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Fucla wrote:

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Uhhhh, yeah. Shut your oral phallic-holster. I won't ask for your excuse, because I sure as hell am not impressed with the bRUINs' performance, or lack thereof.

WOW such big words. Hell HON you went to the SCRUB BOWL. They got a better bowl game then you had you LOSER! USC was LUCKY. They have a shitty QB and you all know it! Wonder where Barkely and his DADDY Pete were. Oh I can tell you at Fritto Misto yesterday having lunch. Looks like a BROMANCE in action...shut up! And I am sure as hell not impressed when Oregon beat the shit out of you! LOL!

Lets see and Washington, and by next year the SARK will have all of Petes recruits. Go check HON your recruits are bailing. Done much homework lately? JACKASS! SUC fans....

OMG wrote:

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WOW such big words. Hell HON you went to the SCRUB BOWL. They got a better bowl game then you had you LOSER! USC was LUCKY. They have a shitty QB and you all know it! Wonder where Barkely and his DADDY Pete were. Oh I can tell you at Fritto Misto yesterday having lunch. Looks like a BROMANCE in action...shut up! And I am sure as hell not impressed when Oregon beat the **** out of you! LOL!
Lets see and Washington, and by next year the SARK will have all of Petes recruits. Go check HON your recruits are bailing. Done much homework lately?****! SUC fans....

So a bruin fan is trying to convince us that UCLA playing Temple is considered superior to USC playing BC? The Over/Under on attendance at this game at RFK Stadium is 7,500 fans, yes, only seventy five hundred fans. I'll take the Under. I believe that resembles a scrub bowl. And even though this bruin fan hates USC, he/she is not impressed when Oregon beats USC? That makes a lot of sense...Nobody will be surprised if USC does not get all the recruits this year, as USC's team is young and full of returning starters, an unattractive setting for high profile high school recruits. And calling USC's QB shitty is classic coming from a UCLA fan, as UCLA's QB's have played horribly this year, even with their savior Neuheisel at the helm and Norm Chow as OC. I'll be surprised if UCLA scores more than 14 points in their bowl game.

Johnnie Walker wrote:

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So a bruin fan is trying to convince us that UCLA playing Temple is considered superior to USC playing BC? The Over/Under on attendance at this game at RFK Stadium is 7,500 fans, yes, only seventy five hundred fans. I'll take the Under. I believe that resembles a scrub bowl. And even though this bruin fan hates USC, he/she is not impressed when Oregon beats USC? That makes a lot of sense...Nobody will be surprised if USC does not get all the recruits this year, as USC's team is young and full of returning starters, an unattractive setting for high profile high school recruits. And calling USC's QB shitty is classic coming from a UCLA fan, as UCLA's QB's have played horribly this year, even with their savior Neuheisel at the helm and Norm Chow as OC. I'll be surprised if UCLA scores more than 14 points in their bowl game.

I have to say Johnnie... I'm impressed. Finally a UCLA supporter who can add a rational comment about both schools. I'm amazed. Have a great New Years!

OMG wrote:

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WOW such big words. Hell HON you went to the SCRUB BOWL. They got a better bowl game then you had you LOSER! USC was LUCKY. They have a shitty QB and you all know it! Wonder where Barkely and his DADDY Pete were. Oh I can tell you at Fritto Misto yesterday having lunch. Looks like a BROMANCE in action...shut up! And I am sure as hell not impressed when Oregon beat the shit out of you! LOL!
Lets see and Washington, and by next year the SARK will have all of Petes recruits. Go check HON your recruits are bailing. Done much homework lately? JACKASS! SUC fans....

???? A UCLA fan not impressed with Oregon's 27 point win
over U.S.C.????

Two weeks before that Oregon beat UCLA 24-10 with a
quarterback who hadn't started a game in 3 years, as
Masoli was injured.

Look for more of the same next year. Oregon isn't losing
any of its key players ... just 4 seniors among the
starters. That's right .... Blount lost his starting
position to James.

West Valley Dave Smith wrote:

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I have to say Johnnie... I'm impressed. Finally a UCLA supporter who can add a rational comment about both schools. I'm amazed. Have a great New Years!

Hey West Valley Dave Smith, read Johnnie Walker's comments again. The writer is a Trojan supporter. Hint: You can tell when the writer lists "bruins" in small caps. Your reading comprehension needs improvememnt. Try UCLA Extension.

Jim wrote:

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Hey West Valley Dave Smith, read Johnnie Walker's comments again. The writer is a Trojan supporter. Hint: You can tell when the writer lists "bruins" in small caps. Your reading comprehension needs improvememnt. Try UCLA Extension.

Thanks for your comments on my assignment professor. When someone says they are a "bruin" fan I take them at their word. My mom taught at UCLA Extension for a while. She said it was like trying to teach the Three Stooges how to eat with a spoon. Hint: not everyone a is perfect typist like you are.

West Valley Dave Smith wrote:

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Thanks for your comments on my assignment professor. When someone says they are a "bruin" fan I take them at their word. My mom taught at UCLA Extension for a while. She said it was like trying to teach the Three Stooges how to eat with a spoon. Hint: not everyone a is perfect typist like you are.

Hate to say it WVDS, but I do think you made a minor mistake. The guy said:

And even though this bruin fan hates USC, he/she is not impressed when Oregon beats USC?

So I think he's talking about the other guy, not himself. I can see how anyone could be confused by what he wrote; I know I was at 1st.

Johnnie Walker wrote:

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So a bruin fan is trying to convince us that UCLA playing Temple is considered superior to USC playing BC? The Over/Under on attendance at this game at RFK Stadium is 7,500 fans, yes, only seventy five hundred fans. I'll take the Under. I believe that resembles a scrub bowl. And even though this bruin fan hates USC, he/she is not impressed when Oregon beats USC? That makes a lot of sense...Nobody will be surprised if USC does not get all the recruits this year, as USC's team is young and full of returning starters, an unattractive setting for high profile high school recruits. And calling USC's QB shitty is classic coming from a UCLA fan, as UCLA's QB's have played horribly this year, even with their savior Neuheisel at the helm and Norm Chow as OC. I'll be surprised if UCLA scores more than 14 points in their bowl game.

Really? Then come back after the GAME today and let us know? See no matter what, USC went to the SCRUB bowl game. Hmmm...how many USC fans in attendence? Very few. Yah and UCLA has some good red shirts too. Would this be the END of the SUC DYNASTY under Pete Carroll? Hmmm lets see will ROCKY take the fall for this teams demise. I am not a fan of the BRUINS or SUC but I can tell you this, where we live it is so nice to not have the FAT MOUTH SUC fans all over our neighborhoods. See they go into hiding as the SUC fans, they are not really fans. They only LOVE their team when they win. SUC fans have NO CLASS when they do not have respect for other teams. Like I said wait for NEXT year when SARK has his way again with SUC. Your BOWL game EMERALD (Who gives a shit about nuts) well the numbers were so low, who the hell cares. Your FAN BASE did not even watch the game. THey were busy watching the SCRUB basketball team playing in the Diamond Head Classic.

Go crawl back under your ROCK! Better luck next year, but since you lost verbal commits already, lets see what kind of recruiting class you got coming in. Signing day is still more then a month away. USC does not look as attractive as it did in the past. Oregon KILLED you and YOUR dreams.

Maybe PETE will end his BROMANCE with BARKLEY now.

Bill R wrote:

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???? A UCLA fan not impressed with Oregon's 27 point win
over U.S.C.????
Two weeks before that Oregon beat UCLA 24-10 with a
quarterback who hadn't started a game in 3 years, as
Masoli was injured.
Look for more of the same next year. Oregon isn't losing
any of its key players ... just 4 seniors among the
starters. That's right .... Blount lost his starting
position to James.

I love Oregon. Masoli had a great QB Coach in JC College. I think Oregon is going to get better and better. I think the SARK will be stealing all of SCU players and recruits. I see players bailing after this semester from SCU.

West Valley Dave Smith wrote:

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Thanks for your comments on my assignment professor. When someone says they are a "bruin" fan I take them at their word. My mom taught at UCLA Extension for a while. She said it was like trying to teach the Three Stooges how to eat with a spoon. Hint: not everyone a is perfect typist like you are.

He never said he was a Bruin fan, re-read the 1st sentence
"so A bruin fan........."

CPEM wrote:

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Hate to say it WVDS, but I do think you made a minor mistake. The guy said:
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So I think he's talking about the other guy, not himself. I can see how anyone could be confused by what he wrote; I know I was at 1st.

Well, strictly speaking based on the two emails, without any further knowledge of the two submitters, neither can be proved to be a bRuin fan, or a Trojan (capitalized since it refers to an inhabitant of 'Troy', as opposed to merely a name for the brown bear [Ursos arctos] used poetically or archaically for other bears, capitalized at will for team names, particularly those wishing avoid the blatant copy-catting of Cal, assuaging their tender egos by thinking the name is not as bereft of ferocity as the nickname adopted by the Chicago Cubs).

OMG simply lashes out against USC, and while he/she somehow thinks that the very last bowl pick afforded to a 6 and 6 team (when a better team got a better bowl) somehow is better then the Emerald Bowl matchup of two 8 and 4 teams (perhaps since the date is later?) it also states that Washington is destined to ecclipse USC's recently blinked dominance (by virtue of the fact that they hired away key pieces of the Trojan coaching staff and recruiting team?).

Therefore, Johnny, who clearly is assuming that OMG is proably a bruin fan, not a Bruin, by virtue of the fact that it's a USC hater. But nowhere does it say that Johnny walker is a Trojan or Trojan fan himself (since he didn't use bRuin), as much as an independent observer who sees a ridiculous post when he sees one.

Q.E.D...maybe?

OMG wrote:

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I love Oregon. Masoli had a great QB Coach in JC College. I think Oregon is going to get better and better. I think the SARK will be stealing all of SCU players and recruits. I see players bailing after this semester from SCU.

For Oregon to get any national exposure they have had to
1) accept playing on a day and time acceptable or sought by
a major network (ex. Boise State, 1st collegiate game of the
season); 2) play a team in a major media market, typically a
media darling (ex. U.S.C. or Michigan); or 3) get into a good
bowl at the end of the season.

Oregon has been good for a long while now .... 7 of the last 8
quarterbacks went on to the NFL. As for backs, it was Jonathan
Stewart that put up 206 yards last Sunday against the Giants.
That put him over 1,000. Over the last 15 years the Ducks have
won about 70% of their games.

I am not sure you are correct about SARK, perhaps because I
question the validity and the wisdom of paying homage to the
"blue chip" recruits from high school. The Ducks have had
their share as well ... I believe last year or the year before
they put the Ducks at 9th ... but they often disappoint. Of
those 8 quarterbacks not one was highly recruited. What mattered
more than raw talent was intelligence, character, teachability,
and drive.

Bill R wrote:

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For Oregon to get any national exposure they have had to
1) accept playing on a day and time acceptable or sought by
a major network (ex. Boise State, 1st collegiate game of the
season); 2) play a team in a major media market, typically a
media darling (ex. U.S.C. or Michigan); or 3) get into a good
bowl at the end of the season.

AGREE!
Oregon has been good for a long while now .... 7 of the last 8
quarterbacks went on to the NFL. As for backs, it was Jonathan
Stewart that put up 206 yards last Sunday against the Giants.
That put him over 1,000. Over the last 15 years the Ducks have
won about 70% of their games.

AGREE!
I am not sure you are correct about SARK, perhaps because I
question the validity and the wisdom of paying homage to the
"blue chip" recruits from high school. The Ducks have had
their share as well ... I believe last year or the year before
they put the Ducks at 9th ... but they often disappoint. Of
those 8 quarterbacks not one was highly recruited. What mattered
more than raw talent was intelligence, character, teachability,
and drive.

I think the SARK will do just fine. I see the Ducks taking the Rose Bowl game. More and more kids from California are now open to going to the Pacific North West. Locker will be a great QB next year. If the SARK could convince him to stay and not go pro like he is doing, the SARK will be doing just fine next year. Did you see some of his recruits? Good kids.

Now to the UCLA haters, well I think the Bruins did a mighty fine job today at the office. Always good to have a little luck on your side. They needed that win. It will for sure help their program. Also to the poster who said UCLA bowl game was a crappy bowl game. Well they played closer to New Years Day then the USC v BC game. Now the USC better watch out since the Pac 10 is getting better and better. It is no longer the USC show in LA. Glad to have the Bruins back in town. Norm Chow had two great plays today.

OMG wrote:

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I think the SARK will do just fine. I see the Ducks taking the Rose Bowl game. More and more kids from California are now open to going to the Pacific North West. Locker will be a great QB next year. If the SARK could convince him to stay and not go pro like he is doing, the SARK will be doing just fine next year. Did you see some of his recruits? Good kids.
Now to the UCLA haters, well I think the Bruins did a mighty fine job today at the office. Always good to have a little luck on your side. They needed that win. It will for sure help their program. Also to the poster who said UCLA bowl game was a crappy bowl game. Well they played closer to New Years Day then the USC v BC game. Now the USC better watch out since the Pac 10 is getting better and better. It is no longer the USC show in LA. Glad to have the Bruins back in town. Norm Chow had two great plays today.

Real Trojans don't hate Bruins per se, it's just that the USC Haters who seem to be most vocal (and whiny) are fugly fans.

That being said, in deference to friends who are Bruins, Trojans can be glad for the PAC 10, but as mentioned before, you need a reality check if you think the very last bowl slot is better then the Emerald based only on the calendar...(GMAC Bowl on 1/6...International and Papa John's on 1/2...Armed Forces on 12/31?)

As for our colleagues...go Ducks, go Cardinal, go Wildcats! Too bad the beavers bit off more then they could chew...and Cal? Well, they just study in December, because they always seem to fade.

As for UW, Sark has the came king of mentor magic that Chow had, so I expect them to be tough. Now, if only we can get a couple of bowls with matchups to SEC so we can quiet them up a bit.

OMG wrote:

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I think the SARK will do just fine. I see the Ducks taking the Rose Bowl game. More and more kids from California are now open to going to the Pacific North West. Locker will be a great QB next year. If the SARK could convince him to stay and not go pro like he is doing, the SARK will be doing just fine next year. Did you see some of his recruits? Good kids.
Now to the UCLA haters, well I think the Bruins did a mighty fine job today at the office. Always good to have a little luck on your side. They needed that win. It will for sure help their program. Also to the poster who said UCLA bowl game was a crappy bowl game. Well they played closer to New Years Day then the USC v BC game. Now the USC better watch out since the Pac 10 is getting better and better. It is no longer the USC show in LA. Glad to have the Bruins back in town. Norm Chow had two great plays today.

The degree of animosity between UCLA and USC has always been
amusing to most of us up here in the Northwest, though for
a good while the rivalry between Oregon and Washington had
a fair degree of animosity. Still dislike for the Huskies
was in no small part because of the manner they carried
themselves when they were hot (like USC), followed by the
Neuheisel years, for which the dislike went all the way back
to his Colorado years and his running up the score at the
Cotton Bowl.

Most people I know here are being honest when they say
they root for the Oregon State EXCEPT for when they play
the Ducks ... and vice versa. For a state with the smallest
population in the PAC-10 it is pleasure to see two schools
(UO and OSU) have successful programs. I'm a deep Duck fan,
but had the Ducks lost I would have enjoyed the Rose Bowl
game almost as much and rooted for Oregon State.

Beyond that, I am a PAC-10 supporter and, as difficult as
it sometimes is given the tiresome strutting, puffed up,
obnoxious Trojan fans ... I would had been disappointed
had they lost their bowl game against Boston College.

Once the bowl season is over, we return to form.:-)

El Quixotian wrote:

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Real Trojans don't hate Bruins per se, it's just that the USC Haters who seem to be most vocal (and whiny) are fugly fans.
That being said, in deference to friends who are Bruins, Trojans can be glad for the PAC 10, but as mentioned before, you need a reality check if you think the very last bowl slot is better then the Emerald based only on the calendar...(GMAC Bowl on 1/6...International and Papa John's on 1/2...Armed Forces on 12/31?)
As for our colleagues...go Ducks, go Cardinal, go Wildcats! Too bad the beavers bit off more then they could chew...and Cal? Well, they just study in December, because they always seem to fade.
As for UW, Sark has the came king of mentor magic that Chow had, so I expect them to be tough. Now, if only we can get a couple of bowls with matchups to SEC so we can quiet them up a bit.

Good post ... thanks.

It does seem that arguing about which bowl .... the Emerald
or the EagleBank .... is superior to the other is borderline
weird. There will be a year sometime in the future, hopefully
not in my lifetime, when the Ducks and Beavers will be in
those bowls or bowls like them. They are consolation, thanks-
for-showing-up games whose only possible gain is mental, as
in winning the last game going into spring practice.

I'm not trying to stick the needle in here, but here's a
question. How much did each school lose by playing in their
bowl game? USC is a private school and needs only to explain
to alumni and donors, but UCLA is a state school that has
just increased tuition around 30%. How does one justify
go to DC for a semi-bowl game?

Bill R wrote:

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Good post ... thanks.
It does seem that arguing about which bowl .... the Emerald
or the EagleBank .... is superior to the other is borderline
weird. There will be a year sometime in the future, hopefully
not in my lifetime, when the Ducks and Beavers will be in
those bowls or bowls like them. They are consolation, thanks-
for-showing-up games whose only possible gain is mental, as
in winning the last game going into spring practice.
I'm not trying to stick the needle in here, but here's a
question. How much did each school lose by playing in their
bowl game? USC is a private school and needs only to explain
to alumni and donors, but UCLA is a state school that has
just increased tuition around 30%. How does one justify
go to DC for a semi-bowl game?

I'm sure the trip is paid for.

Don't know off hand about EagleBank, but the Emerald has been around for a while, and has the Pac 10 tie in, which Pete desribes as 'up and coming'. Otherwise, USC might have been looking at other mid level bowls elsewhere.

So I don't know if that's much more of a consolation then Holiday or Sun...by the typical PAC 10 champ standards. But I think it's in a good spot (SF) to be an early play in for a playoff...that is, if it moves to Candlestick...both benches on the same sideline? That's the worst thing, almost as bad as San Jose State's sillycon valley (nee California) Bowl which died a disgraceful death back when Fresno State ruined the Bruin's .500 season.

Dont' begrudge the Pac 10 tie-ins, there have been plenty of years when the Ducks would have killed for a bowl....I'm just glad we showed up to this one.

Well the Pac 10's Zona's getting their arses kicked by braska , thank god for UCLA & $c

manhattan_beach_dude wrote:

Well the Pac 10's Zona's getting their arses kicked by braska , thank god for UCLA & $c

Doh! Any chance of a comeback in the 2nd half?

I mean, the Bruins did it...just sayin'