I just don't get it

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 9, 2009 8:39 PM PDT Comment 31 comments

Ucla, why don't they have a better football program (teams) I mean they are in So Cal.

You can’t tell me it’s the area compared to USCs it is basically the yellow brick road, nice neighborhood. They have kick ass facilities and one of the best football fields in America, it is known as the Granddaddy of them all. It is a beautiful campus nice settings and some of the best medical buildings in America. It is in the Top twenty five academic schools in the nation. They have good coaches and great backing from alumni and students. So really what is it maybe most of the players just don’t fit in, but I still don’t get it. Maybe it’s the baby blue little bear not very masculine though, like change to real bear and midnight blue and gold. I don’t know maybe some day things will change.

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Well, think a little harder

and maybe you’ll figure it out.

by ucladj89 on Oct 9, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They only care about basketball

=put all thier eggs in one bastket…

by Hook85 on Oct 9, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Shades of blue

Teams with baby or sky blues: SD Chargers, NC Tarheels, Rhode Island Rams . . . I can’t find anyplace that lists teams by colors. That would be a very cool site, one that lists teams by uni colors. Anyone know such a site?

The Journal of the Color Science Association (seriously) did a study of 5 uniform colors and how they affect performance. White, red, blue, green, orange. The study found there was no effect. Performance depended on ability, independent of the uniform color.

There you have it. The Bruins football issues lie elsewhere, not in the uni color. UCLA can keep true blue and gold.

by uscdude on Oct 10, 2009 10:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Trojan Inferiority Complex

Who wants to be a red-headed stepchild? UCLA can only be good when USC is down.

by DFWTrojan on Oct 10, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

we prefer blue-headed stepchild.. for obvious reasons.

by impaulv on Oct 13, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well after watching the 2 great ones coach the bruins today.

They really blew it when they let Walker walk, Ucla should have made walker the head coach. Then let him pick an OC and I don’t think he would of picked either Chow or Neu., it would have been someone else.

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 10, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope, by taking Walker we would have been doing the same thing we did with Dorrell, coach with no experience coaching at the D1 level.

Like someone said somewhere here on CC, UCLA got the best coach they could afford & get.

by impaulv on Oct 13, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am glad you are happy with your coach!

But I hate to inform you that if he was leading you in battle he would expire very fast, along with 80% of your crew. It comes down to the 80-20 rule and your choice is the down side, slogans and mirrors he is a lawyer that is what they practice.

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 13, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, I’m trying to think of how you could have made less sense here, but for the life of me…. I just can’t…

by impaulv on Oct 14, 2009 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not so fast!

You can’t equate Walker and Chow with Dorrell, other than to say they hadn’t been head coach. UW didn’t seem to have a problem with this issue when they hired Sark.
Face it Pablo, so.cal. hits the nail on the head, not that it doesn’t work for us!

by Locoweed 1.1 on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he was trying to say

that there were too many unknowns with Walker. Walker may turn out to be the better head coach for ucla than Neuheisel, but after the Dorrell fiasco, the AD wasn’t willing to take the chance.

by frak on Oct 14, 2009 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by impaulv on Oct 14, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mas o menos cierto…
My insider says that Walker was close until the uproar became ridiculous.

by Locoweed 1.1 on Oct 14, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I won't claim knowledge of the bruin inner workings

but it would be a shock to me if they turned over the reigns to yet another 1st time head coach.

by frak on Oct 14, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And you were indeed correct, but Danny was not.

by Locoweed 1.1 on Oct 15, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see you understand what I was saying Loco, maybe it has to do with age and working in the private sector>

I think the world of Paul V because at least he doesn’t whine like most of Nestors Angels, but working in the private sector and having my own business I understand some things more than others. Also coaching athletics has help me communicate better for me personally, but I know I write like crap. It is some kind of syndrome, but maybe they have not made up something yet. You know it’s all about the drug companies making new drugs to stay afloat.

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 14, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ucla doesn't have a QB

again.

They haven’t ad a good QB in a long time. When they have a decent QB, some bizarre injury happens and he ends up sitting out half the season, which leads to him coming back rusty, or out of shape. I don’t think Prince would have played as bad if he had not broken his jaw. You can’t fault Chow for not succeeding when he doesn’t have the players to work with.

by frak on Oct 11, 2009 9:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I understand but Purina is a trader pure and simple, and he has walked my plank into the Sharks

You could say it was his own Plank for that matter, I don’t think he saw the opportunity of being Petes assistant coach. This might have gotten him some recognition as to a head coach.

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 11, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brehault looks to be a gamer.....in 2011

by DFWTrojan on Oct 11, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

2011 is Neiheisel’s year. He has to pull it together with a minimum top 2 finish in the conference. He has a lot of freshmen on the field this year. WIth 2 years experience under their belts, he needs to produce some wins to make his case for turning the ucla football program around. 4 seasons…. he needs to show us something or he’s just blowing hot air.

by frak on Oct 11, 2009 10:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The team of the decade

Nestor at QB
Titdides at rb\
Ajax at fb
Menelaus at TE
Achilles at se
\Meriones at flanker
Telemacus at center at
rg Odysseus
Bellerophon rt
purina lg
weasel lt

Go Ruins

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 14, 2009 9:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by impaulv on Oct 14, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What the heck happen for this guy to do that, once my friends and I were playing 2 on 2 BB.

We were on vacate in Hawaii and one of the guys was driving to the hoop and was watching his ball, plunk ran into the poll with his head. We had to keep him up all night, man did he have a knot on his head.

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha! I saw something like that happen once in HS. Broke his collarbone

by impaulv on Oct 15, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ROFL

You’re a funny bear, Paul.

by DFWTrojan on Oct 17, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And you present an awesome senario… I think that “weasel” at QB might light up any SC coaches’ defensive team :-)

by impaulv on Oct 15, 2009 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But Nestor wouldn't have it any other way, maybe he could be moved to SE or TE

I kind of took it as the list falls on BN

Paul D. Kelley

It's not about doing your job, But can you do it with a TENNIS BALL in your throat!

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A Positive Bruin Comment

Neu-weasel was a good college QB.

by DFWTrojan on Oct 17, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it’s the baby blue little bear not very masculine though, like change to real bear and midnight blue and gold.

Please, no. They’ve already stolen the fight song and (for the most part) the mascot. Perhaps a better solution would be for the Uclans to actually claim their own unique identity. Change their colors to purple and orange, and make the seagull their mascot.

On ATQ I'm known as JSoCal Oski

It's spelled J-etc

by SoCal Oski on Oct 22, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs