
Odysseus
May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 108 224
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Discuss Roll's shooting, Collison's playmaking, Lute's whining, or anything else...
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Heart of a Champion

That's what the team displayed tonight, and they've clinched at least a share of the conference title. Congratulations to Coach Howland and the Bruins
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Onepeat hits the streets
You remember Onepeat, don't you? Well, it's hit the streets.

The Trojies are not happy, although their attempt at being above it all is priceless for its transparency.
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UCLA breaks fundraising record
From the Times.
The bottom line is that over ten-and-a-half years, the university raised over $3 Billion. With a "B." That's the most ever raised. By any college.
How about trying some of these techniques in the AD, M&M Crew?
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100% of Democrats disapprove of KD
In a shocking and controversial development, a poll conducted by Bruins Nation revealed that 100% of Demorats disapprove of Karl Dorrell's job performance. Poll internals showed that Democrats did not think Karl Dorrell was a good leader and that the Bruins were on the wrong track.
Dorrell also did poorly with registered Republicans in the BN poll.
The poll contacted three respondents, one of whom is a Democrat, and was conducted Jan. 1-3, 2006.
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What happened to Mav?
Can someone explain this?
MaverickBruin:
If you can read this, you are safe and sound, hopefully in
Hong Kong. I pray that this is the case. I have no other
way to contact you. Your cellphone is not working.
Please believe me when I say that I did not mean for it to
turn out like this. We all want the same things. It all
just got out of control, in a big way.
If you are in Los Angeles, go to the inverted fountain and
walk west. Look to your left for the covered hole.
Go down the ladder. Follow the trail we took you on long
ago. This is where we meet now, at the usual time. Be
careful, it is very dangerous.
I love you, buddy. Stay well.
TC
It's very deep cover. I know I've been a little out of the loop lately, but wtf?
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Cool Hand Luc
Meet Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. Steve Springer has an interesting feature.
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Positives from Saturday
There aren't many. But here's a short list.
- Any Blindo talking about "turning the corner", "moral victories", or telling you to "Remember the season fondly" will be laughed at and possibly sent to a mental assylum.
- Anyone with excuses can be told, "look at the scoreboard. We got destroyed."
The coaching staff was also embarassed, exposed and exploited.
Give Pete Carroll or Charlie Weiss two weeks and they'll come up with a great gameplan.
Give Karl Dorrell three weeks to prepare and you'll end up getting laughed out of town, out of any shot at a decent bowl game, and possibly out of the top 25 (in my mind we're not a top 25 team. I'm not looking forward to facing Northwesters, I think there's a good chance they drop half a hundred on us too).
All the while "Koach Karl" has the same clueless deer in the headlights expression.
So what's left? Some progress has been made, I guess, but the coaching staff still isn't ready for primetime or the big time. We're still a third-class team in the conference that has been blown out by its rival two out of three times and can't get it done in November.
Blindos can remember this season fondly if they want.
As I said before, you have to give the staff some credit for the 9 wins, but the two losses have made it clear that there was a lot of luck involved, as fun as that run may have been.
Bottom line, this year's record should be a minimum baseline for next year, and anything less should be seen as a failure.
One more loss to SC and they will have tied the mark we set in the 90s, one I thought would never be approached.
Another loss to USC is not acceptable. Another bowl loss is not acceptable. Another third place or .500 finish is not acceptable. Another November collapse is not acceptable.
I'm tired of being embarassed to wear my UCLA gear.
So, yeah, I'll say thanks. Thanks for nothing.
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