Get your tickets ready for San Francisco
If you subscribe to the predictions in Sports Illustrated's recent College Football Preview issue, then UCLA will be playing Dec. 26 at AT & T Park in San Francisco in the Emerald Bowl against Miami (Fla.).
Nice to see that Sports Illustrated at least has the Bruins, ranked 50th out of 120 major college football teams, playing in a bowl game come December following last year's 4-8 campaign.
Although UCLA's memories of December games against Miami (Fla.) aren't the fondest ones (see Dec. 5, 1998: Miami (Fla.) 49, UCLA 45).
UCLA's only appearance in the Emerald Bowl, which has been in existence for seven years, was in 2006 against another Florida-based school, resulting in a 44-27 loss to Florida State.
Miami (Fla.) took on Cal in last year's Emerald Bowl -- which matches teams from the Pac-10 and ACC -- and lost 24-17.
Hey thanks for bringing up the Miami game. Do you want to poke me in the eye with a sharp stick now? Maybe kick me in the groin? Lets get back to stories about camp and less pouring salt in the wounds.
Erik, I was beginning to like you and then you mention the '98 Miami game...
Psst - that is the game that should never be named on a UCLA blog.
But hey, if we do go to the Emerald Bowl, I can just walk 20 steps from my place to get there...