If you’re going to lose more than you win. If you’re not really very good. If you’re not going to get to a bowl. May as well do it the way the Bruins did. UCLA is being destroyed by BYU, in Provo, in a game more than a little reminiscent of last year’s 44-6, Week […]

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I’m going to guess USC football fans were stunned, the first time they saw one of those Dos Equis commercials. They get to the end of the thing and the voice-over guy announces, “He is the most interesting man in the world” … And Pete Carroll is not in the picture. (It’s actor Jonathan Goldsmith, […]

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I haven’t done a list in ages. Just got out of the habit. I’ve always worked under the assumption that everyone is like me … and sees the world in a sort of hierarchical sense. Best to worst, favorite to least favorite … and, wait, maybe that’s not a reasonable assumption. Anyway, I tend to […]

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OK, I admit it. Twenty-four hours after railing against ESPN’s ad-choked college football replays (see item below) … I watched almost the entirety of another one. UCLA 27, Tennessee 24, in overtime. I saw that game, and wrote a column on it for the Temecula Californian. In this case, I was glad to see, once […]

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Not talking about game clips here. I’m referring to college football replays on ESPN. Ostensibly the whole game. Actually it’s just a fraction of it, the CliffsNotes version of it. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except that ESPN jams an obscene amount of advertising (and promos) into these two-hour “game” replays. It is the most […]

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Well, it’s sorta my job. I’m not actually employed by anyone on a consistent basis, and I wonder if I ever will be, but that’s not the point here. (And I’m writing, so why don’t I just come to the point?) I’m still getting out occasionally, and perhaps the idea that it may not happen […]

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I assume they were going to shoot off fireworks no matter the final score. This being the end of the Labor Day weekend, and all.  And an inducement to come out and see a UCLA team that went 6-7 a year ago. Who knew the bombs bursting in air were the exclamation mark to UCLA’s […]

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Another reason why the Bruins shouldn’t play home games this early: Band not really here, so the halftime show was … pitiful. UCLA ran its cheerleaders and song girls out there, and they did a number but were swallowed up by the size of the field. Then came a batch of tiny football players. The […]

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The Bruins and first-year coach Rick Neuheisel came within a minute of getting out of the first half tied at 7-7, despite being outplayed and outmanned. But then Kevin Craft threw his fourth interception, and Tennessee returned it 61 yards for a touchdown, and now it looks grim. Tennessee is clearly the superior team. The […]

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I’m not even sure why, but this tickles me. Fresno State 24, Rutgers 7. In New Jersey. I’ll have to think about this. I didn’t go to Fresno State. I don’t know anyone who did. No one who comes to mind. I have some cousins who live within 100 miles, but it’s not like they’re […]

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