Well one new thing they did is include an NIL donation link to the announcement email. Seems like the athletic dept might finally be embracing NIL 3 years too late
I wouldn’t be surprised if Martin’s given plenty of time to find a new job on UCLAs dime while being able to take credit for hiring his coach. UCLA gets rid of him without having to buy him out, Jarmond gets a soft landing. Win-win for everyone.
I'll assume that the UCLA job is HC Chesney's biggest challenge that he's faced in his entire career. But he apparently has a clear plan on how to fix things, and hope he gets all the support that he needs to get it done!
I think the negative comments are pointed at Jarmond. It's sad that UCLA athletics, particularly football, has hit a low point under his watch. If we won't fire him, then hopefully he'll keep his hands off and his mouth shut. I think Chesney is a great hire and I'm rooting for him, but proof will be in the pudding. He's a winner, but will UCLA give him the support he needs to build a nationally relevant program?
Keep Julio Frenk (aka Blockhead 2.0) and Martin Jarmond (aka Donuthead Jelly 2.0) far far away from ANY Athletic program at UCLA and those programs have a pretty good chance of thriving.
So here is what I didn't realize. Bob Chesney really wanted this job, and he marketed himself for it. Apparently, he penned a 15-page "plan" to resurrect the UCLA football program. Now that to me is fascinating. I don't think I've heard of a high-level and high sought after coach doing this before. So, this is a more unique situation than the regular coaching hire. Both sides really wanted this. Typically, it's the coach that wants the cash that resonates. Here it may have been cash for Chesney, but it's also a step up for him (as far as Conference stature & competition) and he HAS A PLAN. I also learned that this wasn't completely unique in that Curt Cignetti from Indiana did the same thing when the Hoosiers came knocking. Let's hope for UCLA and the UCLA Athletic community that Indiana's history repeats itself with our Bruins.
Wonder if the big donors are going to start pouring money in now. I see a pretty splashy introduction webpage, but sorry, nobody can buy any tickets yet for Bruins home games at the Rose Bowl (or SoFi Stadium, LOL):
And if longer is better, then the dysfunctional UCLA Athletics administration is improving on their ability to write lengthy press releases when announcing their new HCs: Chip Alford (contained 42 words total), DeShaun Foster (755), and now Bob Chesney (1,122).
After going through multiple HC failures from hiring former Bruins (with and without HC experience) and NFL retreads, I think the Bruins are very fortunate to get someone like HC Chesney to come to Westwood. I wish him all the luck in the world in putting out the dumpster fire, rebuilding the UCLA football program, and avoiding the jelly donuts from inept AD Martin Guerrero (that curse of Frenkenstein still exists!).
Looks like the incompetent folks fixed that broken link for buying tickets and changed it to a "Ticket Information Request Form". They also added a "2026 Season Ticket Deposits" link (for sending $99). It's crazy how the Bruins hire a new HC, but their home field is legally up in the air with their intention to just break the contract with the Rose Bowl and move to SoFi Stadium next season.
I noticed the "Ticket Information Request Form" has disappeared, and now the broken link is back. The website problems apparently reflect the AD's incompetence!
Yes, they will let him coach for as long as they can win through the playoff, most likely one game, but you never can tell! It simply increases Chesney's stock, the deeper he could go, the more the UCLA hire looks better and better and the more opportunity to land better players. But there are no illusions here, JMU will probably be one and done, if they do indeed get seated in the CFP. Still, it's good from a recruiting and a portal perspective for UCLA, who wouldn't want to come and play for a CFP Playoff coach.
Very good news for JMU of course, probably good news for the Ducks, not the Dukes (actual game-wise), good news for Chesney and the UCLA program because it brings more stature to Westwood and should really help with recruiting and the portal. And another really good thing about Chesney is that he is a big "line guy", he believes as does Kirby Smart, Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Ryan Day and other really good coaches that it all starts and ends with a very good and strong Offensive and Defensive line. Look for a lot of linemen being sought after and recruited come Portal time in a few weeks for UCLA. As for the immediate and JMU/Chesney against Oregon... Well not much of a chance there, but everyone still needs to play the game. I'm hopeful that even though I'm a realist and know Oregon will most likely bury JMU, that JMU makes a fight of it and can at least pull it to a close game. Think of it this way Bob, it's your first Big-10 game!
With Coach Chesney and the Dukes being in the CFP, I do believe our ability to get outstanding recruits just increased another notch. The CFP spotlight shines brightly on Chesney and his capacity to take a G5 team to the playoffs. Recruits will want to play for him at UCLA 💙💛💙💛
Meanwhile, over at suc-ster, with all of them laughing at UCLA and reveling in our struggles, they are stuck with Riley, no CFP, and he is a loser defined, with 2 minor bowl game wins. 🤣🤣🤣
No matter what the buyout is, if Riley doesn't win it all next season, he will be done at SUC. A 9-3 team with the #1 recruiting class had better produce MAJOR results. But it won't be easy as they have @Indiana, @Ohio St and Oregon & Notre Dame at home, some pretty tough games. As for UCLA, if they can get to 5-7 next season, I will be happy (San Diego St, Nevada, Michigan St, Purdue, Wisconsin). Yea, I think Chesney is "the guy", but the program has been so torn apart by Chester (aka Chip Kelly) and Donuthole Jelly 2.0 (aka Jarmond) that it may take at least two seasons to turn things around. Yes, Chesney has a reputation of being a very good recruiter as well as someone who knows his way around the NIL processes, that helps a great deal, and he is a very good football coach on the field. All of these talents will be needed. The UCLA football schedule isn't a picnic either as they start the season @CAL and that will be a very tough game, then they have games @Michigan and @Oregon. At least he will have some experience with the game @Oregon, another positive of JMU making the playoffs.
I just keep hoping for an Indiana like turnaround. Indiana was bottom of the barrell and in two years, they are #1. Granted they have the scumbag Cuban funding them but the donations are already pouring into Champion of Westwood, and UCLA has a ton of wealthy donors and Chesney has the intelligence, presence and charisma to get the funding.
The thing I love so much about Chesney is his ability to develop 3* players into champions and quickly. That is a rare intangible that we will need until recruiting catches up.
I think we are looking at a much better record than 5-7 next year, especially if Chesney brings his star players and does well in the portal.
Everything is looking up except for the Heads and Holes. But my only hope is that Jelly 2.0 stays in his corner and keeps his mouth shut. Highly unlikely since Blockhead 2.0 seems to adore him, smdh 😡
Donuthole Jelly 2.0 just needs to "read the room" at this point. None of the Athletic programs at UCLA who want to be successful, which is all of them, want anything to do with Donuthole Jelly 2.0. So, when I said a 5-7 record, I picked the most obvious easy teams UCLA will play next season. Just remember when Vince Lombadi came back into coaching his first year back after leaving the Packers two years prior, he was only 7-5-2 with the Washington Redskins, their prior year was 5-9, so essentially Lombardi improved a very poor Redskin team by 2 games or if you count the ties, by 2 1/2 games. Hence, I'm going with the "Lombardi rule", a two-game improvement from 3-9 is 5-7. Again, I think Chesney is a very good coach, but he isn't another Vince Lombardi, there will never be another Vince Lombardi.
While we would all love to see an Indiana-like turnaround, I honestly don't think that's realistic (and I'm not saying that's specifically your expectation, Tamara - just speaking to the sentiment).
What Cignetti has done at Indiana is unprecedented in the history of the sport and speaks to his excellence as a coach and the Indiana football program's ability to quickly rebuild a team in the current player NIL/portal/compensation era. I don't think it's fair for us to hold Chesney to the bar Cignetti has set since basically no one has ever done what he has. More importantly, I have zero faith that a Jarmond-led athletic department will work the system even half as successfully as Indiana has - and I have no idea if their AD is remotely competent or not.
The Dukes of Madison are 20-point underdogs to the #5 lame Ducks, but I like this CFP pairing mainly because it will reveal how far (or close) HC Chesney is to being able to compete against top-tier Big-10 competition. As far as underachieving U$C goes, they were beaten by the lame Ducks 42-27 and now can only sit and watch as our new HC gets a chance to try to pull off an upset.
On paper, JMU is way overmatched and in College football, coaches can make adjustments, play to strengths and weaknesses but when your overmatched, your overmatched. Hence if it's a close game, I'd say we have our coach, if it's a lame Duck blowout, then who knows. Chesney's JMU is already overmatched on talent and athletic capability. But it will help Chesney understand what he needs to beat a program like Oregon and since he will be facing them the very next season in the same stadium and location but with a different team, this alone will be of great benefit. Maybe he goes up to Eugene with a more athletically capable team from recruits and the portal in direct response to what he learns in this upcoming CFP game.
I had the same expectations of a pending blowout loss when the Bruins were about to face PSU, but then UCLA's stunning upset caught everyone by surprise and initiated the turmoil that followed for the PSU football program. JMU needs a similar miracle against the lame Ducks!
Bill Dwyre is a Notre Dame alum and named off 15 random Rose Bowl factoids, mostly from the 1900's, that had more to do with *$c than anything related to why UCLA should stay at the Rose Bowl.
I think us leaving the Rose Bowl for SoFi is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic and ultimately dumb, but Dwyre's piece was a tangential waste of time for me.
I politely disagree GB. Although there are only portions of the article that directly address UCLA memories, I think that there is a premise that Mr. Dwyre was alluding to that is right on point. I’ve been to multiple games at both venues. In my humble opinion, it would be a travesty to lose the tailgate/college atmosphere/history of the Rose Bowl, and then replace it with the sterile, corporate atmosphere of Sofi, especially now, as we are on the precipice of resurrecting our college football program (with more such UCLA related memories to be created.). Sofi is a great venue for the Rams and Chargers, but it doesn't say "college football" like Keith Jackson and Terry Donahue do every time we walk into the place.
We're mostly on the same page, perceptive1. I totally agree with you that leaving the Rose Bowl for SoFi is a terrible idea, and the tailgate scene, atmosphere, and the UCLA-related history in Pasadena are all key reasons to stay (as is the part about having a lease that would be both economically and morally very expensive to break). But Dwyre waxing about Texas and the great Leon Uris and Brandi's iconic goal and any *$c related memory shows me that he doesn't understand the Bruin family in the least.
I actually think it's more than just dumb. Imho, we are no longer moving a sinking Titanic now that we have Chesney.
Chesney will bring fans to the Rose Bowl. He will fill it up to the rafters in rapid time.
But...
He will have a much harder time getting fans to soulless SoFi, especially families and students who can't afford parking, have literally no place to tailgate, no grass for kids to play, and don't want to be near the gang infested dumpster that is Inglewood.
I am hoping Chesney politely tells the Donut Head jelly slime to get out of the way, and leave the program to its real leader.
I agree with you on all of this, Tamara, except maybe the part about rapidly filling the Rose Bowl to the rafters. I think there are so many battered Bruin fans who are in a prolonged wait and see mode at this point that it may take a while to win them back. Such is the damage that Jarmond has inflicted on our program, and certainly SoFi does nothing to repair that.
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I lost my mom this year, and I was her sole caregiver until she died.
She was my best friend, my confidant, the one I traveled with, the one I shopped with, and the one who sat next to me for every UCLA game, basketball and football.
She was the first one I hugged, when we scored a touchdown and beat suc for the championship and went to the Rose Bowl on New Year's day, and when we won the basketball Nattie in '95.
So these past years have been horrible, as she was so ill and our Bruins were in ruins. But this past year, it was the darkest by far.
After going to the RB religiously for 25 years, the majority of those as a season ticket holder (and WAF donor, of course), there is NOTHING compelling me to buy season tix to the Bruins at SoFi.
I think Chesney is a unbelievable hire, in particular for this athletic department. I have to presume that Jarmond had very little to do with it, other than facilitating. But he's got a major rebuild on his hands, and, as you note, I am far too battered to endure being there for it in person, let alone paying even more for it.
And I can guarantee that I am far from alone among fellow season ticket holders, some for four or five decades.
Agree with gbruin. This "article" was a list of random facts and 90% of them were unrelated to UCLA. Heck some of them are about USC playing in the rose bowl game. And there is a random aside about how the rose bowl is next to a golf course
Just listened to the Chesney pressor after JMU learned they were in the CFP.
Chesney has so much class, something you can't teach. It's something you are born with. You can tell how much reverence he has for his players, how much gratitude he holds for the moment.
Cronin is the opposite.
While I will always cheer my heart out for the men's bb team, there is an emptiness, a disconnect. A lack of joy. And a lack of possibility of ever winning a championship. Cronin is the reason.
While some of you will always embrace Cronin on some level, and defend him with a sincere heart, the contrast between him and Chesney is already ever clear.
And I believe...
Chesney will turn around UCLA Football. He will get the funding, it's already happening. He will succeed. He will be revered, for his character first, and then his record.
While Cronin will fall further into the abyss, the deep shadows.
Perhaps Cronin's best bet is to walk away, open his own exit door. Leave peacefully.
Then we will need Bob Myers to lead the search for a real human being who can lead and succeed naturally, and who is naturally revered on all levels.
Expect someone there to read the room, take all of the credit because he's successfully hired winning HCs before, and then dish out hopium and jelly donuts.
There is a long way to go. I'll believe in change when I see Jarmond gone. Good luck to Bob Chesney.
"UCLA is willing to do what it takes to build a championship-level program."
On this beautiful Saturday morning in Southern California, I'm going to blissfully interpret that statement as "Goodbye, Martin!".
Well one new thing they did is include an NIL donation link to the announcement email. Seems like the athletic dept might finally be embracing NIL 3 years too late
Yeah, I saw that in the email. Agree that it's probably a bit too late. A lot of catching up to do.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as they say.
Bob Chesney's heartfelt words show his genuine, steady and strong character. The leadership he speaks of will be his alone.
Blockhead 2.0 and Donut Head Jelly 2.0 offer the same verbal bag of canned garbage.
The two Heads and their Holes will be relegated to Chesney's shadow. The contrast will be ever present.
But imho, Chesney will be Football's Wooden. He will rise above, and he will begin with how to put your socks and cleats on.
God bless you Bob Chesney and with open arms and all of our hearts, welcome to our beloved UCLA.
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I hope he turns out to be our Coach Cig. Love the Wooden analogy.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Martin’s given plenty of time to find a new job on UCLAs dime while being able to take credit for hiring his coach. UCLA gets rid of him without having to buy him out, Jarmond gets a soft landing. Win-win for everyone.
I have thought of that too... as long as Donut Head Jelly 2.0 is gone, even if it feels immorally sideways...
But I would really love to see the Donut suffer consequences for his 'deeds' especially if he had his slimey hands in the alleged tax fraud scheme...
Blockhead 2.0 must assuredly be aware of that possibility... of the criminality and all...
It is odd that such effusive praise continues to spew from Blockhead for the Donut but perhaps all is not how it seems.
I will add one more thing... it's a great day to be alive, and be a Bruin!
This day is simply pure awesomeness!!! 💙💛💙💛
And equally happy that suc has stellar leaders like riley and lynn 🤣
I don’t get it. Does the “cheerleader” aka Jarmond have some nasty smut on Frenk and Wasserman?
Perhaps they have nasty smut on each other 🤣
From the LA times article about the announcement:
"The Bruins managed zero first-, second- or third-team All-Big Ten selections this season."
That's a pretty steep hill to climb.
I'll assume that the UCLA job is HC Chesney's biggest challenge that he's faced in his entire career. But he apparently has a clear plan on how to fix things, and hope he gets all the support that he needs to get it done!
A good hire imo.
Wow, still so many negative comments in here.
Hoping for a 7 to 9 win season next year! Go Bruins!
I think the negative comments are pointed at Jarmond. It's sad that UCLA athletics, particularly football, has hit a low point under his watch. If we won't fire him, then hopefully he'll keep his hands off and his mouth shut. I think Chesney is a great hire and I'm rooting for him, but proof will be in the pudding. He's a winner, but will UCLA give him the support he needs to build a nationally relevant program?
Keep Julio Frenk (aka Blockhead 2.0) and Martin Jarmond (aka Donuthead Jelly 2.0) far far away from ANY Athletic program at UCLA and those programs have a pretty good chance of thriving.
Amen 💙💛💙💛
So here is what I didn't realize. Bob Chesney really wanted this job, and he marketed himself for it. Apparently, he penned a 15-page "plan" to resurrect the UCLA football program. Now that to me is fascinating. I don't think I've heard of a high-level and high sought after coach doing this before. So, this is a more unique situation than the regular coaching hire. Both sides really wanted this. Typically, it's the coach that wants the cash that resonates. Here it may have been cash for Chesney, but it's also a step up for him (as far as Conference stature & competition) and he HAS A PLAN. I also learned that this wasn't completely unique in that Curt Cignetti from Indiana did the same thing when the Hoosiers came knocking. Let's hope for UCLA and the UCLA Athletic community that Indiana's history repeats itself with our Bruins.
Tony White did this when he marketed himself for the job after Chip left, Martin just thought nothing needed fixing.
Wonder if the big donors are going to start pouring money in now. I see a pretty splashy introduction webpage, but sorry, nobody can buy any tickets yet for Bruins home games at the Rose Bowl (or SoFi Stadium, LOL):
https://static.uclabruins.com/custompages/meet_coach_chesney/index.htm
And if longer is better, then the dysfunctional UCLA Athletics administration is improving on their ability to write lengthy press releases when announcing their new HCs: Chip Alford (contained 42 words total), DeShaun Foster (755), and now Bob Chesney (1,122).
After going through multiple HC failures from hiring former Bruins (with and without HC experience) and NFL retreads, I think the Bruins are very fortunate to get someone like HC Chesney to come to Westwood. I wish him all the luck in the world in putting out the dumpster fire, rebuilding the UCLA football program, and avoiding the jelly donuts from inept AD Martin Guerrero (that curse of Frenkenstein still exists!).
Go Bruins!
Champion of Westwood has already started a campaign and I think they have raised $95,000 with a donor pledging to match up to $200,000.
Champion of Westwood has taken over for Bruin for Life as the NIL rep.
Sounds like a good start--is it tax deductible? ;-)
🤣 not funny.
Looks like the incompetent folks fixed that broken link for buying tickets and changed it to a "Ticket Information Request Form". They also added a "2026 Season Ticket Deposits" link (for sending $99). It's crazy how the Bruins hire a new HC, but their home field is legally up in the air with their intention to just break the contract with the Rose Bowl and move to SoFi Stadium next season.
I noticed the "Ticket Information Request Form" has disappeared, and now the broken link is back. The website problems apparently reflect the AD's incompetence!
Looks like we may have a "CFP Playoff" head coach on our hands as Duke beats Virginia in the ACC Championship.
Indeed!
I presume UCLA is allowing him to continue with coaching JMU through the playoffs?
Yes, they will let him coach for as long as they can win through the playoff, most likely one game, but you never can tell! It simply increases Chesney's stock, the deeper he could go, the more the UCLA hire looks better and better and the more opportunity to land better players. But there are no illusions here, JMU will probably be one and done, if they do indeed get seated in the CFP. Still, it's good from a recruiting and a portal perspective for UCLA, who wouldn't want to come and play for a CFP Playoff coach.
JMU is in!!! Go Dukes! 💙
Bob Chesney is officially a playoff coach! It’ll be very easy to root for him against the Ducks lol
So excited for Coach Chesney and the Dukes! Yes, I hope JMU destroys the dux, eugene is a pit.
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Very good news for JMU of course, probably good news for the Ducks, not the Dukes (actual game-wise), good news for Chesney and the UCLA program because it brings more stature to Westwood and should really help with recruiting and the portal. And another really good thing about Chesney is that he is a big "line guy", he believes as does Kirby Smart, Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Ryan Day and other really good coaches that it all starts and ends with a very good and strong Offensive and Defensive line. Look for a lot of linemen being sought after and recruited come Portal time in a few weeks for UCLA. As for the immediate and JMU/Chesney against Oregon... Well not much of a chance there, but everyone still needs to play the game. I'm hopeful that even though I'm a realist and know Oregon will most likely bury JMU, that JMU makes a fight of it and can at least pull it to a close game. Think of it this way Bob, it's your first Big-10 game!
With Coach Chesney and the Dukes being in the CFP, I do believe our ability to get outstanding recruits just increased another notch. The CFP spotlight shines brightly on Chesney and his capacity to take a G5 team to the playoffs. Recruits will want to play for him at UCLA 💙💛💙💛
Meanwhile, over at suc-ster, with all of them laughing at UCLA and reveling in our struggles, they are stuck with Riley, no CFP, and he is a loser defined, with 2 minor bowl game wins. 🤣🤣🤣
No matter what the buyout is, if Riley doesn't win it all next season, he will be done at SUC. A 9-3 team with the #1 recruiting class had better produce MAJOR results. But it won't be easy as they have @Indiana, @Ohio St and Oregon & Notre Dame at home, some pretty tough games. As for UCLA, if they can get to 5-7 next season, I will be happy (San Diego St, Nevada, Michigan St, Purdue, Wisconsin). Yea, I think Chesney is "the guy", but the program has been so torn apart by Chester (aka Chip Kelly) and Donuthole Jelly 2.0 (aka Jarmond) that it may take at least two seasons to turn things around. Yes, Chesney has a reputation of being a very good recruiter as well as someone who knows his way around the NIL processes, that helps a great deal, and he is a very good football coach on the field. All of these talents will be needed. The UCLA football schedule isn't a picnic either as they start the season @CAL and that will be a very tough game, then they have games @Michigan and @Oregon. At least he will have some experience with the game @Oregon, another positive of JMU making the playoffs.
I just keep hoping for an Indiana like turnaround. Indiana was bottom of the barrell and in two years, they are #1. Granted they have the scumbag Cuban funding them but the donations are already pouring into Champion of Westwood, and UCLA has a ton of wealthy donors and Chesney has the intelligence, presence and charisma to get the funding.
The thing I love so much about Chesney is his ability to develop 3* players into champions and quickly. That is a rare intangible that we will need until recruiting catches up.
I think we are looking at a much better record than 5-7 next year, especially if Chesney brings his star players and does well in the portal.
Everything is looking up except for the Heads and Holes. But my only hope is that Jelly 2.0 stays in his corner and keeps his mouth shut. Highly unlikely since Blockhead 2.0 seems to adore him, smdh 😡
Donuthole Jelly 2.0 just needs to "read the room" at this point. None of the Athletic programs at UCLA who want to be successful, which is all of them, want anything to do with Donuthole Jelly 2.0. So, when I said a 5-7 record, I picked the most obvious easy teams UCLA will play next season. Just remember when Vince Lombadi came back into coaching his first year back after leaving the Packers two years prior, he was only 7-5-2 with the Washington Redskins, their prior year was 5-9, so essentially Lombardi improved a very poor Redskin team by 2 games or if you count the ties, by 2 1/2 games. Hence, I'm going with the "Lombardi rule", a two-game improvement from 3-9 is 5-7. Again, I think Chesney is a very good coach, but he isn't another Vince Lombardi, there will never be another Vince Lombardi.
While we would all love to see an Indiana-like turnaround, I honestly don't think that's realistic (and I'm not saying that's specifically your expectation, Tamara - just speaking to the sentiment).
What Cignetti has done at Indiana is unprecedented in the history of the sport and speaks to his excellence as a coach and the Indiana football program's ability to quickly rebuild a team in the current player NIL/portal/compensation era. I don't think it's fair for us to hold Chesney to the bar Cignetti has set since basically no one has ever done what he has. More importantly, I have zero faith that a Jarmond-led athletic department will work the system even half as successfully as Indiana has - and I have no idea if their AD is remotely competent or not.
The Dukes of Madison are 20-point underdogs to the #5 lame Ducks, but I like this CFP pairing mainly because it will reveal how far (or close) HC Chesney is to being able to compete against top-tier Big-10 competition. As far as underachieving U$C goes, they were beaten by the lame Ducks 42-27 and now can only sit and watch as our new HC gets a chance to try to pull off an upset.
On paper, JMU is way overmatched and in College football, coaches can make adjustments, play to strengths and weaknesses but when your overmatched, your overmatched. Hence if it's a close game, I'd say we have our coach, if it's a lame Duck blowout, then who knows. Chesney's JMU is already overmatched on talent and athletic capability. But it will help Chesney understand what he needs to beat a program like Oregon and since he will be facing them the very next season in the same stadium and location but with a different team, this alone will be of great benefit. Maybe he goes up to Eugene with a more athletically capable team from recruits and the portal in direct response to what he learns in this upcoming CFP game.
I had the same expectations of a pending blowout loss when the Bruins were about to face PSU, but then UCLA's stunning upset caught everyone by surprise and initiated the turmoil that followed for the PSU football program. JMU needs a similar miracle against the lame Ducks!
Another great piece by Bolch: Bill Dwyre weighs in on 15 reasons why UCLA should not leave the Rose Bowl.
https://x.com/latbbolch/status/1997902204062122271?s=46
Hope Coach Chesney expresses the same to Donut Head Jelly 2.0 and his Holes!
Bill Dwyre is a Notre Dame alum and named off 15 random Rose Bowl factoids, mostly from the 1900's, that had more to do with *$c than anything related to why UCLA should stay at the Rose Bowl.
I think us leaving the Rose Bowl for SoFi is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic and ultimately dumb, but Dwyre's piece was a tangential waste of time for me.
I politely disagree GB. Although there are only portions of the article that directly address UCLA memories, I think that there is a premise that Mr. Dwyre was alluding to that is right on point. I’ve been to multiple games at both venues. In my humble opinion, it would be a travesty to lose the tailgate/college atmosphere/history of the Rose Bowl, and then replace it with the sterile, corporate atmosphere of Sofi, especially now, as we are on the precipice of resurrecting our college football program (with more such UCLA related memories to be created.). Sofi is a great venue for the Rams and Chargers, but it doesn't say "college football" like Keith Jackson and Terry Donahue do every time we walk into the place.
We're mostly on the same page, perceptive1. I totally agree with you that leaving the Rose Bowl for SoFi is a terrible idea, and the tailgate scene, atmosphere, and the UCLA-related history in Pasadena are all key reasons to stay (as is the part about having a lease that would be both economically and morally very expensive to break). But Dwyre waxing about Texas and the great Leon Uris and Brandi's iconic goal and any *$c related memory shows me that he doesn't understand the Bruin family in the least.
Plus he spells his name funny and I just had to go back to edit all these comments lol
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I actually think it's more than just dumb. Imho, we are no longer moving a sinking Titanic now that we have Chesney.
Chesney will bring fans to the Rose Bowl. He will fill it up to the rafters in rapid time.
But...
He will have a much harder time getting fans to soulless SoFi, especially families and students who can't afford parking, have literally no place to tailgate, no grass for kids to play, and don't want to be near the gang infested dumpster that is Inglewood.
I am hoping Chesney politely tells the Donut Head jelly slime to get out of the way, and leave the program to its real leader.
I agree with you on all of this, Tamara, except maybe the part about rapidly filling the Rose Bowl to the rafters. I think there are so many battered Bruin fans who are in a prolonged wait and see mode at this point that it may take a while to win them back. Such is the damage that Jarmond has inflicted on our program, and certainly SoFi does nothing to repair that.
Perhaps I am too optimistic. It's that young girl idealism from my days at UCLA that Chesney seems to bring forth.
Maybe my hope is a bit too high but part of it is me trying to hold onto something after such a distressful year 😢💔
Donut Head Jelly 2.0 is a coward trying to save his a**. I pray he somehow becomes benign as Chesney takes over.
Chesney has to see through the slimebag and know about the alleged tax fraud. Perhaps there is more than meets the eye.
Oh believe me I so hope you are right on this. I am probably projecting my own battered Bruin syndrome too much.
Oh no---in addition to anti-Cronin fever, Cronin's disease, hopium addiction, etc., we also have to find a treatment for battered Bruin syndrome!
One correction, I think you meant to say "such distressful YEARS" 😂😂
Hi Big...
I know you didn't know but Greg does... and I don't know what I would do without this loving community, right here...💙💛
I lost my mom this year, and I was her sole caregiver until she died.
She was my best friend, my confidant, the one I traveled with, the one I shopped with, and the one who sat next to me for every UCLA game, basketball and football.
She was the first one I hugged, when we scored a touchdown and beat suc for the championship and went to the Rose Bowl on New Year's day, and when we won the basketball Nattie in '95.
So these past years have been horrible, as she was so ill and our Bruins were in ruins. But this past year, it was the darkest by far.
I lost my sense of home, when I lost her 💙💛💙💛
You are absolutely correct, GB.
After going to the RB religiously for 25 years, the majority of those as a season ticket holder (and WAF donor, of course), there is NOTHING compelling me to buy season tix to the Bruins at SoFi.
I think Chesney is a unbelievable hire, in particular for this athletic department. I have to presume that Jarmond had very little to do with it, other than facilitating. But he's got a major rebuild on his hands, and, as you note, I am far too battered to endure being there for it in person, let alone paying even more for it.
And I can guarantee that I am far from alone among fellow season ticket holders, some for four or five decades.
Agree with gbruin. This "article" was a list of random facts and 90% of them were unrelated to UCLA. Heck some of them are about USC playing in the rose bowl game. And there is a random aside about how the rose bowl is next to a golf course
Just listened to the Chesney pressor after JMU learned they were in the CFP.
Chesney has so much class, something you can't teach. It's something you are born with. You can tell how much reverence he has for his players, how much gratitude he holds for the moment.
Cronin is the opposite.
While I will always cheer my heart out for the men's bb team, there is an emptiness, a disconnect. A lack of joy. And a lack of possibility of ever winning a championship. Cronin is the reason.
While some of you will always embrace Cronin on some level, and defend him with a sincere heart, the contrast between him and Chesney is already ever clear.
And I believe...
Chesney will turn around UCLA Football. He will get the funding, it's already happening. He will succeed. He will be revered, for his character first, and then his record.
While Cronin will fall further into the abyss, the deep shadows.
Perhaps Cronin's best bet is to walk away, open his own exit door. Leave peacefully.
Then we will need Bob Myers to lead the search for a real human being who can lead and succeed naturally, and who is naturally revered on all levels.
That is all 💙💛💙💛
I'm really hoping there is a live stream of his into presser tomorrow morning.
His intro press conference is scheduled to be broadcast live at 10:30am PT tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ees7PQqIZFw
Expect someone there to read the room, take all of the credit because he's successfully hired winning HCs before, and then dish out hopium and jelly donuts.
Awesome. Thank you Bruin4ever!!!
My pleasure, GregBruin!