Inspiration

by Nestor on Dec 1, 2006 3:11 PM PST in Football

I can see you guys have already been talking about inspiration for tomorrow.

Just in case any one was wondering what tune I have been BLASTING over and over all this week:

From the Boss:

Once we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in a stormy night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Make sure to have your volume all the way up. Just another way to get fired up tomorrow despite of Karl Dorrell.

This is a sacred game. We hope the Bruin Den, the young alumni section - all of you here who are heading to the Rose Bowl - are ready. Because we expect everyone to meet Justin Hickman at the 50 yard line.

NO SURRENDER

F*** MORAL VICTORY

F*** '$C

GO BRUINS

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I Am Looking to You Dear God

We have paid our f*cking dues.

Please end this.

FUCK $C.

Go Bruins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by bluestreet on Dec 1, 2006 3:19 PM PST reply actions

I have tried every superstition I can think of

They haven't worked in seven years. Something has to give.

by bruinbabe2000 on Dec 1, 2006 4:00 PM PST reply actions

Rushing the field

Just wondering, has anyone witnessed this happening at the rose bowl? I can't remember it happening in the two decades I've been alive - just wondering if I haven't been paying enough attention or if it just never has happened.

by melliott2 on Dec 1, 2006 4:14 PM PST reply actions

i've never heard of it happening...

a friend of mine led the charge to rush the field after the cal win last year, and was tackled/arrested and given a huge ticket. apparently, since the rose bowl is owned by the city of pasadena and not on ucla campus, there's some big worry about lawsuits. sucks if you ask me.

by roney85 on Dec 1, 2006 5:14 PM PST up reply actions

What it means to me

I want a win so badly tomorrow, this is what I'd gladly give up for it:

Any UCLA National Championship in a sport that is not football or basketball (no disrespect to the other sports, but I'm just going by my own "satisfaction meter")

A UCLA Basketball Final Four appearance (okay, this is a stretch I know, but this is HOW BADLY I want a win tomorrow)

A large sum of $$$$$ (yes, that many figures) that awaits the UCLA Athletic Fund if the Bruins beat SC tomorrow. I promise I WILL SEND IT if it happens!!! Otherwise, my wife gets a real nice gift for x-mas this year. Are you hearing me, DG??

A night in a Pasadena jail if I get arrested rushing the field tomorrow!!!

During my years ('89 to '97 undergrad and med school) wins came in abundance (6-1-1 during those years). I have forgotten the sweet satisfaction, forgotten the pride, forgotten the dominance we once had. I want it back. Enough of this bullshit, FUCK SC!!!!!!!!

Come on Bruins, LETS GET IT ON!!!!!!!!!

by godblesstyus95 on Dec 1, 2006 5:20 PM PST reply actions

What does everyone think of

Cam Cameron (offensive coordinator of San Diego Chargers)for our new coach? I'm like Toyota..moving forward!

by bruin78 on Dec 1, 2006 6:22 PM PST reply actions

Cam Cameron

Was the coach at Indiana around the turn of the millenium, sucked balls as far as I remember.

The NFL coordinator I'd love to see personally is Ron Rivera, the Bears D-Coordinator. He's basically Pete Carroll with a soul: defensive minded, intense, would definitely inspire recruits. He's also a Hispanic, which will appease the politically correct clowns in the administration. Played at Berkeley, so knows the Pac-10, the state, and the UC system also.

Alas, it makes too much sense, so it won't happen.

by bruinmike88 on Dec 1, 2006 6:53 PM PST up reply actions

So

what do we need to do to get him over here? Do you think DG being a Latino helps in the matter?

by bruin78 on Dec 1, 2006 7:02 PM PST up reply actions

Senor Rivera

Heh, I convinced you that easily, eh? Good times, bodes well for law school.

What do we need to get him over here? Well, supposedly he's Slippery Pete's main competition for the Arizona Cardinals job, so we'd have to offer him a competitive salary, obviously. From then on, I think the situation here, if he interviews and likes what he sees (and I'd have to think he would, with the area, the situation he's stepping into with a pretty good team, and the vast number of solid potential recruits locally), it's hope that an NFL team doesn't pursue him just as hard, since we know what will happen in that case. We'd kind of have to hope for a Charlie Weis-type situation, where he was ignored enough to slip through the League's clutches.

As far as DG being Latino, I'd think the impact of that would be minimal at best, probably inconsequential though.

by bruinmike88 on Dec 1, 2006 7:20 PM PST up reply actions

Saw one of those bandwagoning bastards...

...over at the mall today, having a anti-UCLA t-shirt made up at one of those stupid little carts. And Sport Chalet reports that SUC gear is out-selling UCLA at a rate of nearly two to one. What a depressing state of affairs for Bruins everywhere.

KD, for whatever kind of intellectual you think you are, please... for God's sake, do something to inspire your team tomorrow. You might think that "There's a lot less pressure and people aren't expecting as much," but rest assured that regardless of the lack of faith Bruins have left in you, you DO owe people a win here:

*You owe your employers, who you've screwed out of the perks that go with winning seasons: ticket sales, licensing revenues, and major bowl appearances.
*You owe the few fans who have hung in there with your team for four years of medocrity.
*You owe the alumni, who support your program your in and year out, even though you haven't produced much in the way of results to show for it.

But putting all these aside, Coach, YOU OWE THIS TO YOUR TEAM. You are leading a group of kids who have NEVER felt the pride of beating their crosstown rival. These young men have worked, sweated, endured injuries, and will gladly leave everything on the field tomorrow if YOU can find it within yourself to inspire them. Can you?

When warriors have prevailed against overwhelming odds, they didn't accomplish their miracles by being cold, calculating, and reserved. They did it by summoning every part of their souls to defeat the enemy. You do NOT have what it takes to play mind games against Pom Pom Pete, so don't even try. Instead, try taking a cue from someone who knows what it is to succeed when the dice are stacked against you:

"I've never had a whole lot of believers. Coming out of high school, people didn't believe. And then coming out of college, everyone in the draft didn't believe except for a couple of people."

That's your own player, Mo Drew. Coach Dorrell, can't you summon some emotion to fire up your team and win one for guys like him? Just once?

The Bruin Nation awaits your response.

by bruinchick on Dec 1, 2006 11:27 PM PST reply actions

Well Said

No further comment necessary

by Fox 71 on Dec 2, 2006 7:26 AM PST up reply actions

So I come home from a long days work yesterday . .

. . and find Trojansin my house!! My wife's cousins from up North were over visiting. They're in town for the game and I immediately yelled "The Devil's in my living room". They're good people EXCEPT for there devotion to everything (over the top) to SC. And they are going to be tailgating with many of us Bruins this morning. Her relatives told me:

"Yeah, all the Bruin fans I know say 'Hey, we're a Basketball school'"

Now that's Bullshit right there!! We are an everything school, and I hope we go into the Rose Bowl and beat the f*ing sh*t out of those arrogant b*stards!!