SoCal Sports Hub Calls out Bruins Nation in Response to being Banned

That place sucks. It makes me embarrassed to be a Bruin. It is ridiculously thin-skinned and mean-spirited (a term I HATE but one that fully applies), and Nestor, who runs the joint, is the worst of all possible fans. In addition to being an idiot he is utterly humorless. Most a**holes redeem themselves on occasion with a dollop of humor, or a dash of wit, or even self-deprecation when wrong. Not so Nestor. Those “terms of use” that you cited are the single most damning indictment of the mindset at that cesspool. You would be far better off going to bruinzone.com or even bruinreportonline.com for biased but more open commentary than what you get at Nestor’s place.

I obviously didn’t read your post, but I could not agree more-we turned the ball over four times-one was a INT for TD and another gave USC an extremely short field to work with. With an offense as mediocre as ours, we were going to have trouble moving the ball, even against a struggling USC defense-UCLA is not another Oregon or Stanford. We needed to play nearly error-free ball in order to beat a quality opponent on the road. We did not. We deserved to lose because USC was the better team. That was the opinion of the bettors before the game, it was my opinion and all this c*** about what happened at the end of the game is simply obscuring the fact that USC was better, again. UCLA had chances to really make a game of it-but as one might expect with a team fielding a very young OL and a freshman QB, we fumbled away those chances.

At least there were no serious injuries that I could see-I believe our center returned after having his leg rolled up on, Price was back in after his leg injury and McKnight seems to be OK. Good luck with your posting and don’t worry about those no-class clowns.

You got to understand those people over there are still wearing their Blue and Gold Diapers, and they haven’t changed them in year.

OHHHHHHHHH the Stench

Because in the past, when I’ve made a comment involving an opposing opinion to Nestor, he usually called it bullshit and told me to go some other site if I don’t like it. He probably never banned me because it only happened a few times (most often during the Jrue Holiday debates, but thats an entirely different story) and also because I’m still a diehard Bruin fan.

I still go to BruinsNation because its nice to see a blog where there are so many enthusiastic fans and because its still a good source of everything Bruin related, but I agree that some of the people take things wayyyyy too seriously, really hate seeing opposing opinions, and oftentimes simply come off as d-bags. Thats one of the reasons I frequent so many other blogs from other teams; it can be a refreshing change.

However, oftentimes I have noticed on other blogs that for every 1 rival or opponent posting something in a sportsmanlike fashion, there can be as many as 5 others that simply come off as rude, unintelligent, condescending, etc etc. So I’m not too surprised that there are some blogs that choose to get rid of those opinions altogether. Its not the best scenario, but I guess some people really don’t want to deal with them.

but seems like they are trying to stay within Mushroom’s blog-nazi boundaries when it comes to voicing their opinions.

It’s sad to see a guy like Ryan waste all his talent covering UCLA athletics by sucking up to Mushroom & Co. He could have started more civil site with less SC obsession and more insight into UCLA sports. Mushroom is not very knowledgable when it comes to actual facts (he often screws up with details and can’t offer much X&O insights or analysis beyond what’s written in the press) and guys like Ryan fill that void with solid coverage… Unfortunately he chose the wrong community.

He seems to think he knows everything about sports, just a youngster that he is sometimes much hate. He does comment on lakers blog but not much, but I am sure he could tell you all about lakers even from the sports arena days RIGHT THATS THE TICKET.

As I said over on CGB regarding this story:

I am shocked that it took Nestor a couple of minutes to break out the banhammer. He’s usually much faster.

Here are the bruin corrected stats in the game. According to them USC only force 1 turnover.

Alright, let’s grab the real "ucla13_usc9’s" turnover-biased defensive stats:

UCLA’s defense allowed 93 yards, 7 points, forced 1 turnover

That discounts turnovers (fumbles, INT’S, and turnovers on down). That is a performance for the ages.

Allowing U$C to score a mere touchdown when handed fair terms is absolutely amazing. This loss, contrary to the beliefs of some, was all on the offense.

Honestly I can really appreciate the fervor that their fans have over there. You can tell that they have a lot of enthusiasm for their school and many are true die hards.

However, I feel like too often the criticism goes too far and gets a bit out of control, and there does seem to be some definite censorship and “control” (for lack of a better word) going on over there. I have, however, been able to post from time to time an occasional dissenting opinion but you really have to be extremely careful about word choice and what you are saying. with all of that being said though, although the community is not quite as intense over here I really think Paragon’s and DC Trojan’s style of moderating is much better and fosters much more reasonable debate and discussion, so kudos to them.

Actually, as a bit of a curiosity, I posted a comment on that same story saying something to the effect that I felt both coaches were kind of in the wrong and both passed up opportunities to be a lot more gracious. It was deleted, but I wasn’t banned. I wonder if I am the only overtly pro-SC person to have a comment deleted and not be banned outright.

And don’t you forget it. I mean after all, “if you’re not part of the solution, then you’re part of the problem.” Right?

Forget the UCLA Athletics department, Dan Guerrero, BruinZone, et al. If you disagree with Lord Nestor, then you are a Trojan sympathizer and a deserter.

The funniest thing is that any forum of blog is public, and as such should be able to take the disagreements, criticisms, and opinions that it opens itself to. BN is NOT that. A perfect example of Bruins on Bruins:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=12&f=1738&t=4966677

Out the door goes Donahue, Dorrell, and even “Ben Ball Warriors” for playing like ass in the beginning of the season. I’m sorry but this isn’t your 1950s UCLA football or 1970s UCLA basketball. You, like any other sports team, will have your crap years. Deal with it.

Hell your whole demon nazi crew went after the current student body for failing to defend the Bruin. OH WELL. These things happen (blue tainted Tommy Trojan of 2008 anyone?)

I applaud the many Bruins who live their lives according to their happiness and not hatred. I’ve had Bruin girlfriends int he past who take both great heart and enjoyment of the rivalry games. I have Bruin friends that do the same and even work at the opposing school. Even the Bruins at Conquest Chronicles are A-OK! But perish the thought (and probably the life) of anyone that thinks it can coexist.

After all, South Central, Figueroa Tech, UCLA jr runs a scumbag, classless, thug ridden program, it can never touch the celestial blessed grounds of that which is called UCLA, or in his mind, the University of Nestor.

Hypocrisy runs rampart at that site. We do it: classlessness They do it: Defending honor.

Please. SBN needs to take a closer look at how these places should be run; if not the in the interest of everyone, then at least it should be revamped to reflect a flagship image of what SBN would want of all its constituents.

On that note, I will post this little gem I found by Lord N himself:

On the same point I think Bruin4ever is on point in admiring the mindset Pete Carroll shows when going for it on 4th down. Of course Carroll takes gambles are calculated. I don’t believe they are reckless decisions as many UCLA fans would like to think they are. I think when Carroll goes for it he is doing to grab a choke hold of the momentum and optimize it for his team. He also does it from POV to send a clear message to his team about how much he trusts them. And note he is doing it this year as a true freshman at QB.

Hate as much as you want, it will only make you look worse.

Or you might get turned into an acronym.

The articles about ucla athletics are informative, and actually have some good insight. The USC articles are so over the top that they are mostly funny. The only posts that I believe are truly outright wrong are things like keeping Hershel Dennis’ name on their list of USC crimes. Hershel was 100% cleared of all wrong doing, and BN seems to think its right to associate him with allegations of rape that are 100% proven false. There are a few crimes that I believe you just don’t lay on innocent people, and rape is one of them.

Nice post, Joey. Sorry I was out of touch last week. The group of banned BNers is long and distinguished on this board. Fight on!