Good on yer, mate. In re your remark about everyone "being there", save the post pic (below) and ask them to point themselves out in the crowd.
That said, Your and Dimitri's musings on this -- particularly vis a vis The Fetus' status -- will be a treasure to read. You gotta believe there are a lot of young Bruin footballers who now believe in themselves a whole lot more than they did. I'll save the rest of my blather for your and D's sparkling analysis!
Great summary of the game Joe. Watching the last 10 minutes of the game it was (for us old people ) an Ali/Frasier fight in the trenches. No idea where it came from but the Bruins today stuck it good.
I was at a memorial service and was unable to watch the game until mid-4th quarter. To say I was absolutely gobsmacked by the score would be an understatement. I am now hoping to find a tape of the game streaming somewhere.
Go, Bruins, and congratulations to an amazing OC start, Jerry Neuheisel!
This loss has to be more demoralizing for PSU than any of the losses we experienced.
First time in 40 years a top 10 team has lost to 0-4 team. Broke Penn State’s 34-game winning streak against unranked teams. James Franklin had a lot of questionable decision-making in the 4th. Especially calling an option run on 4th and 2 when Drew Allar was the slowest runner on the field. And then not rushing our punter allowing us to take so much time off the clock on that safety.
On the other hand , very proud and happy of the game Jerry Neuheisel called, and seeing dad Rick’s reaction in the postgame show was priceless. The wildcat play in the 4th quarter was probably one of the best run play calls I’ve seen from ucla in a long time! It definitely feels like with Neuheisel calling the offense, every game feels winnable now
Franklin made suspect decisions ALL GAME! They shoulda just run that giant QB again and again as UCLA couldn't do a thing with the guy. Fitting, they bagged him to close out the win.
I didn't predict it but I pointed out slim is still a chance. This is why we play the games on the field and not in the computer or on paper, It seems to me this is our greatest win this century!
We had a neighbor who was an $c honk and when he first asked me how much my small-ish doxie-spaniel weighed one evening, I told him "oh, 13 pounds, 9 ozs". He looked puzzled for a minute and then scowled and walked away. Thereafter I always just smiled knowingly whenever we saw each other... schadenfreude rules!
Before today, I wanted them to go 0-12, and thought they would after the Northwestern game, so that all the leadership would be fired but the coordinators quit before they could be fired. After quitting, just because the going got tough, I wouldn't hire either one of them ever, which is another condemnation of the Jarmond/Foster regime.
After today, I believe that every game left on the schedule is a potentially winnable game other than Ohio State. What the hell was going on up until now? Kudos to Tim Skipper for the positivity and for the great leadership demonstration of trusting and allowing his staff to do their jobs. He seems like a genuinely nice person. And what an incredible job today by Jerry Neuheisel. The Rams could use a play caller like that. Very happy for him because he has always been a class act and a really nice young man. Congratulations to the players, they obviously deserved better than what they had.
Congratulations to the people on this board because I feel for you. You are so passionate in your love for the university. Enjoy the win.
They still need a lot of work on defense but the offense looks ready for the rest of the season.
Predictable run game, non aggressive defense and bad practice planning were to blame. Which is surprising considering how long Foster was under Chip.
Based on some chatter, sounds like Foster had a hard time enforcing his DRE—specifically the discipline—and some player treatment wasn’t great (not talking about any kind of abuse or anything like that).
Besides the aggressiveness on defense, all of these guys were just playing hard. Something they weren’t doing for the coaching leaders in the first four games.
From Joe's pix, we're more to the midfield but happy to have a similar one that also caught the final on the visiting/sun side scoreboard... people in our section were chanting Jer-ry... Jer-ry... Jer-ry like someone was about to rush out to reveal an affair! The crowd was smaller and there are still the stupid tarps but there were at least echoes of old - and I'm glad it was the first game students were back on campus for... in short, for all that is going on - for the first time in a long while - it was fun!
I’m writing this on the way to the airport to head back overseas. On one hand I’m thinking I should have gone as I rarely get a chance but I couldn’t justify it, especially as I was in town for a funeral. Then again, it’s one of those things where I think that might have jinxed it (like BruinMama during the game 😀). I’m still buzzing and the atmosphere watching was amazing - a real roller coaster. When PSU blocked the punt there was that feeling of our fantasy bubble bursting and reality crashing in, but you have to hand it to the team, particularly the offense that pulled it together to keep scoring. Great to see Jerry Neu have that debut as OC - he’s always shown passion for UCLA and it’s rewarding to see he can actually coach. This may be a short lived blip in a down year, but sometimes it’s the moments, rather than the larger picture that’s more meaningful. So good to share the moment with this community too - others that share a passion for UCLA. It gives hope that the downward spiral UCLA has been in is not inevitable and maybe we can create a brighter future. Looking forward to seeing Joe and Dimitri’s pieces this week. Go Bruins!
I, for one, thought they’d get their tails handed to them. However, this looked like a different UCLA team. Offensively, the play calling was great, on point, aggressive overall. I didn’t quite like the fact that the last 45 seconds of the game went the way they went, I would have like them to do what they did all game long which was run the ball right through Penn State. Defensively, we saw the really good UCLA with some really bad UCLA all in a span of a few minutes. Nonetheless, it was a great win. A win not even the most optimist of Bruins saw coming, but a great win for the team.
As footnote, Jerry N has earned himself serious attention for an OC job… if he continues this way for the rest of the season, I think he is worth some consideration from UCLA. He has been at school for a cool 10 years since his playing days until today. He has done his dues.
Good news everyone, the Greek festival is doing better than last year, so I’m really living good today.
Massive! Mouth shut, sealed, and agape simultaneously! Would NOT wanna be in a Penn St. practice anytime soon....
GO BRUINS!
U C L A Fight Fight Fight!
Good on yer, mate. In re your remark about everyone "being there", save the post pic (below) and ask them to point themselves out in the crowd.
That said, Your and Dimitri's musings on this -- particularly vis a vis The Fetus' status -- will be a treasure to read. You gotta believe there are a lot of young Bruin footballers who now believe in themselves a whole lot more than they did. I'll save the rest of my blather for your and D's sparkling analysis!
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Great summary of the game Joe. Watching the last 10 minutes of the game it was (for us old people ) an Ali/Frasier fight in the trenches. No idea where it came from but the Bruins today stuck it good.
Nail biter demundo!
I was at a memorial service and was unable to watch the game until mid-4th quarter. To say I was absolutely gobsmacked by the score would be an understatement. I am now hoping to find a tape of the game streaming somewhere.
Go, Bruins, and congratulations to an amazing OC start, Jerry Neuheisel!
BIG10 Channel has replays scheduled.....GO BRUINS!
Thanks, P!!
This loss has to be more demoralizing for PSU than any of the losses we experienced.
First time in 40 years a top 10 team has lost to 0-4 team. Broke Penn State’s 34-game winning streak against unranked teams. James Franklin had a lot of questionable decision-making in the 4th. Especially calling an option run on 4th and 2 when Drew Allar was the slowest runner on the field. And then not rushing our punter allowing us to take so much time off the clock on that safety.
On the other hand , very proud and happy of the game Jerry Neuheisel called, and seeing dad Rick’s reaction in the postgame show was priceless. The wildcat play in the 4th quarter was probably one of the best run play calls I’ve seen from ucla in a long time! It definitely feels like with Neuheisel calling the offense, every game feels winnable now
Franklin made suspect decisions ALL GAME! They shoulda just run that giant QB again and again as UCLA couldn't do a thing with the guy. Fitting, they bagged him to close out the win.
GO BRUINS!
In defense of Penn State, this was not the same team that went 0-4.
Also not the same offense we’ve been running for the last four weeks. That was a Mazzone/Chip hybrid and Jerry called an incredible game.
Nico balled out. Only had one or two bad throws. And we finally figured out who our best RBs are.
I didn't predict it but I pointed out slim is still a chance. This is why we play the games on the field and not in the computer or on paper, It seems to me this is our greatest win this century!
Possible.....
It's at least in the photo with 13-9
Yes that was in like 2005 I believe. I had the commemorative poster of it in my garage for years...
We had a neighbor who was an $c honk and when he first asked me how much my small-ish doxie-spaniel weighed one evening, I told him "oh, 13 pounds, 9 ozs". He looked puzzled for a minute and then scowled and walked away. Thereafter I always just smiled knowingly whenever we saw each other... schadenfreude rules!
It was 2006. I was watching in our dorm hall and I lost my mind after the interception by Eric McNeal.
Before today, I wanted them to go 0-12, and thought they would after the Northwestern game, so that all the leadership would be fired but the coordinators quit before they could be fired. After quitting, just because the going got tough, I wouldn't hire either one of them ever, which is another condemnation of the Jarmond/Foster regime.
After today, I believe that every game left on the schedule is a potentially winnable game other than Ohio State. What the hell was going on up until now? Kudos to Tim Skipper for the positivity and for the great leadership demonstration of trusting and allowing his staff to do their jobs. He seems like a genuinely nice person. And what an incredible job today by Jerry Neuheisel. The Rams could use a play caller like that. Very happy for him because he has always been a class act and a really nice young man. Congratulations to the players, they obviously deserved better than what they had.
Congratulations to the people on this board because I feel for you. You are so passionate in your love for the university. Enjoy the win.
They still need a lot of work on defense but the offense looks ready for the rest of the season.
Predictable run game, non aggressive defense and bad practice planning were to blame. Which is surprising considering how long Foster was under Chip.
Based on some chatter, sounds like Foster had a hard time enforcing his DRE—specifically the discipline—and some player treatment wasn’t great (not talking about any kind of abuse or anything like that).
Besides the aggressiveness on defense, all of these guys were just playing hard. Something they weren’t doing for the coaching leaders in the first four games.
Joe read my mind. I was thinking it would be a major accomplishment if the Bruins kept the final score deficit under 50 points.
we just had our Super Bowl this year. enjoy the moment.
Oh, I am!!!
GO, BRUINS!!!
From Joe's pix, we're more to the midfield but happy to have a similar one that also caught the final on the visiting/sun side scoreboard... people in our section were chanting Jer-ry... Jer-ry... Jer-ry like someone was about to rush out to reveal an affair! The crowd was smaller and there are still the stupid tarps but there were at least echoes of old - and I'm glad it was the first game students were back on campus for... in short, for all that is going on - for the first time in a long while - it was fun!
Go Bruins!
This is how you improve the fan experience at the Rose Bowl!!
Wasn't the way I imagine the first win would go. I would not be surprised if Franklin got Kiffin'ed.
I’m writing this on the way to the airport to head back overseas. On one hand I’m thinking I should have gone as I rarely get a chance but I couldn’t justify it, especially as I was in town for a funeral. Then again, it’s one of those things where I think that might have jinxed it (like BruinMama during the game 😀). I’m still buzzing and the atmosphere watching was amazing - a real roller coaster. When PSU blocked the punt there was that feeling of our fantasy bubble bursting and reality crashing in, but you have to hand it to the team, particularly the offense that pulled it together to keep scoring. Great to see Jerry Neu have that debut as OC - he’s always shown passion for UCLA and it’s rewarding to see he can actually coach. This may be a short lived blip in a down year, but sometimes it’s the moments, rather than the larger picture that’s more meaningful. So good to share the moment with this community too - others that share a passion for UCLA. It gives hope that the downward spiral UCLA has been in is not inevitable and maybe we can create a brighter future. Looking forward to seeing Joe and Dimitri’s pieces this week. Go Bruins!
I, for one, thought they’d get their tails handed to them. However, this looked like a different UCLA team. Offensively, the play calling was great, on point, aggressive overall. I didn’t quite like the fact that the last 45 seconds of the game went the way they went, I would have like them to do what they did all game long which was run the ball right through Penn State. Defensively, we saw the really good UCLA with some really bad UCLA all in a span of a few minutes. Nonetheless, it was a great win. A win not even the most optimist of Bruins saw coming, but a great win for the team.
As footnote, Jerry N has earned himself serious attention for an OC job… if he continues this way for the rest of the season, I think he is worth some consideration from UCLA. He has been at school for a cool 10 years since his playing days until today. He has done his dues.