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 thinking the Bruins should avoid home games before the end of September. The students aren’t back on campus yet, and their whole approach to the game seems limp and appears to reflect generic disinterest.

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I’ve been blogging at this address for, oh, two whole months now, but … But almost nothing I have written here has gotten the attention that a post about O.J. Mayo and USC has in just a matter of days. I’m not sure what I could have written or posted, aside perhaps from video of […]

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A recent trend in the sports-fan blogosphere is to create a website named “FireTheSportsFigureIHate.com” Just fill in the name of the coach/general manager/player you loathe, get the domain, get busy trashing the guy. Among those out there and active are firegeorgekarl.com (referring to the Denver Nuggers coach) … and locally, we had dumpdorrell.com, which last […]

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I know Darren Collison a little bit. He is from Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga, and because he was a “local” guy to me as sports columnist for The Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, I often spent time with him after games, the past three UCLA basketball seasons. He’s a nice kid, well-spoken, […]

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The good news: Three straight trips to the Final Four. The bad news: Three consecutive ousters via butt-kicking. Time for UCLA coach Ben Howland to reconsider his approach to team-building. Because his Bruins are good enough to get close … but clearly not good enough to navigate past the truly elite teams.

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Hard to win an NCAA championship with two scorers and three guys playing defense. But that was UCLA in its victory over Texas A&M on Saturday. UCLA 51, A&M 49, with Darren Collison (21) and Kevin Love (19) scoring 40 of UCLA’s 51. Josh Shipp, designated scorer, had zero points on 0-for-4 shooting, as his […]

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