Will last year's Biletnikoff winner hurt the Bruins tomorrow? Can Dorian Thompson-Robinson replicate his performance versus the Trojans from last year? Who wins?
Answer to your question, is NO. I believe DTR will try to force his statement on the field. What happened last year, has nothing to do with this weekend. It's unfortunate because there is nothing better than to beat the favored U$C. I'm not sure what Bruin team will show up because both the Oregon and Arizona demonstrated with a bit of physicality, the Bruins can be intimidated.
"My best memory was Eric McNeal picking off John David Booty to secure the 13-9 upset win that kept Southern Cal out of the championship game in 2006."
Well, Mr Jacobs, you have made a memorable pick among many memorable games and I applaud you. BUt mine goes back to antiquity, to a grey, overcast day in Los Angeles where you have not seen anything the likes of USC's Mike Garrett running student body left and student body right for the first 56 minutes of the 1965 game in (off course) the Mausoleum and the game clock whizzing like the minute hand of H. G. Wells' time machine at full throttle into the future.
Aftwr that, there's really only five names you need to know to tell the story - although every last Bruin deserves to have their names etched into history - Prothro, Beban, Witcher, Grider, and Altenberg. Basically, the best coach UCLA ever had, UCLA's only Heisman trophy winner, the guy who caught Beban bomb #1, the guy who jumped on the subsequent onside kick, and the guy who caught the Beban bomb #2.
Then, the aforementioned whizzing clock slowed to a snail's pace as the last two plus minutes gave out and the joint when crazy! Being a fan of those who labored in the trenches, I ran out of the stands, caught Dallas Grider at the 30 yard line and rode him back to the huddle of Bruins and Bruin fans and -- man -- he had a smile on his face as big as all outdoors. Needless to say, Westwood went up in flames, both movie theaters suffered a break in and a 15 minute demonstration with sympathetic Westwood residents joining in. And for good measure, Westwood & Wilshire got shut down!
Prothro revealed in a subsequent interview that he told the defense how to treat Garrett with proper sSouthern courtesy. He noted that Mike used to take about 5-15 seconds to compose himself between carries so Tommy told the boys to, "he'p him up; he'p him up" to break up Garrett's rhythm. It's the little things, don't you know!
Of course these Bruins went on to upset #1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl on New Year's day.
..follow-up to the '65 big game? Well, for sheer schadenfreude, no one can top the same game next year where Beban was injured and Norm Dow stepped in and engineered a 14-7 upset based on Cornell Champions' TD on a 425 trap play from about the Toe Jams' 48 yard line.
Guesses for tomorrow's game? No thanks. I'm going to get stewed and hope that the right "D" shows up.
Nov 19, 2022·edited Nov 19, 2022Liked by Stephen Jacobs
Great to have PGG back for the biggest game of the year!
1. 9 for 110 and 2 TD
2. 30/45, 310, 2 TD, 0 int; 9 carries for 60 yds and 1 TD
3. I don't trust the defense...trogans 48, Bruins 45 :-( Prove me wrong, Bruins!
Bonus: the worst was the Rodney Peete measles game. The best was Marvin Goodwin's goalline interception with under a minute that preserved a 27-21 win in 1993 and sent the Bruins to the Rose Bowl. That still might be my favorite moment in all of sports in my whole life.
Answer to your question, is NO. I believe DTR will try to force his statement on the field. What happened last year, has nothing to do with this weekend. It's unfortunate because there is nothing better than to beat the favored U$C. I'm not sure what Bruin team will show up because both the Oregon and Arizona demonstrated with a bit of physicality, the Bruins can be intimidated.
"My best memory was Eric McNeal picking off John David Booty to secure the 13-9 upset win that kept Southern Cal out of the championship game in 2006."
Well, Mr Jacobs, you have made a memorable pick among many memorable games and I applaud you. BUt mine goes back to antiquity, to a grey, overcast day in Los Angeles where you have not seen anything the likes of USC's Mike Garrett running student body left and student body right for the first 56 minutes of the 1965 game in (off course) the Mausoleum and the game clock whizzing like the minute hand of H. G. Wells' time machine at full throttle into the future.
Aftwr that, there's really only five names you need to know to tell the story - although every last Bruin deserves to have their names etched into history - Prothro, Beban, Witcher, Grider, and Altenberg. Basically, the best coach UCLA ever had, UCLA's only Heisman trophy winner, the guy who caught Beban bomb #1, the guy who jumped on the subsequent onside kick, and the guy who caught the Beban bomb #2.
Then, the aforementioned whizzing clock slowed to a snail's pace as the last two plus minutes gave out and the joint when crazy! Being a fan of those who labored in the trenches, I ran out of the stands, caught Dallas Grider at the 30 yard line and rode him back to the huddle of Bruins and Bruin fans and -- man -- he had a smile on his face as big as all outdoors. Needless to say, Westwood went up in flames, both movie theaters suffered a break in and a 15 minute demonstration with sympathetic Westwood residents joining in. And for good measure, Westwood & Wilshire got shut down!
Prothro revealed in a subsequent interview that he told the defense how to treat Garrett with proper sSouthern courtesy. He noted that Mike used to take about 5-15 seconds to compose himself between carries so Tommy told the boys to, "he'p him up; he'p him up" to break up Garrett's rhythm. It's the little things, don't you know!
Of course these Bruins went on to upset #1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl on New Year's day.
..follow-up to the '65 big game? Well, for sheer schadenfreude, no one can top the same game next year where Beban was injured and Norm Dow stepped in and engineered a 14-7 upset based on Cornell Champions' TD on a 425 trap play from about the Toe Jams' 48 yard line.
Guesses for tomorrow's game? No thanks. I'm going to get stewed and hope that the right "D" shows up.
Great to have PGG back for the biggest game of the year!
1. 9 for 110 and 2 TD
2. 30/45, 310, 2 TD, 0 int; 9 carries for 60 yds and 1 TD
3. I don't trust the defense...trogans 48, Bruins 45 :-( Prove me wrong, Bruins!
Bonus: the worst was the Rodney Peete measles game. The best was Marvin Goodwin's goalline interception with under a minute that preserved a 27-21 win in 1993 and sent the Bruins to the Rose Bowl. That still might be my favorite moment in all of sports in my whole life.
Go Bruins!