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UCLA Hires Jim Mora to be the Bruins’ Next Head Coach

Michael Castillo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:04 +0000

UCLA’s coaching search is over, as word came out late Friday night that Jim Mora would named as the next head football coach for the Bruins. Mora last coached with the Seattle Seahawks in 2009, and most recently was an NFL analyst for the Huffington Post, of all places.

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If I Were The Next UCLA Football Coach

Derek Hart — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:05:59 +0000

Though realistically I wouldn’t make it to the first game due to my lack of football background and not being able to handle the pressure of heading a Division I football program, trying to compete and catch up with another D-I football program in the same town that’s miles ahead as far as quality and success, I’ve thought about what I’d do if Dan Guerrero went off his rocker and made me the new head coach of the UCLA Bruins football team.

There are a few things that I would make a priority. Here’s the list…

1. DUMP THE PISTOL OFFENSE

I’ve always felt that it was a bit too gimmicky, plus people must keep this in mind:

When Rick Neuheisel and his staff went to the University of Nevada in Reno to check out how their pistol offense worked, and saw Colin Kaepernick and company run all over their opponents and score oodles of points, what the Bruin staff didn’t realize was that the Wolfpack did all that damage against the Western Athletic Conference, which with all due respect doesn’t have the quality personnel on defense that the Pac-12 Conference does.

That painfully showed these past two seasons, as UCLA’s version of the pistol worked at times against teams like Colorado, but was a complete bust not only against USC (who shut the Bruins out this year), but also against teams like Utah (six points scored against the Utes) and Arizona (12 points scored against the Wildcats)

Simply put, the pistol offense is not one that works in the long run in BCS conferences, because the defensive personnel at that level has the ability to figure it out and stop it.

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UCLA Basketball 2011-2012 Preview: The Bruins’ Road Show

Derek Hart — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:23:24 +0000

Normally when two … [visit site to read more]

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Prince, Bruins Come Through In Win Over Washington State

Derek Hart — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:27:50 +0000

When I saw Kevin Prince come in at quarterback for the UCLA Bruins after Richard Brehaut broke his lower leg with 9:58 remaining in the second quarter of their battle with the Washington State Cougars at the Rose Bowl Saturday night, four words … [visit site to read more]

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A Brief Introduction From The New Associate Lead Editor

Derek Hart — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:22:59 +0000

How is everyone?

My name is Derek Hart, and along with nine other writers, we are part of the merger with the site that we came from, SoCalSportsHub, and The 110 Report.

We are excited about all of this, and we’re very much looking forward to … [visit site to read more]

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UCLA Bruin Football 2011 Preview: A Sense of Urgency

Derek Hart — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:47:27 +0000

After going 4-8 two out of the past three years, including in 2010, I think that everyone agrees that UCLA’s football team, beginning their 93rd season, has been mediocre at best and downright lousy at worst.visit site to read more]

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UCLA: Bruin Athletics Achieves Another Milestone

Derek Hart — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:15:21 +0000

Despite the baseball team’s ouster in the NCAA Regionals by UC Irvine, losing 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth on June 5th, UCLA and its athletic department has something to celebrate.visit site to read more]

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Remembering Jackie Robinson: The Greatest Man In Sports History

Derek Hart — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:45:11 +0000

On this date in 1947, a young, muscular African American and former UCLA athlete from Pasadena’s John Muir High School named Jack Roosevelt Robinson stepped onto the baseball diamond at Ebbets Field, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. … [visit site to read more]

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UCLA Women’s Gymnastics: Westwood’s Best Kept Secret

Derek Hart — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:49:26 +0000

Recently I visited the house that John Wooden built, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, as I’ve done several times a year for the past few years.

However, it was not to watch a basketball game – shockingly enough, considering that with its 11 national championships, hoops are to Bruins the way football is to crosstown enemy USC – iconic in UCLA lore.

And although it has won 19 NCAA titles of its own and has a coach in Al Scates who’s a legend in his own right, I wasn’t at Pauley Pavilion to see the volleyball team, either.

The team I was going to see, compared to football and basketball, is a tad under the radar in the grand scheme of college sports, though it has grown immensely over the past decade.

Compared to March Madness and the BCS, this sport doesn’t get quite as much mainstream attention, not even compared to the Women’s Basketball Final Four.

Which is most unfortunate, because these are some of the best athletes one will ever see, young ladies who rarely stand 5’6″ but can do things that Tim Tebow can only dream about.

For instance, ever tried to just stand on a four-inch wide piece of wood that’s four feet off the ground? … [visit site to read more]

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UCLA – USC: Trojans Embarrass Bruins At Pauley, 67-46

Derek Hart — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:49:46 +0000

I was afraid this might happen, the way the basketball teams from UCLA and the University of Southern California have been playing of late.

I was afraid that the edge that the Trojans’ guards and forwards had over their Bruin counterparts would lead to a convincing USC victory in Pauley Pavilion this past Saturday.

I was proved to be right, as the Trojans rolled over UCLA, 67-46, in front of a crowd of 11,108 that was no doubt disgusted at what they saw.

Considering that the 21 point differential was USC’s largest over the Bruins since 1945 and their biggest ever at Pauley, one may wonder if the Bruin players really understood the magnitude of the crosstown rivalry.

It was like UCLA (2-3, 7-10 in the Pac-10 Conference) didn’t even try, like they laid down for their enemies from South Central L.A.

The final statistics certainly indicated that, as the Bruins put up a brick house big enough to solve L.A’s homeless problem in making just 15 of their 45 shots. They were out rebounded 37-22 and had only five assists to ‘SC’s 13 while committing 12 turnovers. … [visit site to read more]

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