Answers, Part IV

How much pressure is neuheisal under to turn ucla around? Is he pressured to win the pac-10 title in a couple of years?
There will be plenty of pressure on him to win, but it won't be for a few seasons. I don't think the pressure is to win a Pac-10 title, but rather compete for one and not get embarrassed on a regular basis by 30-something point losses to the Utahs of the world.

Glicksburg is listed in the media guide as weighing 300 pounds, 31 pounds heavier than his prior listing. Do you think he is actually that heavy at the present time?
I think he is between 290 and 300 pounds. He's been working hard to pack on the pounds, although being ill the last few days hasn't helped.

With Ekbatani practicing at tackle, does it now appear almost certain that Glicksburg will end fall practice as a starter at guard?
Unless he is injured, I always thought that was going to be the case.

Did Nick Garibay (C) from Banning HS in Wilmington , Ca. make it into camp ? He was supposed to walk-on ?
He is not in camp. He may be coming after the first game, when teams can expand rosters beyond 105 players.

So, as traditional media outlets continue to jump into the blogosphere, I see you now have some more competition, namely from the OC Register and ESPN, who have launched a UCLA blog and a Pac-10 blog, respectively. They are obviously trying to ride coat tails on your success here, and steal some hits. What do you think of the upstarts? Do you plan going Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan on those guys/gals at Spaulding?
I'll say this: I'm comfortable with the type of information I provide. I think I provide unique information before many others, and I think many people realize that. But, if it starts taking a toll, I may go looking for Jeff Gillooly.
One other thing: ESPN's blogger is not out at practice.

In your analysis of each position heading into fall practice, you mentioned every incoming freshman except E.J. Woods. Was this inadvertant or was there a reason for leaving him out?
I think he will red-shirt while the others are competing for playing time. Plus, Woods had some other things he had to take care of, and the school wasn't 100 percent sure he would be in camp. There was talk of him coming in after the first game.

Of the walk-ons that you listed earlier in the week, who has a realistic chance of making the team? For those that do make the team, are they destined for the scout team?
They all make the team. And each will be on the scout team. If a player was that good as a freshman, I don't think he would be a walk-on.

Which players currently comprise the second team offensive line? Does UCLA have enough offensive linemen to fill out third and fourth team lines?
That's a tough question because if center Micah Reed goes down, starting right tackle Nick Ekbatani is the first choice to back him up. But looking primarily as the second-team offensive line, it would be LT Brandon Bennett, LG Sonny Tevaga, C Jake Dean, RG is too early to call and RT Mike Harris

i saw from your bio that you went to rutgers. my question is this - which is the tougher job, schiano taking over at your school or neuheisel at ucla? part of me thinks rutgers, because it's in new jersey and there aren't as many athletes there. but part of me things ucla because when it recruits it has academic requirements that the players have to meet.
I say Rutgers, by a long shot. UCLA at least has a history of winning to sell, and the number of athletes in SoCal give UCLA an advantage in the numbers game. There is stronger talent in New Jersey than most people think, especially North Jersey, just not the numbers. Plus, when Schiano got there, no one was growing up wanting to go to Rutgers. It was a joke. Sports Illustrated actually ranked it as the worst Division I program in the nation. The talent was so bad in Schiano's first season that seven kids transferred to Division I-AA schools, and only one of them (a quarterback who went to either Lehigh or Lafayette) started at the Division I-AA school they attended.

Do you have any info on the condition of Robert Kibble? He left school last year to concentrate on his condition.
I saw him Thursday at practice and he looked fine. I was told by a member of the athletic department he was still at the school.