It’s good to be back in Tucson

TUCSON, AZ–Coach Boreale enjoyed being back in Tucson this week; he saw old friends, ate at some favorite restaurants, paid a visit to Grandma and Grandpa Boreale, and coached his Bruins to a 28-10 victory over the 4-4 UA Wildcats.

The ‘Cats heavy CB double team of Trey Brown left freshman wide-out Mike Goss open for some big plays. He finished the day with 3 receptions for 79 yards and 2 TDs, including the one shown below.

Willis Johnson went 11-15 for 226 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, after having gone interception-free for the past three games.

The real story of the game, however, was the defense. The Bruins had 8 sacks in the game, exploiting some mismatches on the line. Andy Keane had another great outing.

The defensive star of the game was Kevin Brown who ended the game with 6 tackles (4 for loss) and 3 sacks! He was named Pac-10 Player of the Week. He is shown in action below.

After the win, the 8-1 Bruins are finally ranked, coming in a #24 in the BCS, Coaches, and Media polls. Inexplicably, the 7-3 Cal Bears, who UCLA beat earlier this season, are ranked #23.

Next week is a big conference game against ASU, with 3 top recruits in attendance.

No respect for Bruins after impressive win

Despite man-handling WSU to go up to a 7-1 record and 2nd place in the Pac-10, UCLA is not ranked in this week’s coaches or BCS poll. The media did throw UCLA a bone and rank them #25.

Coach Boreale suspects that the Coaches Poll anti-UCLA bias stems from last year’s awards banquet, when Coach Boreale ate most of a cake meant to honor Joe Paterno’s lifetime achievement award before the ceremony began. He assures BRFR that he paid a hefty price indeed.

In other news, the award semi-finalists were released this week.

Karl Thurmond: Best TE
Gary Tinsley: Best OL
Cody Carter: Rimington
Mario Sanford: Groza

Cougars more like pussy cats in Bruins win

PULLMAN, WA–After the win over Cal, the 6-1 Bruins were riding high heading into their game against 1-7 Washington State. Coach Boreale warned the team about being over-confident, and they played within themselves to win 52-0.

The game began with a Chris Markey 70 yard TD run that was pulled back for holding. That was seemingly the Bruins’ only mistake all game.

Markey had a 55 yard TD run (shown below) and ended the 1st quarter with over 100 yards rushing.

WSU could not stop the run, so passing was not really needed, although KT and Willis Johnson did hook up for one TD.

The defense was incredibly dominant. This game pitted the #1 defense (UCLA) against the #118 offense (WSU). The 31-0 halftime score was no surprise. Coach Boreale put the 2nd string in at the half and they played like champs.

This hit:

by Andy Keane pretty much summed up the entire game.

Game Stats:
Johnson continued his no INT run.
Markey had 139 yards on 11 carries and 2 TDs in only one half of play.
Freshman Bill Carr had 4 tackles, 1 TFL.

No love for Bruins

Despite beating #20 Cal, the 6-1 Bruins received no poll votes this week. In other news, Karl Thurmond was seen sporting a black band on his right arm during practice. When asked to comment on the change, KT was nonresponsive. BRFR will attempt to find out more from the tight-lipped Thurmond. Stay tuned.

On a recruiting note, three top recruits have accepted official visits to UCLA. They are set to watch the UCLA/ASU game in week 12.

Bruins fight Bears and win.

PASADENA, CA–The 20th ranked Cal Bears (5-2) rolled into town with big egos and a lot of swagger. They left with crushed spirits and a new respect for the Bruins. Coach Boreale knew it was only a matter of time before his young team would start to click; and click they did against a ranked conference opponent.

Coach Boreale knew it would be a long game from the opening kick-off. UCLA received the opening kick, fumbled the return, which was recovered by Cal, who then fumbled, which was recovered by UCLA!

Jimmy Stevens continues to make a name for himself as a TD machine with 10 carries for 60 yards and 2 TDs.

Relatively quiet vato loco Steven Urrutia tried to make his case for the Castillo Scholarship with this QB sack:

Halftime score: 21-10.

The UCLA Defense held Cal fairly well in the first half, but they really turned up the heat in the second. The crowd was also a factor, as it got louder as the game wore on.

Timi Barnes made up for his weak name by scoring a TD on this interception return.

Timi finished the day with 3 tackles, 2 INTs, and 1 TD. He was named Pac-10 Defensive player of the week; UCLA’s first player of the week this season.

By the 4th quarter, the “Over-rated” chants began, and the game was basically over. Final score: 35-10.

Game Stats:
310 yard total offense
Defense snagged 3 INTs (2 by Barnes)
Willis Johnson went 12-14 for 167 yards, 2TDs, and 0 INTs
Stevens had 10 carries for 60 yards and 2 TDs
Thurmond and Slater picked up a TD each.
Patrick Petty had 3 punts for a 48 yard average, with a 52 yard long.

Jocks + Nerds = Ass-whoopin’

PALO ALTO, CA–The Bruins stormed into northern California to take on the 2-4 Stanford Cardinal, and the result was not unexpected. The game started off with Chris Markey breaking a 41 yard run on the first play from scrimmage.

Jimmy Stevens had 3 touchdowns in the first quarter + 10 seconds. Here he is scoring TD #2:

The score was 31-7 at the half. Coach Boreale put the second string in for the fourth quarter, and the final score was 41-7.

GAME NOTES:
403 yards of total offense
Willis Johnson breaks his INT streak by going 9-13 160yds 1TD and 0 INTs
Markey: 14 carries, 137 yds, 1TD
Stevens: 9 carries, 75 yds, 3TDs
Karl Thurmond: 3 rec, 40 yds, 1 TD
Mario Sanford put in a genius grant worthy performance by hitting 2 FGs, one for 43 yards, and saying the F-word 86 times in the game.

Grandpa Boreale announces: “Times are bad.”

RIO RICO, AZ–In a stunning change to the Mike Boreale F*cking Genius Grant, Grandpa Boreale has announced that for this year only, the Cadillac car will no longer be a part of the award.

Instead, this car:

will be the new award. Grandpa Boreale decreed that if John Castorani repeats as the award winner this year, he can keep his Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham.