Answers, Part 15
Here is the XV-th set:
Will there be another live chat feature during the OSU game? Do you see that as a regular feature for basketball, too?
Yes, and yes.
From what you hear is Brehaut talented enough to lead us to a pac10 championship? Are the coaches putting a lot of faith that he's the one?
From my understanding, the coaches really like him. But whether he is good enough to lead UCLA to a Pac-10 championship is sort of a silly question because it takes so much more than that. In other words, put Carson Palmer, as a senior, on this UCLA team and I don't think he could lead them to a Pac-10 championship. More parts (many more parts) are needed.
Is Brehaut really good or just the best that was available?
I know he wasn't UCLA's first choice, but of the quarterbacks available who were genuinely interested, he was the best, in the coaching staff's minds.
If the academic commitee authorizes a formal written offer to a recruit, does that guarantee that the recruit will be admitted to the university provided he maintains his grades during his senior year in high school?
It is never an iron-clad deal, but it is pretty close to it.
Why does Coach Rick wear a navy blue sweater vest during games even though the official color is more of a sky or royal blue?
Maybe he wants to disassociate himself with the offense as much as possible, but still wear some shade of blue so he is loosely affiliated with the school. Or, maybe, he is a closet Cal fan.
Nice article on Justin Mann. Did teams refrain from offering him a scholarship because of his diabetic condition or was it because of other physical factors?
Thanks for the nice words. I don't think his diabetes played a role in not getting a scholarship offer. Sometimes things happen and kids don't get scholarships, but I know UCLA is hoping this kid develops into a really good player.
Better chance with Teo, or Kennard? I'm assuming UCLA does not have a realistic chance with either.
I will say Kennard because he is injured and if UCLA shows him all the love, he may feel an allegiance to that.
How does Prince look in practice compared to Craft? Is Prince less comfortable with the offense than Craft is?
It is no longer possible to compare Craft and Prince because Prince is running scout team offense, which means he isn't doing anything with UCLA's offense any more.
The basketball schedule online says the home game vs. Notre Dame is 10 a.m. at Pauley..is this correct and why so early??
Ahhh, the wonders of network television. Crumpets and tea at tip-off, anyone?
Do you see one of the hoops commitments (Honeycutt, Nelson, Lane, Stover) redshirting their first year, especially if Moser also chooses to enroll?
I think it is a distinct possibility although I'm not sure which one would red-shirt.
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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.
Some interesting GPA/SAT info: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2008/11/06/pac-10-football-admissions-data-for-all-schools/
Posted something yesterday about entry requirements for Stanford and Duke basketball players, and Hotline reader JB noted that I long ago promised to provide admissions data for Cal and UCLA football and never did.
He’s right … it just slipped my mind. So here it is.
And since I have the material handy, I figured nobody would mind if I included the GPAs and SATs for all Pac-10 football programs. The numbers are four-year averages for players who were in school in the late-90s through mid-00s.
(I don’t have anything more recent because the NCAA stopped providing the data when schools across the country complained — many were embarrassed by the low numbers.)
The Cal-UCLA numbers are first. Pac-10 at the bottom.
Make of this what you want, but remember: standards can change slightly from school-to-school, year-by-year. I consider it a very good guide for how things stack up, but it’s not quite gospel.
*** Football
Cal average GPA: 2.93
UCLA average GPA: 3.15
Cal average SAT: 984
UCLA average SAT: 990
As you can see, the SATs are basically the same, but UCLA’s average GPA is 8-10 percent higher.
What has always struck me about these figures — and the differential in men’s basketball is even greater (see below) — isn’t the raw numbers but the relative numbers.
Shouldn’t the flagship school of the UC be at least as tough, if not tougher, than its little sister?
*** Men’s basketball
Cal average GPA: 2.60
UCLA average GPA: 2.91
Cal average SAT: 896
UCLA average SAT: 935
*** Now, for all the Pac-10 football programs
* GPAs
Stanford: 3.63
UCLA: 3.15
Oregon: 2.94
Cal: 2.93
Wash: 2.86
Ore St: 2.84
USC: 2.80
Wash St: 2.80
Ariz: 2.76
Ariz St: 2.76
* SATs
Stanford: 1176
UCLA: 990
Cal: 984
Ore: 969
Wash: 963
USC: 955
Ariz: 948
Ariz St: 937
Ore St: 928
Wash St: 920
sc did better than expected, even at 7th and 6th place.
Wow, Stanfords academic standards are much higher than the rest.