31-27, 5:18 left
foles went out on the drive with an injury.
So I'm listening to the Bruin Talk postgame show on the way home from the game
The host (David Basset? sp?) is unbelievably pro-Neuheisel/Morgan Center. Most of the callers (except for a few Neubs) calling in are asking for Neuheisel to get fired with the usual reasons of losing record, mediocre teams, lack fo discipline but he keeps disagreeing with them saying Neuheisel has recruited well and is about to turn a corner next season. He also says that we can’t find a better coach to replace Neuheisel (apparently the administration will never hire someone like Leach, Urban Meyer is going to Ohio State, Chris Petersen rejected us once and will reject us again). He sounds like a Morgan Center lackey (who is willing to accept mediocrit) to me but on a more positive note it does sound like most of the callers are asking for Neuheisel to be fired and are looking for change (especially if he loses to USC next week). Oh, this talk show host also defended DG saying that he has done a great job as an AD.
Go Bruins!
Yup agree with you there..
Not wasting my time listening to this guy anymore. He ignores all of the “reasonable” callers out there trying to explain RN’s mediocre body of work necessitating his firing.
Go Bruins!
Yep. Listened to him leaving the Rose Bowl after the Texas game
Being just critical enough of Neu so that he would not sound like a completely clueless tool in the wake of that clownshow, but as pro-establishment as can come.
formerly bruinhoo
Part of the gig is to be controversial to stir up callers
Can’t go too far as to lose credibility, but they often try to push the opposite views.
The key is that all the callers know it’s time for a change. Talk radio can’t hide reality.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Even in mid-September
Many of the callers that I heard were echoing our call for Guerrero’s head. Pissed that radio host off something fierce.
formerly bruinhoo
It's Vassay-he is the Petros and Money water boy on
When the AD is replaced, we should clean house-Chris Roberts, gone, Adidas, gone (Under Armour?)
by ocbruin1985 on Nov 20, 2011 9:32 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Stanford's coach
Is not very good. Totally vanilla and conservative. It will be interesting what he does once Luck is gone.
How far ASU has fallen..
From crushing USC to now losing to Arizona at home.
Go Bruins!
don't like the "not playing the ball"
reason for pass interference, got one called on us tonight on a play that looked clean.
one just got called on Arizona, looked like PI though
ASU driving
has the all at Arizona’s 22
2:30 left down 4
Osweiler throws an INT
Arizona has the ball with 2:15 left with good field position
How long is Ericson under contract at ASU?
by Bruined 4 Life on Nov 19, 2011 10:06 PM PST reply actions
45-6
Note to Dan:
This is what our football team should always do to the bad teams like Colorado.
This is also what our football team should occasionally do to good teams.
foles still out though
and Arizona can’t run the ball (except on us)
Arizona runs 3 consecutive run plays
will have to punt
Too long for FG attempt...i'd go for 1st down if I were Arizona
by Bruined 4 Life on Nov 19, 2011 10:08 PM PST reply actions
U of A can't kick FGs anyway
Their kicking unit is atrocious. But they’re punting here.
The thing is, it happened.
he tried to do the same thing agaisnt us!
throwing the ball out of bounds
and again the review
goes in the favor of ASU
Not sure where this is coming from
If ASU wins, Utah wins and UCLA loses, they’ll all be 5-4 in conference.
The first tie-breaker is record against the other two teams. All 3 are 1-1.
The second tie-breaker is record in the South. ASU is 3-2, Utah would be 3-2, and UCLA would be 2-3. That eliminates UCLA.
Tiebreakers start over with two teams. Since ASU beat Utah, ASU wins the division.
I think that's correct.
I’ve read that from some other sites, but I haven’t looked it up myself to be sure.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
It all comes down to UCLA/Southern Cal.
And Colorado @ Utah… So yeah, UCLA/SC is what decides the south.
formerly bruinhoo
UCLA or Utah is going to win the south
that is absolutely sad…lol
And ASU
UCLA gets in with a win.
ASU gets in with a win and a UCLA loss.
Utah gets in with a win, a UCLA loss and a ASU loss.
ASU would need a Utah win as well
I thought that ASU choked away their chance entirely, but you might be right on that.
formerly bruinhoo
and to think...
Wazzu was driving towards a touchdown, but settled for FG to send game to OT
by Bruined 4 Life on Nov 19, 2011 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
21-28 Stanford with 3:12 left
have a decision to make on fourth down
Yeah, but we creamed CU, and Utah creamed us.
And CU hasn’t won an away game this year. So the reality is, it’s very likely that Utah will play for the championship.
Therefore Utah will cream CU
Transitive property. If all games were played on South Campus, this is how it would go.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
UCLA beat ASU
ASU beat U$C so… that means…lol i’m just dreaming
With all these upsets occuring this weekend
You just never know with the USC-UCLA game next week
Go Bruins!
Can someone tell Taylor...
taylorg4ng82 Taylor Embree
Its official ucla bruins to play in the first ever pac 12 ship game!! Leggooo
Man, someone needs to tell them Utah won today.
Brehaut1216 Richard Brehaut
PAC 12 Championship game doe?? We onnnn
Have to root for the Bruins to upset SC next week..
but if the Bruins win (and then gets blown out in the PAC 12 championship game and goes on to another non-name bowl) that may mean RN back for another year.. what a conundrum..
Go Bruins!
3 SEC teams atop the projected BCS rankings
Looks like we might be having an all-SEC BCS championship game.
Go Bruins!
i dont think our athletic department
knows the meaning of “awesome uni’s”
They will probably earn a 3rd place tie in the end
they do get to match Utah’s pending win over Colorado with a home game against Zach Maynard and Cal. They can’t possibly lose that game, right?
formerly bruinhoo
Of course they can
Pretty much not playing for anything anymore.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
You have seen Zach Maynard play, right??
He barely avoided losing to Colorado, taking overtime to squeak out a 3-point win.
formerly bruinhoo
One thing I have to mention
We have some UCLA gloves now with the UC on one hand and LA on the other. I love those
other schools were doing that 2 years ago
so even that is old. we’re so behind on uniforms
Pac 12 South treating the title game like one of these
No, YOU go get blown out by Oregon.
No, YOU go get blown out by Oregon…
I thought
they were the “smarter” school…
by CheekyBruin on Nov 19, 2011 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
1st and goal at the 1 yard line, clock running with 35 seconds remaining.
either 1) spike the ball, since the extra down does not matter at this stage of the game, or 2) call a timeout. Cal elected choice 3) stand around and do nothing while 15 seconds come off the clock.
formerly bruinhoo
they werent very quick either
only 14 sec left
Tedford gets another year, but his seat gets warmer
After that: DEAR GOD NO!, maybe – but by no means a certainty given ASU’s disappointment, and NO, because UA’s AD is smart enough to know the cardinal rule of interm coaches: never hire the interm coach!
formerly bruinhoo
haha
nah i think four teams are gonna be looking for new coaches next year…UCLA, Arizona, Wazzu, and I think ASU
According to “BCS Guru”, expected top 5 in newest BCS ranking are as follows…
1)LSU
2)Bama
3)Arkansas
4)OK State
5)Stanford
by Bruined 4 Life on Nov 19, 2011 10:54 PM PST reply actions
Top-3 sounds right
Stanford and OSU could go either way, at least in terms of the human poll element.
formerly bruinhoo
UCLA technically isn't bowl-eligible yet
Under this scenario:
UCLA loses to USC
Utah loses to Colorado
UCLA loses to Oregon/Stanford in Pac-12 championship game
UCLA would be 6-7 and not bowl eligible because of the losing record. I’m rooting for Utah to beat Colorado next week, forcing the Bruins to have to beat U$C to make the Pac-12 championship game. I’d rather not go to the Pac-12 championship game at all if it means not making it to a bowl game — even with this coaching staff, the players could use the extra practice and perks that comes with a bowl game.
i like having the chance to play for the rose bowl
even though it’s extremely unlikely we do, i like having the chance
I know what you mean
But I’d rather have that chance by beating USC and not being at risk to miss a bowl game entirely.
4 Basic scenarios for next saturday, as I can see.
1. UCLA beats SC – UCLA wins the South outright
2. UCLA loses (5-4), Utah loses (4-5) – UCLA wins the South regardless of ASU’s result (best case, 5-4, loses h2h tiebreak to UCLA)
3. UCLA loses (5-4), Utah wins (5-4), ASU loses (4-5) – Utah wins h2h tiebreak over UCLA.
4. UCLA loses (5-4), Utah wins (5-4), ASU wins (5-4) – 3-way tiebreaker comes into effect. bjgreen77 is correct regarding the 3-way tiebreak procedure. UCLA is eliminated in the 2nd step – record in division (2-3, while ASU and Utah go 3-2). ASU then wins the h2h tiebreak with Utah, and advances to the championship game.
formerly bruinhoo
To put it somewhat differently
UCLA advances: With UCLA win or Utah loss (avoids tiebreaker vs. Utah)
ASU advances: With ASU win, UCLA loss and Utah win (forces 3-way tiebreaker)
Utah advances: With Utah win, UCLA loss and ASU loss (forces tiebreaker vs. ASU)
ASU’s result has no impact on us, but could knock Utah out of the running.
The thing is, it happened.
As the Utah/Colorado game is on Friday, there is another - chrnological way to look at it
Using Utah’s Friday night result to see what needs to happen on Saturday.
1. If Utah loses, UCLA wins the south no matter what happens on Saturday
2. If Utah wins, and UCLA wins, UCLA wins the south (either outright, or via h2h tiebreak over ASU)
3. If Utah wins, UCLA loses, and ASU loses, Utah wins the South (h2h tiebreak over UCLA)
4. If Utah wins, UCLA loses, and ASU wins, ASU wins the South (3 way tiebreak over UCLA and Utah).
formerly bruinhoo
ASU/Cal is on friday as well
Makes things much more simple going into next Saturday
formerly bruinhoo
Just say we win the PAC-12 Championship,
then we win the Rose Bowl. What rank do we finish with, with a 9-6 record (and defeat of SC)? I can’t imagine this happening, but maybe we’ll get really, really, really lucky!
err miscount error
i think it would be 9-5.
a 9-5 record
with wins @ SC, @ Oregon and against the Big 10 champion to close the season would put UCLA in the top-25, likely the top-20.
The odds of this happening of course…
formerly bruinhoo
If the cost of winning our first Rose Bowl in 25 years or so is ...
giving CRN one more year, I would pay it. We would be 9-5 and on the upswing. But right now that’s like the proverbial IF frogs could fly.
We are 5-1 at home this year.
We lost to Texas because of three Prince interceptions in the first quarter.
Assuming Prince does not throw two interceptions straight to the SUC linebackers, like he did at the Crapiseum two years ago, and assuming we play like a normal home game, we should score plenty.
The question is will our defense show up?
I hope so. I hate SUC.
PS: LSU will lose to Arkansas or Georgia IMO. But they will have to lose 2 games not to play for the BCS championship given the ESPN man crush for the SEC. How the f*** do those mighty SEC frauds get away with playing the Georgia Southerns of this world in November? What horse manure their schedules are.
PPS: the Love by ESPN for SUC and Barkley borders on the ludicrous. We must shut the door on those pieces of feces next week. End the bulls*** now!
It doesn't.
IMO he has to beat SUC, win the Championship game and at least be competitive in the actual Rose Bowl game to even consider it. If he wins the Rose Bowl, I guess even I would have to give him one more year. (Did I just fricking write that? Forgive me, Lord.) On the other hand, if we finish 6-6, lose 4 straight to SUC and only qualify for another toilet bowl, then the SUC game should be his last.
In other words, he has to have a miraculous finish to have a prayer of even a chance given his abysmal road, PAC-12 and overall miserable record the last four years replete as it is with multiple blowout, embarrassing losses and vomit inducing performances. How many wins do we have against winning teams with him, what, maybe two or three? He is only barely breathing now because this has to be the worst “division” in all of D1 college football. I mean his coaching a week ago in the Utah game was the same old horrible we have seen in at least 4 barf bag games a year That has to be he crappiest Utah team in a decade, and we sucked the entire game. The list is almost endless.
Again, I just want to focus on beating SUC this week
I know that, hence the reference to two years ago at the Crapiseum.
But it’s just like a regular home game since its played about 8 miles from the Rose Bowl, so we have a chance, if we play like a normal home game in LA. Otherwise we have none, as IIRC, our only road win of the year was at Oregon State.
I don’t think it’s the road as much as it is our wonderful Coach’s deliberate ploy to play even more conservatively on the road than he does at home. To win we need to mix it up and throw to our wideouts out of play action like we did to score 21 straight points against CU IN the first quarter. To lose we need to do what we did in quarters 2-3 abs the whole game against Utah: just run the ball up the middle constantly to “wear down” the other team. hah.
Ironically, if we throw the ball twenty times mixing it up, the running game is twice as effective. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the first SUC game for CRN in which he actually mixes it up and plays to win. I know that would be a complete 180, but it’s the only way we can beat SUC, which is all I care about this week. I hate those smarmy cheaters.
GO BRUINS!
Re bowl eligibility
I don’t know how many bowls there are, but I count 72 teams who are or surely will have 6 wins. (The “surely will” is two 5-6 teams playing each other in the last game of the season.) There are also 4 teams with 5 wins who could still make it. I read that there are 35 bowl games. So being bowl eligible doesn’t necessarily means we will be invited to a bowl.
Whether we deserve to go to bowl is another question. Maybe we can just go hang out with Manute Bol.
That would be, um . . .
a bad thing. I think I’d like to wait awhile before hanging out with Manute.
with the Pac-12's bowl tie-ins, all that matters in our case is that we are bowl eligible, and...
that there are not more bowl eligible teams in the Pac-12 than there are Pac-12 bowl slots. With our win yesterday, (excluding the UCLA loses to $c, but advances to lose the pac-12 title game scenario) all of the Pac-12 teams are now definitively bowl eligible or not bowl eligible. If both Oregon and Stanford advance to BCS games, there will be one more bowl slot than available teams. If only the Pac-12 champion advances to the BCS, then the bowl slots will all be filled, but all eligible Pac-12 teams will be taken care of.
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