another call for dorrell to get fired!

washington state v. ucla. ucla lost. ....to wazzu! the same team that was 0-4 in conference play before ucla came in to the palouse. ugh!

i am not as angry as yesterday. but dorrell has got to go. now.

random ramblings

on the wildfires

i don't understand arsonists. apparently, it is suspected that at least one of the 16 or so fires burning in southern california was caused by arsonists. what kind of kick could arsonists possibly get?

my thoughts are with friends, family and everyone else living and/or evacuated from the affected areas. i hope the winds die down soon so the fires could be contained and no longer endanger lives of thousands.

perhaps, some good can come out of this disastrous event: better urban planning, better environmental controls, and better prevention of global warming.


on albus dumbledore being gay

jk rowling, author of the harry potter series, announced dumbledore is gay. cool!


on college basketball

aaaaaaw! this is a real good article about kevin love and coach wooden.

Love also is going to ask as many questions as he can to absorb what it means to be at UCLA, how he can hang a 12th national championship banner in Pauley Pavilion and maybe, even if he's in college for only one season, become as effective as some of the great centers who have passed through the school.

this kid is gonna do BIG things for ucla. i can't wait!

as for u$c, this is hilarious! per u$c coach tim floyd:

"We're trying to be comparable nationally to what Duke and Carolina have accomplished 10 miles apart," Floyd said. "We recognize that the other three [Duke, UNC and UCLA] are there. Ten years ago, 12 years ago, I would have never made a comment like this, because you never try to over-promise and under-deliver, but at this point in my career I recognize this is my last job. We want to set the bar high, and we'll never get there unless we set the bar high."

apparently, floyd fancies himself comparable to coach k:

Floyd compared USC's private school education, the lofty price tag to attend and the academic reputation to Duke. He said the wealth of talent in southern California makes the rivalry even more of a possibility.

as much as i dislike duke, at least duke has won national championship banners and made regular appearances to the final four.

floyd takes $c to the sweet sixteen once and he thinks he can win a national championship and/or make regular appearances to the final four!

another w -- courtesy of defense

bruins beat the bears!

again, 1 touchdown was courtesy of defense after an interception. defense also did a good job in holding off cal. good times.

HOWEVER, there was a time when the crowd was chanting "fire karl!" because offense was terrible. and i must admit that i joined in....

is it possible? from LAT:

IT'S THE first game off the Notre Dame debacle, and TomDienart from
sportingnews.com reports a few days ago: "A source told me that UCLA AD Dan
Guerrero met with Bruin defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker last week during
the team's off week to discuss the possibility of Walker taking over as interim
coach this season if Dorrell is let go early."

UCLA insists there is no truth to the report, so Dienart takes it off the website, which indicates sportingnews.com's operation is about as shaky as the Bruins' offense at times.

UCLA confirms Guerrero and Walker had a breakfast meeting, though, but only to discuss Walker's career development.

it was a sold out game!

out the tunnel.

end of the game celebration. GO BRUINS!

players leading the 8 clap

overheard at the game:
alumni cheerleader: who does america wants us to be?
crowd: BRUINS!
alumni cheerleader: who does al qaeda wants us NOT to be?
crowd: BRUINS!

the alumni cheerleader

hurrah for basketball season

it is official: today is the first day of practice. woohoo!!!

again, dorrell has dashed any hopes of making football season exciting. so, i look forward to bball season.

i love this quote from gary parrish's article at cbs sportsline:

the first Friday before Oct. 15 has arrived, meaning college basketball teams are allowed to begin practicing without limits, and many are starting with a Madness celebration of some sorts designed to rally fans and impress recruits.

At Memphis, it's Memphis Madness.

At Indiana, it's Hoosier Hysteria.

At Southern Illinois, it's Maroon Madness.

At Kansas, it's Latenight in the Phog.

At UCLA, it's ... well, it's just practice.

"We don't need the hype," UCLA coach Ben Howland said. "We've got plenty of hype."

Spoken like a man with 11 national title banners in his arena, not to mention Darren Collison and Kevin Love on his roster. No question, a lack of hype is not an issue for the Bruins, who are a wise pick to make the Final Four for the third consecutive season.

yep, HUGE expectations at pauley. but, what's new?

GO BRUINS!

... and COACH WOODEN -- ADVANCED HAPPY 97th BIRTHDAY!!!! (10.14.07)

dorrell sucks!

fire dorrell!

there is a lot of blame to go around during ucla's loss to notre dame -- who, previously, was 0-5. embarassing! but the blame, primarily, rests on dorrell.

it was utah all over again. no touchdown loss. again.

third string, freshman, walk on quarterback played. yes, he made bad decisions -- like throwing the ball to a notre dame guy when there was no bruin anywhere around that guy. (i did say that him starting can't be good...)

there were also TWO failed touchdowns because the bruins seem to keep on dropping the ball! WTF?!?!

but primarily, what plays where they calling?!?!?! bethel-thompson is a third string, freshman, walk on. and why was he told to keep on throwing the damned ball?!?!?!

why did bethel-thompson look so unprepared given that a) cowan is injured, b) olson is injury prone and got injured and c) there are no other quarterbacks after cowan and olson?!?!?! yes, i know he is a third string, freshman, walk on. but they've got what they call "practice" and "coaches" to at least prepare him for something. good lord he was awful!

and do i need to repeat it? notre dame was an 0-5 team? what was dorrell doing in practice?!?!?! he better not blame this loss to "injuries."

8-clap

bruin spell out

highlights of the day (because the game was a definite lowlight)
1. spotted: lorenzo mata (who is now lorenzo mata-real), james keefe (with a new haircut) and deandre robinson before the game (i can't wait for basketball season to start!!!!)

2. the bruins won! i meant those kiddie bruins playing at half time against the kiddie trojans. and the baby bruins did it with a touchdown!!! so adorable!

*as a sidenote, how come those kiddie bruins know what to do to get a touchdown and dorrell doesn't!?!?! (perhaps, because the kiddie bruins weren't doing the west coast offense?)

3. there was also that moment of joy in the stadium when stanford tied u$c, and eventually got the extra point to BEAT $c. both bruins and irish at the rose bowl were happy. the bruins had to find victory elsewhere because it ain't happening on the field. the trees' victory over $c also means that there is still a chance ucla could be pac-10 champs because the utah and notre dame losses were non-pac 10 games.

4. the $c loss meant the headlines were primarily about that upset and not about ucla giving the irish their first win of the season.

5. spotted: kevin love after the game towering over the crowd (i can't wait for basketball season to start!)

...oh, and have i mentioned, i can't wait for basketball season to start!