.............The Battle for Los Angeles..........
WHO: USC vs. UCLA
WHEN: 1 p.m.
WHERE: The Rose Bowl
LINE: USC by 33
The last UCLA-USC football game I attended at the Rose Bowl was when Skip Hicks and Cade McNown led the improbable comeback to beat USC in double overtime. If you don't remember, Hicks on the first play from the scrimmage ran 25 yards, breaking several USC tackles. To me, that's one of the most memorable games in UCLA football history.
Things won't look so rosy for the Bruins today, but I'll still be decked in UCLA gear and sit on the 50-yard line, 21 rows up by tunnel 4. I'm taking my brother with me, a USC fan, and we'll have a good time. We plan on getting there around 9:30 a.m. for the pre-game party.
There's been a lot of talk about both USC and UCLA will wear their home jerseys in the same game for the first time in 26 years.
USC will be penalized one timeout at the start of the game for doing it. How nice of Rick Neuheisel to agree to immediately call a timeout to make it an even playing field (Yeah, I laughed at the last three words of that sentence, too).
With red jerseys out on the field maybe UCLA QB Kevin Craft won't throw as many interceptions. If he does it can get ugly.
After the Rose Bowl I'll head to the office, change and head to Temple City. Will the shoe fit for the Rams or will midnight strike early?
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Melendez worked as a correspondent for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for three years and later landed a job as a freelance writer at the Los Angeles Times before accepting an offer at The Orange County Register covering high schools. Melendez covered Major League Soccer at The Register for three years before being promoted to report on the Lakers, Angels and Dodgers for the Web. Melendez also worked for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fresno Bee, Oakland Tribune and The Boston Globe. E-mail opinions, suggestions and tips to miguel.melendez@sgvn.com. |
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Touchdown bruins...damn guy cracked his own guy! XD
The pep talk can only get the little bruins thru the tunnel. They never have an answer for who waits for them on the other side of the field. If I were a bruin fan, I'd be demanding so much more from the AD and heads running the school. Why put up with re-tread/cheating coaches, football teams having to field their 4th or 5th string- injury prone QBs cause they're constantly running for their life and bootleg cheerleaders who arent noticed by the sparse crowds in a huge bowl...
The great thing about FOOTBALL is that every game is different. It's just like the LAW of Nature. Nothing ever repeats itself and no two things are alike.
This game between SC and ucla will have different O-plays, Defensive schemes, positioned players, coaches, game plan, injuries, fans, HEART, mental stages of who gets to be hit ot put a HIT on someone.
It all boils down to HEART....leave all the records behind. Too bad they dont sell HEART at the market, cus then every player would have it.
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I don't think this UCLA team can do what the team did a couple of years ago with the 13 reasons to celebrate the season victory - but it is nice to hope...
... until the game begins, then it is probably all over.
My game prediction... USC Wins! Game will be closer than you expect though. UCLA defense will spend most of the game on the field, constantly looking over at the bruin offense with dirty looks for hanging them out to dry.
I've been to several SC-ucla blowouts in the last few years and its always funny to see UCLA fans empty out their own stadium so quickly when SC puts 50+ on them!
Final Score -
USC 27
ucla 10