Saddest Bowl game

ucla goes slumming for Toilet Bowls

Band member question

Just wondering. Why did the band not play "Tusk" during the game on Saturday.

Schaub out for the year at Houston

Matt Leinart will start against Jacksonville on November 27th for the Houston Texans.

Well Matt. You wanted a shot at redemption...... here it is. Good luck.

Fulmer Cup 2011

The Fulmer Cup has a new king. Auburn scored an unheard of 80 points this offseason with 5 of their players arrested for robbery. To put this perspective, the previous all time leader was Florida with 52 points from 2006-2010. The previous single season point total was 28 points from Alabama. Auburn has truly set themselves apart from the rest of the pack with this whopping 80 points in one season. Congratz to them.

So far the Pac 10 Fulmer Cup champ continues to be Washington State. The Cougars have scored a respectable 13 points so far, but clearly no one has a shot of beating Auburn this season.

Here are the Fulmer Cup overall point totals for the Pac-10 since the cup's founding (2006-present)

1. Washington State- 38 points
2. Oregon State -21 points
3. u¢la bruins -19 points
4. Oregon Ducks- 18 points
5. Washington Huskies- 10 points
6. Arizona Wildcats- 9 points
7. Cal Bears- 8 points
8. USC- 4 points
9. Arizona State Sun Devils- 3 points
10. Stanford Cardinal- 0 points

For reference here are the overall scores for Utah and Colorado:

Colorado Buffaloes- 24 points
Utah Utes- 11 points

A retrospective

Former USC Football player on next season's Survivor

Grant Mattos is going to be on the new season of Survivor.

OSU players pledge to return for senior year

All 5 of the "to be suspended in 2011" Buckeyes had to pledge to Jim Tressell that they would return for their senior seasons and serve their suspensions before Tressell would allow them to play in the Sugar Bowl.

On one hand, hats off to Tressell for forcing these guys into a non-binding agreement to return for their punishment. We will see if it holds up with NFL millions on the line.

On the other hand, wow this turned out to be a win-win situation for Tressell. He used the Sugar Bowl to ensure that none of the 5 would turn pro. Seems like a bit of blackmail. He gets to have his cake in the Sugar Bowl, and he has all of those players back in 2011 after 5 games.

I will still be shocked if none of the 5 go pro after the bowl game.

A disturbing trend.

It seems like there is a trend that I am not aware of that is gaining more and more followers. It is people showing up to tailgate a football game that have no intention of attending the game. These fans, come more for the free flowing booze and tailgate party scene than the football game.

Yesterday the stabbing that occurred at the Rose Bowl happened about 20 feet away from me. The cops were on top of it pretty quickly, and everyone in the area got to breathe in a little pepper spray. But what was most interesting is that most of the people involved in the fight were not alumni of either school, or game ticket holders. Some probably came to look for a fight. I have some pictures that I took of the aftermath, that I will post later, but they aren't too exciting.

Guillory sues NCAA for 25 million

ucla @ Texas
After all of the crap that I have throw in the direction of ucla. I have to tip my hat to the bruins after their impressive win at Texas yesterday. I still believe that Neuheisel is a hack, but no matter what you think of this years Longhorns team, you have to give the bruins credit for going down there and kicking butt.

I am surprised at the fact that they have split their first 4 games. I wouldn't have given them a chance at all to have beaten Texas.

Well done bruins.

Kool-Aid Watch 2010

First two seasons plus two games of third season
Neuheisel
11-16

Dorrell
14-13

Neuheisel can no longer match Dorrell's three year total of 22-15. If the bruins win out, which they won't they will be 21-16. Yet, Dorrell still sucks and Neuheisel rules. How's that Kool-Aid tasting.

The Monopoly isn't over, but the Honeymoon is.

When Rick Neuheisel gave his traditional postgame pep talk to the UCLA football fans from the sidelines Saturday night, I was walking down through the opposite stands, but I stopped to listen, because he sounded so futile and he seemed so alone.

I only heard half of it. The rest was drowned out by boos.

"We will get (booooo). ... We will (booooo). …You can't get any farther down than (booooo). ..."

The legendary charm is wearing thin. The resilient smile is fooling nobody. The few folks who stayed until the end of the Bruins' 35-0 loss to Stanford had seen enough, and could hear no more.

"Stop talking and win a game!" shouted one.

Interesting Interview of Pat Haden this morning.

Dan Patrick asked: Do you think Reggie Bush should return his Heisman?

Pat Haden: "If I were Reggie Bush with Pat Haden's soul, I would say yes."

Dan Patrick: Does he have your soul?

Pat Haden: I don't know Reggie Bush.

Compliance office denies possible agent access to USC practice. The possible agent's name is Haden McKay.

He says he took his four-year-old son to football practice recently and the compliance officer at the door wouldn't let him in. Only family members of players are allowed.

"So we left and got an ice cream cone," McKay says. "He liked that better, anyway."

Oh, yes. His son's name is Haden.

Salute to Troy

My inside source says NCAA verdict coming down sometime in the next 365 days.

He says that this estimate is 100% guaranteed accurate.

Take that Yahoo! sports.

Amen Mr. Abdul Jabbar

Raiders set to release JaMarcus Russell

After 3 seasons with the Raiders, the team is set to release JaMarcus Russell after 3 lackluster seasons with the club. The release is pending approval of Al Davis, and will still cost the team 3 million dollars after they let him go.

I guess Kiffin was right when he told Davis he couldn't win with Russell. Smells like vindication to me.

No respect for Neu from Pete

Q: Hi Scott,

You mentioned a month or so ago that Pete Carroll considered Rick Neuheisel to be a "sham of a coach." Could you explain in more detail what exactly Pete was referring to. Was the statement directed at his coaching ability, or his character?

A: The comment was directed toward his coaching ability. He considered Jim Harbaugh to be a ``real guy,'' because he could coach. He thought Neuheisel was a fraud as a coach.

I knew Satan was a bruin