Per the official site, super-stud (but hobbled this year by injury) linebacker Akeem Ayers has been named as one of the five finalists for the Butkus Award, given each year to the top college linebacker.
Let's hope Akeem can bring it home to Westwood.
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"We've got to look hard to see if schematically we're sound, given our personnel," Neuheisel said. "Those are questions that always have to be asked. A coach's first job is to be critical of themselves."
I haven't seen anyone post this yet. Jon Gold spoke with KP last night and our quarterback says he has a torn meniscus. He'll have surgery on saturday to determine just how bad it is.
CRN thinks Jake Locker and Andrew Luck are two best QBs in the conference. I would put Nick Foles up there as well given how well he fits in Arizona's spread but those two choices makes a lot of sense. I am sure Hello Kiffin will perceive this as some kind of slight against Matt Barkley.
CRN also mentioned he is not a big fan of scheduling tough games early on. I can't really disagree with him there either. I think UCLA's scheduling has not been helpful in terms of rebuilding the program.
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"I've seen so much in life, man. Friends, family ... I've seen a lot, man; I can vouch that when he talks I listen to that," junior free safety Rahim Moore said. "When he comes to me with that attitude, I embrace it, I welcome it. The guys who come from less functional places came from where I came from, they can actually embrace that. Growing up, all you hear and see is bad things. Then you're here, and all you hear is good things and you like the sound of it."
Looky here. Ralph gives us a sneak peek into UCLA road uniform. I like the move to going back to the classic road look. Plus there is the awesome tribute to Coach in the helmet.
I rather forget about that "changes" that took place under the previous coaching regime. To be fair the change in road uni was not as monstrously ugly and repulsive like the black home uniforms Lavin rolled out back in the day. Still I like the move to go back to the classic look. Reminds me of the time when we used to legitimately contend and win the conference.
GO BRUINS.