Answers, Part III

I've read all summer about how the O-line is not very good. Is it due to them adjusting to a new scheme or is the D-line that good?
Neither. It is because the offensive line doesn't have much experience (two guys on the roster played on the offensive line in a game last season) and in talking to people in and around the program, may not have enough talent.

How is OL Edwards able to get admitted into Cal, but doesn't have the grades for UCLA? They are both UC schools, so aren't the admission standards pretty much the same?
I don't mean to be short with you but this question never seems to go away - yes, they are both UC schools, but the admission standards are not the same when it comes to athletics. Cal makes more exceptions than UCLA. Whether an individual wants to believe that or not is up to the individual.

Brian now that you have seen the pups, How would you compare Dye or Hester to Norris at CB? Any chance they might supplant Moochie at CB?
By October, I think there is a very good chance Hester is a starting cornerback if Norris doesn't play well.

can you compare the amount of total $ the current staff is getting paid related to coaching football (ie, Chow still being paid by the Titans cuz he got fired) to the amount the prior staff got paid for coaching football?
Actually, I cannot because I do not know how much running back Wayne Moses and special teams coach Frank Gansz Jr. are being paid by their NFL clubs. Whatever Chow makes from UCLA, that will be subtracted from the $1 million Tennessee owes him.

Can you compare Neuheisel's recruiting philosophy to Dorrell's and tell us the differences and similarities, and which philosophy will work better?
Man, is this comparison week? I feel like I'm taking the SATs.
Dorrell's philosophy, at the end, was to offer kids early, and go mainly after kids he knew he could get into UCLA, and who wanted to be at UCLA. It was decidedly SoCal. Neuheisel is not offering as many kids early, but it is much, much, much too early to tell how Neuheisel's philosophy is working.

Can you compare the 2008 team's overall talent to the 2003 team's? Which team has better overall talent? (Maybe you want to break it down by position group...)
I don't want to break it down by groups, but I'll say this: Every starter on the defense of the 2003 team eventually made it to an NFL training camp, and I believe nine of them played (or are playing) in the NFL. Also, that team had two future NFL quarterbacks (Drew Olson and Matt Moore), TE Marcedes Lewis, RB Maurice Drew and a handful of offensive linemen who made it to NFL camps. I do not think there are nearly that many potential NFL players on the current UCLA roster.

Can you compare UCLA's level of media savvy in the past to what it is today? Is UCLA going backwards with the (imo, ridiculous) "no live blogging" mandate?
UCLA's media savvy is fine, and Marc Dellins does a great job of helping me out. In fact, I feel like I talk to him more than my wife sometimes.
As far as the live blogging is concerned, UCLA is telling me there are a variety of reasons for it, but none of it is to restrict access.
First, there was an instance last season where a player was hurt, and the injury was blogged. The parent of the injured player heard about it via the blog, and was calling the school to get an update on his condition before practice ended, and it made for a messy situation. The school would rather have the coaching and medical staff address such issues before it is reported so that does not repeat itself.
Second, there is concern (and rightfully so) about fans posting information on message boards and blogs that can be used by other schools. For instance, some folks like to chart every play and post a report on it. So, if UCLA is working on a play and someone posts it, in today's world where information is a keystroke away, an opponent can get an idea, or a philosophy, from reading such posts.

Can you fathom the foggiest notion as to why UCLA would dictate such an inane rule, one that is easily circumvented but is one that puts those best suited to distribute appropriately stated info (the beat writers) at a disadvantage relative to interest site publishers?
As a beat writer, I am discussing the matter with UCLA in hopes of getting resolution that suits both of us. From my initial conversations with them, I believe that will happen.

can you compare Petros' Norm Chow impersonation ("oh, Peete Caroll...dat guy!") to Matt 'Money' Smith's?
No, because I have not heard either one of them.