Game (A Meaningless One) Day Roundup & Notes

by Nestor on Sep 22, 2007 9:42 AM PDT in Football Comment 9 comments

Lets make something clear right off the bat this game day.

Today's game means nothing. It is not going to tell us anything new about the Sleeping Beauty's joke of a football program. So please disregard this kind of BS from his incompetent coaching staff:

"I think this game is going to reveal ourselves," Walker said. "The first two games [the defense was] OK. We hadn't hit our stride but played well enough. Then to have that kind of game. . . . I still have a hangover."

Uh no DeWayne. I think we have enough sample already to know what kind of program your head coach is running. There is going to be nothing "revealing" about today's game when you pull out an expected win over a lower tier Pac-10 program.

The real news wrt to UCLA football comes from Dohn today. Apparently players are naming names and pointing fingers at each other:

The aftermath of the fallout, besides UCLA (2-1, 1-0 Pac-10) sliding from 11th nationally to out of the rankings, is far-reaching.

So destructive was last week's annihilation that it resulted in a players' only meeting in which, according to team sources, individuals were singled out for not working hard enough during the week, and not being prepared to play.

Yeah, I am sure 18-22 year old kids are going to forget incidents like that, just like that.

More recap from Dohn on last weekend's fall out, which is going to reverberate through rest of the season:

The offense, which is supposedly much improved from 2006, scored 71 points in the first three games under first-year offensive coordinator and play-caller Jay Norvell.

A year ago, under Jim Svoboda, UCLA's offense scored 69 points in the opening three games.

And now the offense is missing three crucial components, each knocked out with injury against the Utes.

Four-year starter Shannon Tevaga (knee) is out at left guard, replaced by senior P.J. Irvin, who is making his first start. Second-leading receiver Marcus Everett (ankle) will not play, and quarterback Ben Olson (concussion) is unavailable, meaning Patrick Cowan, who missed a month of practice because of a hamstring pull, is forced to lead a timing-based, quick-decision offense after three practices.

"It's time for the leadership to step up more," UCLA senior receiver Brandon Breazell said. "It's not just the 25 seniors we have. We need everyone to grow up, and everybody to buy into the program."

It's a little late Brandon. Not when your joke of a head coach is confiding to his buddy that your team-mates really weren't working all that hard during the off-season, while they were busy BSing to the media (with implicit approval of the coaching staff since they along with their cultist supporters were pointing to this year as THE YEAR themselves) about how hard everyone was working for the dream season. And don't forget the part about ho the Sleeping Beauty was ~~working~~ golfing hard during the offseason to get ready for this `show-me' season.

Obviously all the nonsense we heard from these guys were all BS, just like everything we hear today is all BS.

So pardon us if we are not approaching today's game as some kind of watershed moment in Dorrell's tenure.

It is all meaningless at this point.

Anyways, doesn't mean we are going to tune out football today or rest of the season. We are going to be around to watch the Clown show.

We hope everyone who is heading out the Rose Bowl will have a great time.

We will be back here with our game thread little later today.

I am ready. I already have my ~~game face~~ Dump Dorrell T-Shirt (that I bought last season) on.

GO BRUINS.

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Sounds like our team i s coming apart at the seams

We're already pointing fingers, not working hard enough and Dorrell either left Tevega, Davis, Olson in there last week as an injury excuse or was too stupid to realize it or just has already given up. I do not expect to win today against a less talented Washington squad. If we do it should be no cause for celebration. Dorrell has already lowered expecatations. Remember just two weeks ago 5-0 was inevitable it seemed now beating Washington is somehow a revealing game? Fire Karl Dorrell now so he can get more beauty sleep, play more golf.

by Dorrellian on Sep 22, 2007 10:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Toledo get fired

because he had lost control of the team? Hello?

by tasser10 on Sep 23, 2007 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

God reading stuff like this is really depreassing.

And thinking about the last time UCLA football was relevant was 98, and 13-9 (fluke)And this may sound like I am jumping ship when there is so much football left to play, but I can not work up any enthusiasm for this game tonight. I am going to be rooting for our guys of course, but after last week all I feel is (eh) Is there anyone else out there experiencing the same feelings. Am I bad Bruin??

GO BRUINS!!

by Bruin Mijin on Sep 22, 2007 10:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm on your side,

Nestor. But I can't say today's game is meaningless. No game is meaningless.

Well, I agree it's meaningless as far as my disdain for KD and his staff goes, but it's a big deal for the players. Because I'm glad to hear Brandon say that it's on the players to provide more leadership.

Last week (and countless other times before) proved that they can't rely on their supposed leaders in the coaching staff. The way the coaches gave up on the players, particularly leaving the starters in at the end, was irresponsible at best, and immoral at worst. It's a crappy way to learn a lesson, but hopefully the players have realized that you can't blindly rely on your leader, be it a coach, a manager at work, or the president of your country. Sometimes you just gotta carry the load yourself. That may not be enought to get the job done, but at least you can look at yourself in the mirror and hold your head up proudly.

So that's why today is very meaningful to BB and Davis and Cowan and Markey and all the players.

And that's why, today, on game day, I will wear my UCLA football jersey.

And I will wear my DumpDorrell T shirt tomorrow.

greg in denver

by gbruin on Sep 22, 2007 11:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I Just Want To Win Today....

Just to try and stay positive; even though KD has GOT to go. I'm always behind our guys and have been in UCLA gear since I got up early this A.M. Somehow, I think we'll get this one a bit easier than some of the "experts" out there think; including a one Mr. Herbstreit.

P.S.
WHY does this guy hate us so much?

by Minnesota Bruinfan on Sep 22, 2007 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a tough decision to make today...

I had previously posted my season tickets up for any takers after last weekend's bullshit game. But now I can't decide whether or not to go and watch the clown destroy this team, while sitting in a section surrounded by a bunch of clown supporters (these pussies have already called the Morgan Center on us once for "cheering too loud")...or watch the game in the comfort of my own home, where I can simply just change the channel and make it all go away.

I am a bit concerned about today...and I just wish that someone, maybe a coach or some leader in the program would just tell the players to work hard and let their actions on the field speak for them...shut the F up you guys...I've been saying it all summer...in summer we sounded like a bunch of hotshots, now we sound like a bunch of high school girls. THIS SUCKS!

by meow meow on Sep 22, 2007 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It only meaningful in one sense

The Utah game exposed the absense of leadership in the coaching staff and SHOULD have made it clear to Mr. Guerrero that the silly on the job training experiment has lasted much too long.

The only issue is whether he is fired before or after the justsc game. I doubt if the outcome of this game will make a difference on that decision. If there is a repeat of the Utah fiasco, it could be enough to make it happen sooner rather than later.

by Fox 71 on Sep 22, 2007 12:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Still looking for buy-in?!

With this senior heavy team full of Dorrell recruits, the players are STILL looking for buy-in?? WTF? Today is the day ... if we lose here, it's total collapse. Dorrell will have lost this team, HIS team, and it will be a 4 or 5 win season. Dorrell will be playing for his future coaching career, beyond UCLA, today and he probably doesn't realize it. If as a college football coach, a 5th year coach, you LOSE your players, every player that you recruited, it is hard to overcome the negative reputation you will have so that you can coach again.

editor, DumpDorrell.com ... formerly posted as DumpDorrell

by BruinCore on Sep 22, 2007 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And that makes this game significant

if we lose this game going away, without a hard fought battle, Dorrell will have lost this team. Stick a fork in it ... we will mostly likely end up with 4 or 5 wins. That makes this game Dorrell's biggest of his career.

editor, DumpDorrell.com ... formerly posted as DumpDorrell

by BruinCore on Sep 22, 2007 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs