As I said in the game thread, the way I see it, we are playing with house money for the rest of the season. Regardless of the outcome of the next two games, I am soooo proud of our boys, Skipper, and Jerry!!
Totally agree - at this point we are 3-4, with Foster at the helm we would have been 0-7. I watched the game on delayed tape, there were some positives, great passes at times - good tackling and it is terrific to see the long runs. Go Bruins
The vintage unis were cool…the football was pretty brutal, but a win is a win. Maryland was pretty bad, and the Bruins were fortunate that the calm, true freshman Terp QB that the TV guy kept raving about was wildly erratic and inaccurate most of the evening. Also, a few ghosts of Bruins past…multiple false starts, some disjointed play calling from little Jerry, and strange field goal follies courtesy of Tim Skipper. But again, a win is a win - but this one also reminded us that this team is far from the upper echelon, and are capable of being competitive only when they combine perfect execution with solid game management. Will be interested to see how they handle Indiana; at least we can assume they’ll see more competent officiating.
Final note - did agree with the analyst on one thing: Mikey Matthews is a decent receiver, but an exceptional actor…extracted two important PIs from this admittedly inept crew…although one of them felt like a obvious makeup call for the phantom block in the back. Well, as all the announcers seemed to be trained to say: You gotta love college football !
SPTR lives! How does a field goal only burn 2 seconds????? The person starting the game clock get a share of Coach Franklin's buyout?
The secret to the game? My wife and I attended in our seats until midway through the 4th quarter. Under tremendous pressure from my chat friends we were forced to leave the inside of the stadium to take refuge in the Justin Wine garden. Upon leaving our seats victory was ensured. Attend the game 0 and 4. Watch on TV 3 and 0....... Not traveling to Indiana so there is hope!!!
This game was brutal to watch. Sloppy teams, really really bad officiating, some very questionable play calling on both sides of the ball for both teams.
Nonetheless, UCLA won and for confidence this does wonders for this team. They can win with exciting football but they showed today they can win ugly, and relying on the defense.
Talking about the much maligned defense, they were much better. They got multiple stops, and a couple of turnovers. Again, I wonder how much of this success is due to the opposing team not being very good, and how much of the success tonight was/is due to this defensive unit really improving.
As a footnote, a more aggressive play calling from UCLA would have probably put this game out of Maryland’s reach. I got the impression (most likely I am wrong here-but maybe I am not) that UCLA wasn’t being aggressive with their play calling, like they were trying to not show all their cards. I wonder if they were saving something for next week. Play calling got more aggressive the last 4 minutes of the game, where UCLA was down and had to really do something to win the game.
I will go on a limb and say UCLA pulls the upset next week. I hope I am right. 🤞🕯️
As I said in the game thread, the way I see it, we are playing with house money for the rest of the season. Regardless of the outcome of the next two games, I am soooo proud of our boys, Skipper, and Jerry!!
Totally agree - at this point we are 3-4, with Foster at the helm we would have been 0-7. I watched the game on delayed tape, there were some positives, great passes at times - good tackling and it is terrific to see the long runs. Go Bruins
The vintage unis were cool…the football was pretty brutal, but a win is a win. Maryland was pretty bad, and the Bruins were fortunate that the calm, true freshman Terp QB that the TV guy kept raving about was wildly erratic and inaccurate most of the evening. Also, a few ghosts of Bruins past…multiple false starts, some disjointed play calling from little Jerry, and strange field goal follies courtesy of Tim Skipper. But again, a win is a win - but this one also reminded us that this team is far from the upper echelon, and are capable of being competitive only when they combine perfect execution with solid game management. Will be interested to see how they handle Indiana; at least we can assume they’ll see more competent officiating.
Final note - did agree with the analyst on one thing: Mikey Matthews is a decent receiver, but an exceptional actor…extracted two important PIs from this admittedly inept crew…although one of them felt like a obvious makeup call for the phantom block in the back. Well, as all the announcers seemed to be trained to say: You gotta love college football !
Thank God they fired Foster.
Martin Guerrero next.
I can’t recall the last time we won a game on a last second field goal. The only blemish was we should’ve waited until 2 seconds to call the time out.
SPTR lives! How does a field goal only burn 2 seconds????? The person starting the game clock get a share of Coach Franklin's buyout?
The secret to the game? My wife and I attended in our seats until midway through the 4th quarter. Under tremendous pressure from my chat friends we were forced to leave the inside of the stadium to take refuge in the Justin Wine garden. Upon leaving our seats victory was ensured. Attend the game 0 and 4. Watch on TV 3 and 0....... Not traveling to Indiana so there is hope!!!
This game was brutal to watch. Sloppy teams, really really bad officiating, some very questionable play calling on both sides of the ball for both teams.
Nonetheless, UCLA won and for confidence this does wonders for this team. They can win with exciting football but they showed today they can win ugly, and relying on the defense.
Talking about the much maligned defense, they were much better. They got multiple stops, and a couple of turnovers. Again, I wonder how much of this success is due to the opposing team not being very good, and how much of the success tonight was/is due to this defensive unit really improving.
As a footnote, a more aggressive play calling from UCLA would have probably put this game out of Maryland’s reach. I got the impression (most likely I am wrong here-but maybe I am not) that UCLA wasn’t being aggressive with their play calling, like they were trying to not show all their cards. I wonder if they were saving something for next week. Play calling got more aggressive the last 4 minutes of the game, where UCLA was down and had to really do something to win the game.
I will go on a limb and say UCLA pulls the upset next week. I hope I am right. 🤞🕯️