UCLA Football Losing Starters

by Scipio Tex on Aug 11, 2010 1:30 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

They've already lost two starters - guard Jeff Baca to academic ineligiblity (which can be appealed) - the other their best D-lineman to a broken foot: DE Datone Jones.

I still expect UCLA to be a reasonable team this year as they have playmakers in the secondary and at linebacker and Kevin Prince can't help but be better at QB.

Neuheisel has also strung together a series of excellent recruiting classes, now just starting to see the field. I hope they'll be making more hay while the sun shines and the cheaters in South Central are reeling.

They open at Kansas State followed by home games against Stanford and Houston, so we'll know exactly what we're facing by the time they roll into Austin.

If I have to call it way early, a workmanlike 23-10 Fred Akers style Texas win is my guess.

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As someone who was present for the last UCLA visit I humbly ask that you enlarge the photo. Please.

by Gristle McThornbody on Aug 11, 2010 1:45 PM CDT reply actions

by Scipio Tex on Aug 11, 2010 2:06 PM CDT reply actions

You da man, thank you.

It seems you can identify with my emotional scars that remain almost 13 years later. Sept. 13, 1997: Skip Hicks, Cade McNown, John Mackovic. Ugh.

by Gristle McThornbody on Aug 11, 2010 2:16 PM CDT reply actions

By reasonable, did you mean:
A) not extreme or excessive
B) possessing sound judgment

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reasonable

The photo definitely not (A), and may not be (B), either. Nice find.

by Cimarrones on Aug 11, 2010 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

It’s amazing how, starting with the blonde on the right and going further West, they’re in order of my preference. That’s the sign of a talented lensman.

I was at a party in College Station the day of that massacre. Man I ate a lot of shit that day.

by magnusbleuveigner on Aug 11, 2010 2:37 PM CDT reply actions

That’s what you get for partying in College Station.

by Gristle McThornbody on Aug 11, 2010 2:52 PM CDT reply actions

“Fred Akers style Texas win”

That would mean running the I formation. We can only hope to see something like that.

by New Braunfels Horn on Aug 11, 2010 2:53 PM CDT reply actions

NBH
No, it means outstanding defense and mind numbingly inept offense. In spite of ourselves.

by NBMisha on Aug 11, 2010 3:31 PM CDT reply actions

Those UCLA cheerleaders are eyeball fucking the shit out me.

by Bobby Finnstock on Aug 11, 2010 3:35 PM CDT reply actions

I was one the few idiots who sat in Memorial Stadium for every second of that no-lube ass-raping they gave us in ’97. I just sat there in a stupor, looking at my then-girlfriend and saying “John Mackovic MUST die. He must die, and it must be an excruciatingly painful death.” Sixty-fucking-six to three. Payback is a-comin.

Re: the photo above, I’d give my appendix, kidney, spleen, and 3/4 of my large intestine for one night with the 2 on the right.

by burnt orange outrage on Aug 11, 2010 3:51 PM CDT reply actions

5, 3, 4, 1, 2. I like brunettes with great faces, then redheads, of which there are non above.

by Nero on Aug 11, 2010 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

We need UCLA to be really good this year. All these injuries and losses are not good for us.

by Speed Kills on Aug 11, 2010 4:10 PM CDT reply actions

Chick on the right looks like a slightly less attractive Hillary Scott.

by bigdukesix on Aug 11, 2010 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

I like brunettes with great feces

Say what?

by BrickHorn on Aug 11, 2010 4:54 PM CDT reply actions

“Re: the photo above, I’d give my appendix, kidney, spleen, and 3/4 of my large intestine for one night with the 2 on the right.”

What a coincidence, I would also give those parts of you for one night with them.

by nordberg on Aug 11, 2010 5:08 PM CDT reply actions

Praising the recruiting job Slick Rick is doing at a basketball school while referring to USC as the cheaters in South Central doesn’t cause any cognitive dissonance?

by bigdukesix on Aug 11, 2010 5:13 PM CDT reply actions

You could make a legit case that UCLA is the 3rd best team on the schedule…..possibly even 2nd, but it’s too early for that.

by Matt Cotcher on Aug 11, 2010 5:29 PM CDT reply actions

well played, nordberg.

by burnt orange outrage on Aug 11, 2010 5:36 PM CDT reply actions

3, 4, 5, 2, 1

by Hookah on Aug 11, 2010 6:20 PM CDT reply actions

Π, ∇, √, ♠, ∈, imo

by fitzhume on Aug 11, 2010 6:52 PM CDT reply actions

Guys that prefer blondes are boring. If you can keep up with a redhead, then you’re a real man. ;-)

by Sasha is a Longhorn Dog on Aug 11, 2010 7:39 PM CDT reply actions

1, 1, 1, 1, 1… duh!

by OldTimeHorn on Aug 11, 2010 8:18 PM CDT reply actions

Brunettes, small chest, and a nice ass.

And vag.

by magnusbleuveigner on Aug 11, 2010 8:43 PM CDT reply actions

Sasha,

My redheaded wife would likely agree with you.

by NateHeupel on Aug 11, 2010 9:19 PM CDT reply actions

Scipio,
Not only do you get it, you’ve actually got what will be the correct score of that game, 23-10. I can see 27-13, but whatever.

UCLA has the best OLB that we’ll play this year (Akeem Ayers, and “yes” that includes Travis Lewis), as well as the best Safety we’ll play this year (Rahim Moore). Thank heaven that Bryan Price left early for the NFL or we would be facing the best DT we’ll see this year as well (yes, that includes you Jared Crick). We would be really hard pressed to take our new “downhill” running game for a test drive against these guys.

Unfortunately for UCLA, graduation and injury have already made a big dent in what could’ve been a really solid team this season. They’ve had 3 straight recruiting classes in the Rivals Top 15 (average star ranking), and most of that talent is just now starting to hit the field.

With USC taking a step back, UCLA is still a year away from being ready to beat a team like Texas, but if they start to peak in late 2010, they’ll be a bitch for us to handle in 2011.

by Glass Joe on Aug 11, 2010 9:48 PM CDT reply actions