Good point. And you will see the same thing when we play Cal and some others as well. So my question is, how many yongsters couldn't get in to Usc and had to go elsewhere to play? What about ASU? Washington State? Arizona? Cal has lower admission standards than Ucla and has majors that allow them to accommodate such students, but their standards are still quite solid. Stanford is the only school in the conference tougher to get into than Ucla and their record, like those of Northwestern and Duke, reflect that. It's something too often overlooked when evaluating the success of coaches at different schools in the conference IMO.

Yet Howland doesn't have a problem with our admissions in fielding his teams. Yet we field teams that lead the NCAA in championships.

Let's not use the academics excuse for football since we don't use it for Basketball or any other sport.

Both probably could have admitted prior to Prop 209.

It's Dorrell's misfortune that his coaching tenure is taking place after the banning of affirmative action in CA state colleges. Toledo had a small taste of 209 but KD is getting the full blown version.

Btw, another what could have been. Louisville linebacker Willie Williams was kicked off the team for violaton of team rules/smoking pot.

Maybe the entire Cardinal defense has been smoking.

Basketball has 13 scholarships. Football has 85!!!!!!!!!! Howland and Dorrell situation is totally different!

saying Cal has quite solid standards for athletes is just completely false. They are MARKEDLY lower than UCLAs. The problem here is why that is. Cal is universally considered the top public university in America and admitting lower caliber students for football has been just fine for their academic rep. Why does the UCLA admin fear it then?