UCLA Football Thread

[Spirit]

^{Anything less than a BCS bowl win is a failure for you guys.}

 

^{You're loaded and well coached.}

 

 

And there it is.  The kiss of death.

[RallyMo]

Kill Stanford. You guys can do it.

[nate]

This was a great moment in the game.  After Jefferson recovered a fumble he ran the ball over and gave it to Mora.

 

Jefferson's facemask actually cut the bridge of Mora's nose.

 

[nate]

One of the guys on BRO put this together.  Amazing tribute.

 

[halobob]

What a game that was!  The Nebraska crowd was so loud in the 1st half but the Bruins quieted them big time in the 2nd half.  I was simply stunned how quickly that game turned around.  I must say Nebraska fans are the nicest fans I have ever been around.  I had so many of them congratulating me on the way out of the stadium with one elderly gentleman even coming up to me and shaking my hand.  Nicest people around.

[RallyMo]

This was a great moment in the game.  After Jefferson recovered a fumble he ran the ball over and gave it to Mora.

 

Jefferson's facemask actually cut the bridge of Mora's nose.

 

 

I actually noticed that Mora's nose had some marks on it in his pre-game interview.

 

His nose is having a rough week.

[nate]

Hah.

 

These guys love Mora.  They talk him up on Twitter constantly.  Bruins hit an absolute home run with him.  He not only does a great job coaching but he is an incredible leader on and off the field.  It is an exciting time to be a UCLA fan.  After the last 12 years of total crap it is so refreshing.

[nate]

 

Ryan Kartje

Mora said Oregon's team autographed a big team poster for the Pasquale's, USC had a moment of silence, Cal has reached out.

[nando714]

Does ucla put up 50 before the half vs nmsu this week

Should be interesting. What is the spread? I'll be in vegas this weekend . I might put some cash on ucla to cover

[nate]

UCLA -42 last I saw.

 

I wouldn't be so sure just because I imagine that they will be going vanilla on both sides of the ball.

[Jay]

No way I'm taking UCLA -42.

Once upon a time, I picked WSU +20 in this game against #1 UCLA with Troy Aikman at the Rose Bowl:

http://www.fanbase.com/112025-1988-10-29

Watched the game from the Alumni section with my buddy, who never forgave me.

Edited September 18, 2013 by Jay

[eaterfan]

UCLA won't put up 50 in the first half. Maybe in the second. They start too slowly to put up 50 in the first.

[halobob]

Shaq Evans better make sure the Bruins back up his comments!

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1779724-ucla-wr-shaq-evans-blasts-usc-trojans-on-the-radio

[nate]

ESPN Gameday did a piece on Nick Pasquale.

 

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9700592

 

Sounds like UCLA will get an unofficial visit from Joe Mixon today.  After he dropped UCLA out of his top 10, it sounds like UCLA has made up a ton of ground.  It was reported that at one point UCLA was in his top 3.  I still think that he is Cal's to lose.

[RallyMo]

He'd be nice to have and I hope we get him. With that said, I think we will be alright with Lasco and Muhammad if he doesn't head our way. I think Muhammad will take the #1 slot from Bigelow soon, honestly.

[fan_since79]

Impressive first half. 

 

31-0 UCLA.

[Spirit]

3-0 baby!

[xboom28x]

These slow starts will not be acceptable vs the likes of Stanford, Oregon and UW. Bruins better fix this if they want to go to the Rose Bowl this year.

 

Too many turnovers. And Hundley has a terrible deep ball. So off target. He is brilliant inside of 20 yard throws. Anything more than that and he is late, or just completely off target. I hope he can correct this.

[nate]

Bruins were so sloppy.  It was the worst I have ever seen a team play that won 59-13.

[eaterfan]

Bruins were so sloppy.  It was the worst I have ever seen a team play that won 59-13.

 

Jim Mora problems. This never happened under Darrell or Neuheisel.

[eaterfan]

Freshman offensive lineman Christian Morris is transferring. He was buried on the depth chart after coming in out of shape.

[RallyMo]

Freshman offensive lineman Christian Morris is transferring. He was buried on the depth chart after coming in out of shape.

 

Bummer. It couldn't have hurt UCLA if he stayed and got in shape. Depth never hurts.

[nate]

Sucks to lose Morris.  Depth on OL is very important.  Sounds like he is really home sick.  I wish him well.

[eaterfan]

I wish him well too. I can't say I'm surprised by this. I followed him on twitter and he seemed immature (which he's allowed to be, he's 18). I'm not sure if it was in this thread or one on the old board but I predicted he wouldn't finish his career with UCLA even before he signed with them. 

[RallyMo]

I wish him well too. I can't say I'm surprised by this. I followed him on twitter and he seemed immature (which he's allowed to be, he's 18). I'm not sure if it was in this thread or one on the old board but I predicted he wouldn't finish his career with UCLA even before he signed with them. 

 

Well then. If some dude on a message board can see this a mile away, it's probably safe to say that the coaches failed on this one and wasted a spot. Bad coaches, man.