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Roundup From the BN Walk: News & Notes
We will begin our Saturday BN walk with bad news. First, the bad news:
Bruin left-hander Tim Murphy (3-6) was tagged with the loss, exiting after recording four outs. Murphy allowed six runs off one hit and six walks through 1.1 innings for UCLA (24-22, 7-9 Pac-10).
Oregon State was led offensively by center fielder Chris Hopkins and catcher Erik Ammon, as each player went 2-for-3. Hopkins and third baseman Garett Nash each scored a team-leading two runs, and Ammon led the Beavers with a three RBI.
Needless to say a disappointing and disheartening start to what is supposed to be a must win series if our guys want to make the post-season. Savage’s team will try to rebound today at 1 p.m. Right-hander Charles Brewer (6-4) will go up against OSU left-hander Tanner Robles (3-1).
We will find out whether they can fight back today. Because if they don’t … well I don’t want to write them off yet. But we would be getting close to the end.
Now onto the good news:
UCLA scored early and often in the first quarter, totaling seven unanswered goals. Brittany Rowe put the Bruins on the scoreboard just 52 seconds into the contest, scoring after a Tanya Gandy steal. Rulon followed with a pair of goals in a two-minute span, first capitalizing on a Courtney Mathewson steal and then going end-to-end to score a minute later to put UCLA ahead 3-0. Anne Belden scored two consecutive goals of her own, and freshman Priscilla Orozco notched her first NCAA goal with a looping shot past the goalkeeper with 1:44 left on the clock. Domanic finished the first quarter scoring onslaught with her first goal at 1:02.
The Bruins opened up a 9-0 lead after notching two more goals - by Domanic and Kraus - to start the second quarter. Pomona-Pitzer stepped it up, with freshman Tamara Perea scoring back-to-back goals. Orozco scored her second goal of the game to give UCLA a 10-2 lead, but Perea scored again on a power play a minute later to cut into the Bruins' lead. A Domanic goal made it 11-3, but Laura Condon scored the Sagehens' fourth goal of the quarter with 34 seconds to play in the half.
They are amazing. Lady Bruins will take on UC Davis in the semifinals today.
Now shifting gear to our major revenue sports, WWL has this capsule on CRN in an article on how first year coaches are performing on the recruiting trail:
In addition to QB and skill players we need some OL. It will be interesting to see what kind of OL talent Neuheisel and Palcic bring in this year and beyond. From what I have heard this year is down year in terms of OL talent in the West. So the Bruin coaching staff has no choice but to look into the JC ranks for some immediate help. I think they should be able to put together a class that will provide some short term help and also decent talent, who Palcic will be mold into good players in college. It all starts with a stable, consistent, and simple offensive foundation. And fortunately for us we have that with a great coaching staff.
Speaking of having a solid foundation in place, Jay Bilas from WWL tells us there is nothing to worry about in the world of Ben Ball:
Well obviously we agree with Jay's main assertion but we need to make an important point. While we all took the loss against Memphis really hard, I don’t believe there were any questions from UCLA alums and students (at least the ones who have healthy perspective when it comes to our basketball program) wrt to how Coach Howland runs his program. We know in terms of hanging a banner in Pauley, it’s a matter of time. And we are happy to be patient, while enjoying the building and development process of Coach Howland coached teams put together one fun season after another. We believe in Coach Howland. He can take his time. We don’t want him to go anywhere else. Meanwhile, we are going to stick around, watch, enjoy, and have fun following Ben Ball.
GO BRUINS.
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Roundup from BN Walk: News & Notes
We will start our BN walk today from Baton Rouge. Per Chris Dufresne in the LA Times there has been no movement yet wrt to Morgan’s paperwork at LSU:
"Nothing's happened yet," LSU spokesman Kent Lowe said Wednesday in an e-mail response to The Times. UCLA is prohibited by NCAA rules from commenting on recruits.
As for the reference to the comments of Morgan’s mother here is the article from the Baton Rouge Advocate:
Johnson replaced John Brady, who was fired Feb. 7.
Bianca Morgan said the final impetus for the change of heart was not hearing from Johnson since the meeting in Dallas two weeks ago.
"I was already not sure I wanted him to go there because of the coaching change and then when I didn’t get any calls back from Coach Johnson, that sealed it," she said. "I just felt like if you want a kid, you should at least try so show him some type of interest. Coach Brady and (LSU associate head coach Butch Pierre) really recruited BoBo well and made him feel like they wanted him at LSU and were always trying to get in touch with him.
"I don’t want my kid going somewhere he’s not wanted. If Trent would have shown some kind of interest, this might not have happened."
Reached Tuesday night, Johnson declined comment on Bianca Morgan’s comments.
Moving over the baseball, the team is heading up to Corvallis for a huge series to keep their playoff hopes alive. CSTV.com has the preview which includes the following encouraging notes re UCLA on the road:
GO BRUINS.
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Roundup From BN Walk: News & Notes
Once again we will start our walk by checking in on our baseball team today and the news is not good. Per Andrew Howard in the Daily Bruin the team suffered yet another frustrating loss last night at Jackie Robison stadium once again giving up an early lead:
The Bruins (24-21, 7-8 Pac-10) scored three runs in the first inning, but were silent the rest of the night.
"(We) had some opportunities and didn’t cash in on them," said catcher Ryan Babineau, who knocked two of the three runs in on a two-out triple. "At this point in the season, in our position, when you have an opportunity to win a ball game, you have to do that."
One such opportunity came in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Bruins down 4-3. The Bruins had two men on and no outs with shortstop Brandon Crawford coming to the plate. Crawford failed to get the bunt down to advance both runners into scoring position and struck out swinging. After Babineau popped up to second, Cody Decker pinch-hit for left-fielder Mickey Weisser and struck out swinging, stranding the runners on base.
"Our RPI is in the top 50," Savage said. "We have to go and win these series. There are three series left. I really feel that we have to play well the next three series and win all three of them for us to have an opportunity to get in. We know what we have to do. We control our own destiny."
Anyway, moving on there hasn’t been new development on the Morgan front. Although Painter in the DN reported these thoughts from Ronnie Morgan, J’Mison’s brother yesterday:
Asked whether he thought LSU would grant the release, Ronnie Morgan said: "They haven't made an (official) decision yet, but they say they're going to (grant the release)." […]
Ronnie Morgan said J'Mison liked the team atmosphere at UCLA on his recruiting trip.
"I see UCLA on TV at least 30 times a year," Ronnie Morgan said. "I just think coach Howland can get him right and get him ready for the league. The new coach coming in did turn out the Lopez brothers. Either way, I think he would've been all right."
If LSU grants a release, Morgan could play for UCLA this season.
If LSU doesn't grant the release, Morgan would have to sit out a year according to NCAA transfer rules.
Moving over to fool in addition to Ben Olson Craig Sheppard also had surgery (shoulder). Sheppard has had tough luck at UCLA suffering one injury after another. I hope the rehab goes well for him. For what he has gone through and the work and dedication he has shown to our program, he deserves to have a great senior year. Good luck Craig.
Lastly, NCAA came down on number of schools (which includes some usual suspects) yesterday based on their Academic Progress Reports (APR). Here are the highlights from UCLA’s APR:
All of UCLA's 24 sports have a four-year APR above the 925 cutoff. Twenty-one of the programs have APRs over 950.
Eighteen of UCLA's 24 programs ranked in the top 50 percent of their respective sports. Softball ranked in the top 10 percent.
Twenty of UCLA's 24 programs had a higher APR than the average of all Division I public institutions (a 21st was tied) in their respective sports.
GO BRUINS.
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Roundup from BN Walk: News & Notes
Time for our stroll around the BN walk and we will start with J’Mison Morgan. As I said last night before everyone get’s overly excited keep in mind that we have not seen any confirmed report yet that indicates that LSU has granted his request for a release. From the good guys over at Bruin Basketball Report:
LSU is not obligated to release Morgan from his commitment. If LSU does not grant his release, Morgan would have to sit out a year before transferring to another school to play basketball.
Anyway, back in Westwood the baseball team will be looking to rebound tonight in what the Daily Bruin has been calling a "disappointing" and "inconsistent" season:
A chance to turn around what thus far has been a disappointing season mired in inconsistency.
A chance to achieve a season-defining series win at home against No. 4 Arizona State, one that could have provided the spark needed to push the Bruins to a postseason berth.
Yet, the chance was erased with two late-game collapses, costing the Bruins a potential series win against Arizona State in disappointing fashion.
Tonight, the Bruins (24-20, 7-8 Pac-10) continue a stretch of games that could potentially make or break their season as they play against the streaking No. 8 San Diego Toreros (37-13, 15-3 West Coast Conference) at newly named Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Following tonight’s game against San Diego, the Bruins travel to face two-time defending national champion Oregon State this weekend. They then travel to play No. 13 UC Irvine next Tuesday, host Washington State in two weeks, and finish the season on the road against No. 12 Cal State Fullerton and No. 16 California.
Meanwhile, over at the football front Ben Olson is having his surgery today. Good luck to Big Ben.
Staying with football, CPBruinFan over at Bruin Roar, has posted capsule reports on each of our opponents spring practices. Here is CPB’s lowdown on the Vols’ spring practice:
There will be more of an emphasis on the running game this time around and the Volunteers have a good one in Arian Foster. The Vols return all five offensive line starters from last season and they will provide a big front for Foster, who's closing in on Tennessee's all-time rushing record.
Lastly, an additional note re. our scheduled site upgrade, which is coming on Thursday. Our tech friends at SBN tells us that BN will be migrating to the new site late Thursday night, and if all goes well will be live the next morning (Friday, May 9 in our case). We are looking forward to playing with the new features in SBN.
GO BRUINS.
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The Buzz about Buzz
My apologies for indulging in this post, which doesn't relate to the Bruins or even BN much at all. But, I wanted to say a few words about the dust up last week regarding Will Leitch's appearance on HBO's Costas Now.
As you may have heard, Leitch, of Deadspin.com fame, made an appearance on Costas last week only to be ambushed by Buzz Bissinger, writer of Friday Night Lights. In case you didn't catch the program, the video is here and here. Take a look, it's pretty amusing to watch a grown man almost lose control of his facilities.

Yes, Buzz, I'm mocking you. And I'm saying this as someone who has spent 34 years perfecting the craft.
I'm not all that interested in the "new media" versus "old media" debate. I don't need to point out, again, how embarrassing Bissenger's profanity laden meltdown was. I don't need to note sharply declining newspaper readerships or the employment fears of traditional writers. There's no need to point out that there are good and bad professional journalists, just as there are good and bad blogs. I don't even need to chuckle about some folks inability to discern the difference between a comment and a front page blog post. Those points, and many others, have already been made (among other places, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
I prefer a slightly different angle. As a blogger on BN, I don't spend my days worrying about how I'm perceived by professional journalists, or, frankly, anyone beside our community members. I'm not looking for links. I'm not hoping to see my post quoted in the paper. And, while I can't speak for the rest of the front-pagers, my only interest is talking about the Bruins and sharing information of interest to the Nation.
I don't need to be evenhanded. I'm proudly partisan. I don't care to mediate a detente between the media of new and old. I'm only care to bleed blue and gold. I'm not part of any movement. I'm a proud Bruin alumni. I'm not a journalist, and don't pretend to be. I'm a fan who enjoys stepping away from my hectic life to talk Bruins with my friends. In the end, I view Bruins Nation as first and foremost a community. At that's it.
So, when something like the Buzz Bissenger episode comes along, I can only shake my head, and wonder how so many people can not get it, and why so many of those people care. Sure, some folks may think blogs are the end of sports news as we know it, but I'll just keep blogging about UCLA and won't spend a moment worrying about what's got Buzz's undies in such a twist.
(HT: the Wiz)
So, for the record, if anyone here posts another photograph of Matt Leinart boozing with teenage co-eds, please know that were not trying to show he's "a real human being." He's an ex-player for our main rival, and we're making a joke at his expense. And, yes, we're also trying to embarrass him (in whatever infinitesimally small way we can).
Oh, and also talk about UCLA.
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Roundup From The BN Walk: News & Notes
Our stroll around the BN walk is going to be heavy on football.
We will start with the WWL where Ted Miller put together his own roundup of Pac-10 spring football action. Ted spots the obvious issue at UCLA: a thin and inexperienced offensive line:
While that observation at first hangs on the Bruins' top two quarterbacks getting injured two days before the spring game (including a knee injury to star-crossed starter Pat Cowan that ended his 2008 season before it began), the most glaring weakness that Chow and first-year head coach Rick Neuheisel have inherited is a thin and inexperienced offensive line.
While it would be nice to believe the line has struggled because the defense -- particularly tackles Brigham Harwell and ready-for-his-close-up sophomore Brian Price -- would make life hard for anyone, it's clear that the Bruins lack difference-makers up front. Of the five topping the depth chart -- tackles Sean Sheller and Micah Kia, center Micah Reed and guards Darius Savage and Scott Glicksberg -- only Kia and Reed own starting experience. And Reed is a former walk-on.
But before you all get too excited read Jason over at What’s Bruin Dawg, where he crushes any reason for hope wrt our offense:
Our offensive line is terrible. Awful. It's so bad....well....you remember that State Farm commercial with Matt Hasselbeck and the little cute pop-warner offensive line that gets run over? Yeah, we'd be that little pop-warner offensive line. And it's not because the guys don't try. But they're just not very big. And they're all inexperienced.
So you want my opinion? We're not going to be very good next year. But again, it's all a process. And frankly, I just like being able to tailgate on Saturdays. So I'll be there, and I'll be looking for effort. But I gotta' admit, I'm not going to be looking for a ton of results.
What I will be looking for? You've heard it from me once, you'll hear it one-hundred times: consistency.
Now staying over at Jason’s blog, he also put up a good post on why CRN have been talking so much about beating the renegade program from cross-town. Jason compares Neuheisel’s current situation at UCLA with that of Tressel when he took over for Cooper in Columbus:
What does success against your rival bring? One thing, and one thing alone: Recruiting success. And UCLA needs to begin recruiting at a consistent Top-10 level if they're going to be successful in years to come. The only way they can accomplish this task is if they regularly beat Pete Carroll. And the more you beat Pete Carroll at the recruiting game, the more obvious it will become that Pete Carroll is not that much of a genius of a coach.
The deification of Pete Carroll is a bit absurd. He was a .500 football coach in the pros. It does not take rocket science to figure out what he has been so successful at the collegiate level. It is not a 'life's work of philosophy' - it's being the 4th choice in a coaching search, some dumb luck, a gangbusters recruiting philosophy, and football acumen. I will repeat: Pete Carroll is not a genius. College football is not terribly difficult to figure out: recruit well, don't try to invent complex schemes that take four years to learn, and let the athletes out-muscle the weaker, slower, and smaller team.
Pete Carroll is a genius? Their general offensive philosophy is not complex: there's no 'spread the field' formations, there's nothing exotic about any of it. It's line up, hit the other team, and run. This is not Urban Meyer or even Mike Leach we're talking about here. There's nothing about USC's philosophy that 'changes the game'. All they do is open up 10 yard holes for their running backs to plow through, and give their quarterback the literal equivalent of a year-and-a-half to complete a pass. Given that much time, my one-armed uncle could successfully complete passes. A genius? Maybe on a recruiting basis, sure - but the offensive and defensive schemes are not rocket science. USC does not disguise blitz packages, they do not line up in exotic offensive or defensive formations. They just beat you off the ball. That's it. It's not genius. It's called executing with better players.
And yet, we all talk about Pete Carroll in hushed tones as though he discovered a way to desalinate water, solve global warming, and feed seals. Carroll is good at two things: recruiting, and motivation. You know who else is great at those two things? Mark Richt. You take away either one of their recruiting advantages, and guess what? They're both not going to be very good coaches.
I agree, focusing on only beating USC gets UCLA nowhere. However, short-term, it generates enough recruiting interest in the school that the natural advantage that USC has experienced over UCLA vis-a-vis recruiting hopefully starts to even out. We can all assume, based on reports - that Neuheisel should be a good motivator. If he can close that recruiting gap, the rest of the pieces will fall in place.
But going back to the point Jason brought up I do agree with him about the importance of that last game of every football season. That is simply not just another game and no UCLA head football coach cannot take a luke warm attitude about that game. That said I don’t believe our season should be defined by what we do in that game. Yes, two years ago that game became lot more significant than it always is because of the streak. However, as we said consistently over through the years winning or losing that game doesn’t define our season as successful. We were going to call for Dorrell’s removal last season even if he pulled off a fluke win this past December.
Yes we are all going to be fired up for December 6th. But right now we are just fired up about Fall camp and then give all our attention to the Tennessee Volunteers. We are going to approach next season game-by-game just like we do all the time here on BN in both football and basketball.
As for Pom Pom being a "genius" we have already offered our thoughts here and here on the famed Humanitarian from South Central. No doubt the guy is a superb recruiter/"salesman" and a good defensive coach. But as for being a great coach, you can email Bill Simmons or any die hard New England Patriots’ fan and ask for his or her opinion.
And speaking of New England, there is lot of buzz around the Pats’ drafting of Matthew Slater. Here are the write-ups from the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald for those who are interested. I think given the work ethic and dedication we saw from Matt during his time at UCLA, he has chance of shining in Bellichek’s program. We wish him luck.
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Roundup From The BN Walk: News & Notes
Let’s start our walk with some good news up front. The baseball team got back on track with a win over LMU. Here are the top lines from the Daily Bruin on our 6-2 win at Jackie Robinson Stadium:
The Bruins (23-18, 6-6 Pac-10) scored six runs in the first two innings against Loyola Marymount (21-24, 5-10 West Coast Conference), which proved to be more than enough to secure a 6-2 victory at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Wednesday night.
"It was a well-played game," coach John Savage said. "I mean, we jumped on them early. We scored four in the first with a couple outs. ... So we got the early lead and we held on to it, and we got good pitching and good defense. That’s what wins baseball games."
The Bruin hitters were able to take advantage of Lion starter Ernie Cho (1-1), chasing him out of the game after scoring six runs off five hits in just 1.1 innings.
The big blow came in the first inning with two outs and the bases loaded. Right fielder Brady Dolan stepped up to the plate and hit a changeup down the left field line for a triple, clearing the bases and giving the Bruins an early 3-0 lead.
Moving over to Pauley the local papers don’t have any thing more on the Stanback transfer news except for cut and paste articles based on the official news release (which we linked up yesterday). I want to make an additional observation on that development. As I said yesterday we wish Chace best of luck. But to cite this news as an argument that Howland should give freshman more opportunities even if they are making mistakes does not hold up. RW got plenty of opportunities in his first year even though he was playing behind AA and was not as heralded as JK? So what did JK do? He worked away during the off season, physically developed and put himself in position to make solid contributions in his soph. year until he had surgery. But after the surgery instead of getting down on himself, he remained resilient, worked his rear end off, and emerged as one of the key contributors in a Pac-10 championship winning Final-4 team. Hard work, determination, resilience, and tenacity are the key traits of a Ben Ball warrior. JK showed it this past season to get his mins. RW showed it his first season to make an impression. And of course kids like LRMAM showed it their very first season to make an entrance.
And it all starts with willingness to play defense. Even JS despite his shortcomings from long range and occasional defensive lapses was much better (and often Howland’s only option at 3) on D than Stanback. To be honest Stanback looked weak and lost on defense this past season (it was obvious he need to gain more weight and body strength to play Howland defense) and could not stay in front of his man at 3. Stanback playing in garbage time didn’t have to do much with making mistakes. It had to do with not beating out Dragovic in practice in the dept. of playing defense (that's how a Ben Ball warrior earns his mins in our program). He looked like he just wasn’t up to task by Howland standards in his freshman season. There was nothing wrong with that. I think if Stanback stayed and followed the examples of players like JK and RW, he would have improved and emerged as a key contributor in this program. It would have required patience and hard work on his part. But I guess he wants to try to fit in another program. We wish him nothing but luck. For us again it just means Howland gets to bring in another player whose mentality fill fit in with the championship mindset of our program.
Anyway, shifting our attention to football CPBruinFan at Bruin Roar made the following observations on Craft v. C-Force based on his first hand impression from the spring scrimmage:
They didn't really air the ball out much, so I can't tell who has the better arm. In the 7-on-7 drills before the scrimmage, Craft looked like he zipped the ball in quicker and was more precise. I also think he makes better reads. He doesn't try to force the ball as much as Chris and I think that comes from his experience.
Neither of them, at this point, look ready to play in a real game. That's understandable given the lack of reps they've received with Cowan and Olson ahead of them on the depth chart. But with both of those guys on the mend, maybe the extra practice will give Craft and C-Force a little more polish on their games. With injuries plaguing Ben his entire career, I think we'll need both of them to stay sharp this season.
GO BRUINS.
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Roundup From The BN Walk: News & Notes
Now that we are in the off season, we can officially start our multi-sports/topic Bruin roundups. I think we will call these Roundup From the BN Walk (very original, I know).
We will start with the baseball team which lost to Pepperdine yesterday, failing to continue the momentum it gained in Seattle. Per the DB report one bad inning made the difference in a 2-6 loss. Hopefully, the team gets back in grove against LMU today, giving them a boost heading into the big weekend series against ASU.
Moving on to football, Ben Olson decided to have surgery on his broken right foot. From Jill Painter in the Daily News:
"Everybody I talked to with this type of fracture said the screw is probably the way to go," Olson told the Daily News last week. "I want to do the thing that is best for my body and get back as fast as I can. The screw sounds like the way to go."
Speaking of a Bruin who has persevered through injuries, LMR is in the news today. Dohn reports about LMR eyeing a career in the Spanish professional league for all the right reasons:
"It's Spanish-speaking, and it's one of the best leagues (in Europe)," Mata-Real said. "You get paid a lot over there, and tax-free."
Mata-Real's motivation for going overseas isn't greed, but rather his conscience. His mother, Reyna Real, raised him alone, and now he wants to pay her back.
"I just want to help my mom out," Mata-Real said. "That's the first thing I want to do, help my mom retire and make it so she can get out of work."
After starting for UCLA's Final Four team in 2007 and playing a significant role on the 2006 squad that lost in the title game to Florida, Mata-Real was relegated to a bit role with the arrival of All-American Kevin Love this past season.
Yet, Mata-Real never complained, even as his minutes dwindled, which won him the admiration of UCLA's fan base. He averaged 3.1 points and 3.5rebounds per game as a senior.
And since we are on the topic of Coach Howland and his staff’s connection to international hoops, especially Spain, according to Jeff Eisenberg of the Press Enterprise, Donny Daniels recently flew to Spain to check out British 7 footer Phillip Wait:
While I've been unable to track down Orellana thus far, I did reach Wait's former high school coach at Proctor Academy in New Hampshire. Gregor Makechnie said Wait has received interest from UCLA, Arizona State, Kentucky and Nebraska among others, but he also might opt to play professionally in Europe instead.
Wait needs to work on his strength, footwork and toughness, according to Makechnie, but his upside is high. The 21-year-old wants to go to a school where he would be challenged academically and feel comfortable. "The thing UCLA has to determine is if he's a guy who comes in and makes an immediate impact," Makechnie said. "Two years ago he was a work in progress. I haven't seen him this year, but now he might have developed further."
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Rocky Top Brewin ...
We have some Rocky Top related news brewin’ in our world today.
Remember there is a coaching search going on as we speak wrt to our Lady Bruins hoops team. Kendal Salter from the Daily Bruin (referencing Dohn’s blogpost – come on guys link him up if you are going to reference him) has a very interesting update:
In March, UCLA associate athletic director Petrina Long, who oversees women’s basketball, indicated that a decision could be delayed until the end of the women’s NCAA Tournament as likely candidates would be coaching in the event.
The Bruins failed to make the tournament, which ended Tuesday night, for the second straight year after closing out the season, 16-15, with a loss to national runner-up Stanford in the Pac-10 Tournament.
"We’re not going to rush," Long said in March. "It takes an amazing person be a head coach at UCLA, in any sport."
According to Long, experience would be a key component for any new candidate. She cited the need to match up with university-wide athletic expectations. Coaches with previous experience and long-time assistant coaches were likely to receive priority.
"It’s about championships at UCLA," Long said in March. "It is important to be on the national scene."
Speaking of the Vols, if you are anxious to get an early start on our first opponent for the 2008-09 season, make sure to check out spring footbaw action over at RTT. Can’t tell how excited I am about Monday Night Bruin football against the Vols on WWL. Getting hyped up for that game during August is going to all kinds of awesome.
Anyway, going back to hoops we will see how our coaching search ends up. If any of you follow women’s college hoops, we would love to hear your perspective on Caldwell or any suggestions on other candidates Long should look at in the coming weeks.
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Congrats BN
I don't really care much for glowing over winning an award. However, I believe this is an exception.
If any of you have been following the 2007 CFB awards posts sequentially popping up all over the college football blogosphere today, you will know ... the winner of the 2007 CFB Award for "Best Community" was none other than YOU.
Yes, BruinsNation was voted by its peers - a prolific group of bloggers writing their hearts out for their favorite teams all over the country - as the "Best Community" in the entire college football blogosphere. Considering the other incredible group of bloggers - Blue Gray Sky, EDSBS, MGoBlog and the M Zone - who were nominated for this award, this is something special. Any of those guys - the elite blogging communities - that represent the cream of the crop of not just college football blogsphere, but sports blogosphere in general are deserving of this award. So big ups to all of them for a great year.
But let's come back to our little community here on BN.
After all the ups and downs and the roller coaster rides we have been through as a community through the last few years, this is something you all should be extremely proud of.
Odysseus, Ajax, Menelaus, Tydides, Meriones, Achilles, Telemachus, and yours truly have always believed we have the finest group of readers and, more importantly, community bloggers, who have helped us put together the liveliest and most passionate sports bar in the internets (that happens to be drenched in blue and gold). Now its nice to hear that sentiment from folks who are objective. Head over to Burnt Orange Nation (the reigning champion of this award), where HornsFan has a gracious post honoring all of you.
Once again take a bow Nation. Congrats to everyone here on BN.
Thanks to everyone again for making all this so much fun.
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