2008 ucla football recruiting Stories - Bruins Nation
Growing Up In Westwood (AKA Howlandwood For Ben Ball Warriors)
As I was reading the stories this am about UCLA the theme became pretty clear right up front. It's about growing up experiences of student athletes who have (or will have the privelege) to put on a UCLA uniform in Westwood. Ovewhelming majority of the kids who have come through UCLA "gets it" in...
Oh Oh, Cracks In Another Trojan Committment?
No wonder Kenny and Petey are sounding sooooooo desperate. Check out this comment from DeVon Flournoy, a Southern Cal commit who will take his official recruiting trip to UCLA on Jan. 9 (emphasis added throughout): ``I realized you can't go to school for what it has but rather how it can help...
Spaulding Roundup: Recruiting/Walker Updates
Some bits and pieces of football notes and news to pass on. From Brian Dohn: As I talk to folks inside and outside of the program, I keep hearing something refreshing for UCLA fans. And that is coach Rick Neuheisel always hustling around in recruiting. I can't say that was always the norm in...
Spaulding Roundup: Walker Watch/Bizarre Recruiting Note
Couple of quick football notes to pass on this Thursday. For those who are on Walker/SDSU watch, Walker has his call back interview with the Aztecs yesterday. However, per Jill Painter of the Daily News, Aztecs may be looking at other options besides Walker and Franchione: There's been a third...
Spaulding Roundup: Building Blocks
Couple of notes to pass on during this Tuesday of a bye week. Since this is a bye week coaches will be filtering out in their respective high school beats to check out recruits this weekend. They are all working on setting up two huge recruiting weekends in Westwood over next couple of months....
Bye Week Roundup: Recuiting w a Bruin Chopper
Looks like CRN is using a chopper again to recruit all over Southern California (with a heavy emphasis on the Inland Empire). Dohn reports: In a jam-packed recruiting day, Neuheisel again threw some flair into recruiting, avoiding Southern California's famous Friday traffic by using a...
Spaulding Roundup: Trick-or-Treat
CRN and his coaches will be trick-or-treating with recruits all over California and across the Pacific. David Wharton from the LA Times reports on UCLA’s big recruiting weekend: "Big weekend for us," Coach Rick Neuheisel said. "We'll be out in earnest all day tomorrow and junior college...
A New Pipeline To Westwood
Folks in the island are taking note of UCLA football’s impact in the local recruiting scene. Ferd Lewis from the Honolulu Advertiser wrote about “UCLA on recruiting mission”: Yesterday, the commitments of two Punahou School players, running back Dalton Hilliard and wide...
Spaulding Roundup: Short Term & Long Term Storylines
Let’s start with the short term storyline. Marcia Smith (the famed football analyst from the OC Register) joins group of Bruin fans who are demanding CRN and Chow start Forcier for the next game. For their next game on Nov. 8 against Oregon State, the Bruins should take a chance and give...
UCLA Recruiting Headed Towards The Right Direction
WWL Takes note of CRN's recruiting effort: UCLA has endured an up and down season thus far in 2008, but it appears the program is heading in the right direction -- at least in the eyes of top 2009 prospects. In his return to Westwood, former Bruins quarterback Rick Neuheisel is putting together...
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