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Jahvid Best's Cal' Bears Embarrassing UCLA At The Rose Bowl
There is still an entire half to play. However, I am not sure I have to wait till the game is over to write up our post game thread.Cal Bears are demolishing Rick Neuheisel's Bruins by a score of 35-20. It probably will be lot worse by the time the game is over because it looks like Jahvid Best,...
BN Game Day: A Crapshoot Saturday?
Got an email this morning from silverlakebruin which I think also summed up perfectly how I am feeling about our game against the Bears this afternoon: This one's a total crapshoot. No idea what will/should happen. Pretty much. I don't think anyone has any clear idea of what we are going to see...
Pregame Guesses: Cal
It's that time again ... I've been having a little trouble trying to decide if this week's guesses post should be more about the Bruins or the Bears, so how about a little bit of both? Last week, I opined thusly: If we take care of business at the Rose Bowl on Saturday afternoon (and if the...
Spaulding Roundup: Injury Updates, Confidence Of Two Kevins, & Notes On UCLA's Special Team
Lets start the Friday with another injury update. It looks like Johnathan Franklin will most likely get into the game tomorrow. According to the LAT he practiced for the second day yesterday. Carter didn't practice but if you were to read Neuheisel's comments it seems clear that he will be...
Spaulding Roundup: More California Game Notes
Let's get back to football and talk a little bit more about the game this Saturday. If you haven't done it yet make sure to listen to ryebreadraz and ucla13_usc9 talking about Bears-Bruins match up with Ragnarok from California Golden Blogs. The nugget I found most interesting was the discussion...
Spaulding Roundup: What's At Stake For Tedford, Focus On Best & Other Football Notes
Lets expand a bit more on the sense of urgency Bears are feeling heading into Saturday. Jon Wilner from the San Jose Mercury News writes on whats at stake for Tedford's program: They don't need to dominate UCLA. They don't even need to look good. But they must win — doesn't matter if it's...
BN Podcast: Third Time's A Charm?
It's time for our third BN podcast. Hopefully at this point we're getting a little better at this, but we can certainly do better so let us know how to improve it. This week, we'll take a look back at our loss to Oregon, then we're going to bring in Ragnarok from SBN's Cal blog, California Golden...
Spaulding Roundup: Can The Bruins Be Consistent Against Explosive (Dangerously Desperate) Bears?
Let's start this Tuesday with an injury update: An MRI exam on linebacker Reggie Carter's left knee confirmed a minimal medial collateral ligament sprain. Carter and Korey Bosworth (ribs) are likely to play against Cal on Saturday, though technically they are on day-to-day status. Also,...
Spaulding Roundup: Making Up For Past Heartbreaks, Staying With Prince & Other Football Notes
I have never really cared for rooting for the Halos. Yet I found that victory last night up lifting for couple reasons: 1) don't like the Red Sox and 2) it made other huge chunk of BN join the Dodger fans about feeling good about something sports related involving Southern California teams this...
Three Moments Crystallizing Disconcerting Questions For Rest Of The Season
Once again let's remind everyone here what were the pre-season expectations around the UCLA football program before coming into this season. Basically a consensus had emerged during off season pegging this year's football team somewhere around a 5-7 win squad: Adam Maya from the OC Register...
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