Barking Carnival

This is one hell of a stat:
Rick Neuheisel’s first loss as UCLA coach was by 59 points.
Pete Carroll’s 14 losses at USC have been by a COMBINED 59 points.
Wow.
Thanks to Senator Blutarsky for the heads up on that one.

Posted on the Red Raider internets courtesy of kezarmyaj:

Well, not really new. They’ve always been the same coach. Recruit well yet still consistently lose to biggest rival. Continually make boneheaded coaching decisions yet somehow win a national championship.
Fulmer went and laid another egg on the West Coast last night. The myth that Fulmer is an elite coach (if it still exists at […]

For 2 quarters, former SEC heavyweight champion Tennessee and Coach Phil Fulmer asserted a ground and pound strategy that lent itself to a decisive lead on the judges’ scorecard against upstart UCLA and Coach Rick Neuheisel.  However, like a seasoned Brazilian jiu-jitsu veteran, Neuheisel kept the match within reach and at the last moment, sunk a triangle […]

Just before Signing Day, we talked here about the Recruiting Rankings analysis that SMQ performed and he concluded how accurately Rivals was predicting winning percentages.
“Rivals was very, very good at picking the top teams – of the top 25 winningest teams of the last six years, all were either pegged in or very near their […]

Tough way to lose a game.

Since my wife asked me if I could do something productive instead of just sitting in my Lazy Boy watching ball games night in and night out, (Thank you ESPN Gameplan), I’ve decided to give y’all a recap on some of the better games. Color me productive. And since the Madness is descending […]

According to the Los Angeles Times.
He’s making about $1 million a year as the Titans offensive coordinator, and Karl Dorrell’s UCLA contract was $850,000 plus incentives.
Hard to compete against Pete Carroll on that salary.
Other candidates to replace Dorrell include Greg Davis. Davis is also a candidate to replace Chow if he leaves the Titans.

As Marques Johnson said 18 times during the telecast, it really was a tale of two halves. Texas came out playing beautiful basketball on both ends of the floor for the first 20 and then held on after UCLA adjusted for a nice signature win in Cali. Big win and huge confidence builder […]