Gutty Little Bruins | UCLA Bruins Football, Basketball, and Recruiting http://guttylittlebruins.com An in-depth look at UCLA Bruin football and basketball. Sometimes through beer googles. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes UCLA’S NIKOLA DRAGOVIC HAS MRI, FURTHER EVALUATION NEEDED http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/guttylittlebruins/~3/ajcFGPb8DPk/ http://guttylittlebruins.com/ucla-basketball/uclas-nikola-dragovic-has-mri-further-evaluation-needed/665/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:02:03 +0000 blackjack http://guttylittlebruins.com/?p=665 Whoops. Here’s the press release from UCLA:

UCLA’S NIKOLA DRAGOVIC HAS MRI, FURTHER EVALUATION NEEDED

UCLA junior Nikola Dragovic underwent a MRI on his left foot this evening after complaining of pain.

The MRI shows what appears to be a cyst involving the left foot and ankle and the 6-foot-9-inch forward will undergo further evaluation.

The Bruins begin practice on Oct. 17 and will host their annual media/photo day on Oct. 15 in Pauley Pavilion at 3:00 p.m. (open to media only).

UCLA opens its regular season on Nov. 12 against Prairie View A&M in the first round of the 2K Sports Classic in Pauley Pavilion. Fans will have their first look at the 2008-09 Bruins in an exhibition game on Nov. 3 against Cal Baptist at 7:30 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion.

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Still undefeated in the PAC-10, right?

More later. My anus is still bleeding.

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]]> http://guttylittlebruins.com/ucla-football/the-football-monopoly-in-los-angeles-is-officialy-over-therein-south-central/664/feed/ http://guttylittlebruins.com/ucla-football/the-football-monopoly-in-los-angeles-is-officialy-over-therein-south-central/664/ *Picture* NCAA Basketball 2009…featuring Kevin Love http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/guttylittlebruins/~3/pKKBVS9ZAo8/ http://guttylittlebruins.com/ucla-basketball/picture-ncaa-basketball-2009featuring-kevin-love/654/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:59 +0000 blackjack http://guttylittlebruins.com/?p=654 As Molson discovered yesterday, Kevin Love is indeed on the cover of NCAA Basketball 2009:

Where did that guy go to school again?

Where did that guy go to school again?

Kevin Love: Giving the UCLA Basketball program several swift kicks in the ass since 2006.

Check out the Press Release, too:

“It is quite an honor to be named cover athlete of NCAA Basketball 09,” Love said. “When you look back at some of the great players who have had this opportunity, it’s exciting to be a part of the EA SPORTS family and contribute to a game I’ve been playing for a long time.”

HT: Bruins Nation

Update: Molson here, I think this is a better shot of the cover.

I’d give a hat tip to Adam Rose of the LA Times but he’s a Trojan and got to hang with those ladies this afternoon and I didn’t.

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Kevin Love is going to be on the front cover of NCAA March Madness 2009

Kevin Love is going to be on the front cover of NCAA March Madness 2009

Yep. Kevin Love has join the very exclusive and accomplished group of NCAA March Madness 2009 cover boys. Wow. A big congrats to Kevin Love (and a shoutout to the molson for the tip), the best ambassador this program has seen since Kareem Abdul-Jabaar:

EA Sports is unveiling the cover for the new NCAA ‘09 game on Thursday, and it certainly seems as though new Timberwolf Kevin Love is going to be on it. How do we know that? Well, according to a press released passed along by a friend of RandBall, Love and UCLA coach Ben Howland are going to be on hand to answer questions and play the game with members of the media. Seeing as how it would be awkward to invite Love to answer questions about a new Michael Beasley or O.J. Mayo cover, we have to assume he is the man.

Seriously, I was kinda hoping they’d have O.J. Mayo instead of Kevin Love on the front cover. Maybe there would be a wad of cash under the instruction manual eh?

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There he goes again.

Driving? That is sooooooo what that team across town does.

Yep. Rick Neuheisel took the skies friday night in a helicopter to visit UCLA recruits. Brian Dohn has the skinny on “Air Neuheisel”:

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel brought some of his well-known flair into recruiting Friday when he beat the brutal Los Angeles evening commute by doing what all quarterbacks love to do - he went to the air.

Neuheisel saw UCLA target Shaquelle Evans, a receiver, and his Inglewood team play against Wilson, then took a helicopter from nearby Hawthorne Airport and flew the 60 miles to watch Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga quarterback Richard Brehaut, a UCLA commit, play Bishop Amat of La Puente and cornerback Sheldon Price, also a Bruins commit.

Neuheisel actually wanted to land on the adjacent baseball and walk to the football field, commander-in-chief style…but the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department wouldn’t have any of it:

Originally, the helicopter was cleared by the school to land on the adjacent baseball field, which would have allowed him to walk to the football game.

However, Brehaut said he received an e-mail from Neuheisel, stating the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department would not allow the helicopter to land at the school. Instead, the helicopter landed at Ontario Airport, and Neuheisel made the eight-mile drive to Los Osos High and arrived near the end of the game.

And the recruits? They were pretty friggin’ impressed:

“That’s so awesome that he would take a helicopter to see us play, Sheldon and I,” Brehaut said. “It just shows how dedicated he is to his recruits, and letting us know he can’t wait to get us there. It just makes you feel really cool that your future head coach takes a helicopter to see you play in high school. That’s just awesome.”

Remember that scene from the Little Giants when Ed O’Neill and Rick Moranis race to recruit that Spike kid? Well, Neuheisel would have kicked both their asses. Just two more thoughts from me on this:

1) I really really really hope he didn’t break any rules.
2) I really really really hope, as a california taxpayer, I didn’t pay for any of this.

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that will show only news articles that discuss BYU.

The exact sources are:

Newsblogs:

Inside UCLA with Brian Dohn
What’s Bruin with Adam Rose
The Press Enterprise UCLA Blog
The Orange County Register UCLA Blog

Fan Blogs:

Bruin Basketball Report
Bruin Roar
Bruins Nation
Gutty Little Bruins
In the Shadows of the San Gabriels
L.A. Seitz of Chicago
MVN’s Bruin Scoop
Obscure Sports Quarterly
The Play in CA
The Trojan-Hater’s Club
What’s Bruin, Dawg?

News and Columns:

L.A. Times
Orange County Register
Press Enterprise
L.A. Daily News
SportsHubLA

and it’s updated every 15 minutes. Should be useful.

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BYU, after their impressive (and controversial) win over Washington, climbed up to 18 on the AP Poll and 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

AP Top 25
1. USC (33) 1-0 1,577
2. Georgia (23) 2-0 1,525
3. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,458
4. Florida (4) 2-0 1,438
5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,347
6. Missouri (1) 2-0 1,336
7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,231
8. Texas 2-0 1,100
9. Auburn 2-0 1,067
10. Wisconsin 2-0 910
11. Alabama 2-0 865
12. Texas Tech 2-0 845
13. Kansas 2-0 825
14. East Carolina 2-0 762
15. Arizona State 2-0 744
16. Oregon 2-0 616
17. Penn State 2-0 607
18. Brigham Young 2-0 537
19. South Florida 2-0 493
20. Wake Forest 2-0 404
21. Fresno State 1-0 290
22. Utah 2-0 258
23. California 2-0 195
24. Illinois 1-1 164
25. West Virginia 1-1 163
Others Receiving Votes

UCLA 150, Clemson 73, Florida State 50, Boise State 22, Tennessee 15, Georgia Tech 14, Oklahoma State 11, Vanderbilt 7, TCU 6, Kentucky 6, Virginia Tech 4, Tulsa 3, South Carolina 2, Arizona 2, Connecticut 1, North Carolina 1, Rice 1.

Dropped From Rankings

UCLA 23, South Carolina 24.
USA Today’ Poll
1. USC (34) 1-0 1,481
2. Georgia (18) 2-0 1,454
3. Oklahoma (3) 2-0 1,370
4. Florida (3) 2-0 1,306
5. Ohio State (1) 2-0 1,289
6. Missouri 2-0 1,212
7. LSU (2) 1-0 1,198
8. Texas 2-0 1,069
9. Auburn 2-0 1,017
10. Wisconsin 2-0 946
11. Kansas 2-0 854
12. Texas Tech 2-0 755
13. Arizona State 2-0 737
14. Oregon 2-0 665
15. Brigham Young 2-0 628
16. Alabama 2-0 611
17. Penn State 2-0 547
18. South Florida 2-0 475
19. Wake Forest 2-0 419
20. East Carolina 2-0 375
21. Fresno State 1-0 300
22. Utah 2-0 235
23. Clemson 1-1 175
24. West Virginia 1-1 145
25. California 2-0 128
Others Receiving Votes

Illinois 124, UCLA 86, Florida State 50, Kentucky 28, Boise State 22, Tennessee 21, TCU 18, Nebraska 16, Georgia Tech 15, Arizona 11, Virginia Tech 11, Vanderbilt 8, Oklahoma State 7, Iowa 4, Colorado 3, Notre Dame 3, Tulsa 2, Connecticut 2, Bowling Green 1, South Carolina 1, Northwestern 1.

Dropped From Rankings

South Carolina 24, Illinois 25.

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“Apprently, Hitler took the Vols at -7.”

Kudos to Bruin Roar.

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You know, that really explains a lot.

Embree, of course, was recruited by multitudes and multitudes of schools. Check out his diverse and voluminous offer sheet:

Wow. It still amazes me, to this day, that Karl Dorrell managed to beat out the competition.

Taylor Embree is one of those recruits that just slips through the cracks…and I’m really confused how. Taylor Embree went to Hart…and Hart is a pretty much a dynasty for that particular CIF section. Yours truly went to Hart, and Hart won CIF every year I was there. Jerry Owens (a former UCLA WR), Patrick Norton (former UCLA FB), Matt Moore (Former UCLA Starting QB and QB for the Carolina Panthers in the NFL), Kyle Boller (Cal QB and first round pick), and Patrick Larimore (a freshman linebacker on the team) all went to Hart. How’d they miss this kid?

The following shows just how highly both Scout.com and Rivals.com thought of Taylor Embree:

Rivals.com

Taylor Embree

Scout.com

Taylor Embree

So Rivals didn’t even bother giving him any stars, while Scout at least gave the dude 1 star.  That averages out to…0.5 stars.

He might be the best reciever on the team…and he’s a freshman…and he’s a 0.5 star prospect.

Dang. Whenever someone points to a prospect’s star rating as conclusive proof of their ability to play division I football, feel free to direct them to this page. Or you can just slap them. Yeah, just slap them.

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