Week that was
Training camp is inching closer (Aug. 5), so more news is cropping up regarding the football program. Here are last week's more newsworthy information:
Football:
RB Christian Ramirez was declared academically ineligible, offensive lineman Aaron Meyer and receiver Jamil Turner will not be on the team this fall. (Meyer is graduating and looking to transfer to Nichols State and Turner has stopped playing football.)
Also, the Bruins were picked to finish fifth by the media in the preseason Pac-10 poll and Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel had some poignant things to say about quarterback Ben Olson's leadership.
Basketball:
UCLA added Loyola Marymount to the schedule (Dec. 17 at Pauley). The coaching staff continued to scout AAU tournaments for recruiting, and I should have some information this week about the seriousness of new offers, as well as updates on players UCLA already offered.
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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