Wait...So ucla now has the hot hand?
by Paragon SC on Nov 23, 2009 4:24 PM PST
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So let me get this straight...after opening Pac-10 play to an 0-5 record ucla pulls off three straight wins and they suddenly have the hot hand as they go into this weekends game at the Coliseum?
Really??
Well, you gotta love the press... they are nothing if not consistent.
On Saturday, second-year UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel and his once-struggling team will arrive at the Coliseum riding a three-game Pac-10 winning streak. The 6-5 Bruins have designs on a postseason invitation.
"They're trying to get moving forward and make progress in the program," Carroll said last week. "It would be the biggest win in years for them for all the right reasons.
"Three-game Pac-10 winning streak."
Let that sink in there for a second...
ucla has wins against...Wazzu, UW, and ASU in their past three games. Not exactly Pac-10 power houses.
OK, OK, lets get this out of the way...USC did lose to Washington and they barely beat ASU but SC played both of those games on the road. ucla played ASU ans UW at home...not that the Rose Bowl was a packed house (at the bottom) but you get my drift. The guys on the other blog were not happy about that either...
As I said earlier today the press is dying for a new story to write about...They are pushing this narrative with the hope that they can finally be rid of USC.
As we saw this past weekend in Palo Alto, anything can happen in a rivalry game.
But...
Not likely...I think SC will win and even if SC loses this weekend SC is not going away and ucla will still be...you know...ucla. They will get one signature win every couple of years then they wet the bed.
I found this take interesting...
The Bruins will soon dive into USC game footage, hoping to find ways to exploit the Trojans' sometimes-sketchy defense.
You mean with ucla's sketchy offense. Wait I am supposed to be worried because of Norm Chow right?
OK...
They aren't all that...Oh they will get some yards and they will score some points but I like USC's defensive line against ucla's offensive line any day of the week.
Hey, its going to be a fun day regardless of the outcome...I will probably bite my finger nails to the nub but that is what rivalry games are all about. Yo me this is the only game that really matters the others are just stepping stones to get here.
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The main thing that worries me is if we turn the ball over, ucla’s defense is more of a scoring machine than their offense. Barkley’s got to play like he did against tOSU, Cal and first half ND. He’s got to play smart, if he does we should be ok.
Regarding attendance at the Rose Bowl, (our vacation home) the only time ucla comes close to filling it is when they play us, only 46, 151 for ASU, shameful.
by gnossos on Nov 23, 2009 6:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
Definitely a pathetic sight, especially when they had areal views of the stadium. It looked like a high school football game.
by DannyJay01 on Nov 23, 2009 6:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s a big stadium to try and fill though. At least they haven’t replaced it with a smaller version, unlike some teams of the future I could name.
by DC Trojan on Nov 23, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Rose Bowl attendance was pathetic
Agreed, but a string of awful years will tend to do that to a team in this media market- to wit:
USC Home Football Attendance, 2001:
Oct 13, 2001 – Arizona State, 43,508
Nov 3, 2001 – Oregon State, 44,880
USC did not sell out a non-UCLA home game until the home game against Notre Dame in 2004 (that would be a full year after the Trojans won the AP Natonal Title, for those keeping score). Fan fickleness isn’t a Bruin or Trojan tendency – that’s just Los Angeles for you.
by CAJason80 on Nov 23, 2009 10:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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