Couch potato
Ben Howland was happy to learn after his game that the Big West Conference tournament championship between UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton was tipping off at about 8 p.m.
``Good, I'll have my toes up,'' Howland said.
Howland seemed torn between rooting for UC Irvine because Ross Land, a former player from their days at Northern Arizona, is an assistant coach there. However, Fullerton coach Bob Burton is a good friend of Howland's. Perhaps swaying his decision, Howland interviewed for the Irvine job and didn't get it when Dan Guerrero was athletic director.
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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