Published on: 22nd November, 2010
This is the reason that college football is my favorite spectator sport: the rivalry games. For the next few weeks, schools that harbor a pronounced animosity toward each other will battle for old oaken buckets, egg-shaped trophies and victory bells. Some of these games will have conference championships and BCS ...Published on: 6th January, 2010
Let's be honest and face facts, folks: The first decade of the 21st century was a very mediocre one for the UCLA Bruins football program. That was a difficult thing to say, being a loyal alumnus and a dedicated member of Bruin Nation, but it is also the truth. This program has ...Published on: 4th January, 2010
Alright, after concluding their 91st season of football, let's take a look back and anaylze the 2009 UCLA Bruins season. A 3-6 record and an eighth place finish in the PAC-10 Conference, which included five straight losses in October. Not good. An offense and an offensive line that, while better than in ...Published on: 30th December, 2009
It wasn't looking good for the UCLA Bruins in our nation's capital yesterday. The temperature at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium was 32 degrees with a wind chill factor of 19, plus the field was frozen, making it hard for the players to get any footing. On top of everything else, the Temple ...Published on: 22nd December, 2009
This is the time of year in college sports that I enjoy. The post season bowls are something that I have always enjoyed, dating back to watching the Rose Parade and subsequent Rose Bowl as a young kid. Considering that seven Pac-10 schools are involved among the 34 bowl games being played, ...Published on: 14th December, 2009
I wouldn't have been surprised if the UCLA Bruins were singing "Anchors Aweigh!" late Saturday afternoon, because... Due to the Navy Midshipmen's 17-3 victory over Army in their annual rivalry game, UCLA will play in a post season bowl for the first time in the Rick Neuheisel era. On December 29, the ...Published on: 26th November, 2009
For many football fans in America's second largest city, this is the only game that matters. This Saturday at the Coliseum, the UCLA Bruins will meet their crosstown enemies, the USC Trojans, for the 79th time in a clash that may not have Rose Bowl implications but will still mean much ...Published on: 25th November, 2009
Very few college football programs have been as dominant as the USC Trojans this decade. Among the accomplishments of Pete Carroll's cardinal and gold bunch: Seven straight Pac-10 Conference titles. Seven straight seasons with at least 11 wins. Four straight Rose Bowls. One and a half national championships (the 2003 crown was shared with LSU). Losses ...Published on: 24th November, 2009
For over 80 years, UCLA and the University of Southern California have had one of the most storied rivalries in sports. Being that the schools are just over 10 miles apart, it's inevitable that they would be intense foes, and not just on the gridiron or the basketball court. The real animosity ...Published on: 19th November, 2009
This is the part of the college football season that I enjoy the most: rivalry games. This is where the passion of this sport really comes out; the renewal of traditional grudges and ancient hatreds. This is the time when students, alumni, and fans often partake in making obscene gestures and insulting jokes ...