11th hour

the bruins beat the sun devils tonight 84-51. unfortunately, i was on the ucla campus but not at pauley.

i was watching 11th hour - a movie produced by leonardo dicaprio - about global warming, the grim future we and the planet could be facing and things we could do to change the downward spiral.

i like the idea of lowering income taxes and raising taxes for gasoline and oil and anything that encourages the overuse of natural resources. this way, it would encourage me to actually use public transportation and ways to help reduce pollution. mad, i know. as david suzuki (some dude in the movie) said, it's "hippie dippie."

back to basketball, i wonder if the den was chanting, "josh is better" when younger brother jerren shot the ball for asu...

!!!!

i am still stinging from saturday's debacle, which i am still not ready to talk about.

that being said, norm chow got hired as ucla's offensive coordinator!!!! sweet!

ucla's college basketball and football programs suddenly are looking great!

i am so glad i am keeping my football season tix next season!

wtf?!?!

just saw this.

There is no such thing as a pretty win for the Cardinal these days, but Stanford will take a hard-fought victory over an Arizona team it hadn't beaten in the last six tries.

"I'm going to quote (USC's) Taj Gibson," Robin Lopez said. "'Wins are like women. You always want to get a pretty one, but sometimes you get ugly ones.'"

as if.

here's taj gibson:

picture courtesy of: http://www.insidehoops.com/pictures/taj_gibson.jpg

again, as if.

it's a perfect day

granted, it is only 3 pm and the day isn't even close to being over.

granted, it is 73F degrees, the sun is out and it is just a flat out beautiful day.

granted, i have a nice buzz going at 3 friggin pm.

yes, it is a perfect day.

and the reason is:

ucla 81 v. washington state 74.

but for some defensive lapses in the last 5 minutes of the game, the bruins' lead over the cougars should have been over 10.

love posted another double double.

love had 2 3-point friggin shots. a friggin center with 2 3-point friggin shots!

yes, love is going to be pac 10 POY AND pac 10 FOY. i would not be surprised if he is national POY and/or FOY either.

i give wazzu its props. but the cougs never led the entire game. as it should be.

the only reason the bruins have that one loss to date is.... i still remember it so clearly. friggin luc decided he is a 3-point specialist even though he has been bombing it all game. yes, that texas loss - which was close - but more importantly, occurred earlier on in the season when collison was still coming back from a hiatus due to injury.

nation, be very afraid. the bruins are legit and have been since coach howland came into town.

my only concern (other than all the injuries) is that all starters (except for aboya) plus westbrook have been playing over 30 minutes per game. and today was no different.

of course, this has to do with all the freak injuries that have plagued the bruins.... for 3 or so years! it was freaky to see love with all his scratch marks on his back and arms. but that is how they practice. physical. point is, playing that many minutes per game can't be good. roll needs to be healthy. drag needs to learn how to play so he can get some minutes. and stanback needs to mature soon and earn his minutes.

otherwise, perfect day.

GO BRUINS!!!!


Highlights: Washington State - UCLA

the washingtons and 2009

on to wazzu

as expected, the bruins beat the huskies last night 69-55. although, the win came in with a high price. collison and mbah a moute suffered bruises to the hip and knee, respectively.

my concern is, the cougs are up next. i am pretty sure that westbrook will handle the point well if collison sits out the game. but, westbrook can't play point for the full 40 minutes. shipp may step in? highly disturbing. chace stanback? he will be good in a couple of years.... but not tomorrow. matt lee? aaaaaaaarrrgh! wazzu can play. our point should too.


2009 is looking good too

the daily news reports that reeves nelson has given an oral non binding commitment to join ucla's class of 2009.

Nelson, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward, is the quintessential Howland recruit. He has a reputation of being a tough, hard-nosed player.

if he's anything like aboya, i am very excited. exciting times.

mea culpa

i know i was ragging on westbrook after he majorly screwed up during the nationally televised game against west virginia last season.

but, i am more than happy to eat my words. he has been a fantastic player on offense AND defense for the bruins. westbrook was "da man" at the cal game last saturday. found this on youtube:


bruins up 41-23 against the huskies at the half. love already has 4 boards and 3 assists! GO BRUINS!

so far, so good

my boys beat stanford in the pac-10 opener and beat cal today to make it a nice sweep of the bay area schools this weekend; $c lost to cal in its pac-10 opener and i am hoping it will lose to the trees later tonight.

neuheisel retained dewayne walker.

it will be a great 2008 (and i don't care if the wear twins go to north carolina).