Why I hate that UCLA beat Tennessee!

There are six reasons why I hate that UCLA beat Tennessee!

1. The GENIUS of Norm Chow showed through...look at quarterback's Kevin Craft's radical improvement from the four interceptions in the first half to two long drives in the fourth quarter. I realize that my beloved alma mater USC has not won a national championship since Norm Chow left for the NFL.

2. Not one reporter of the (UC)LA Times even mentioned that UCLA should have been whistled for an "illegal man downfield" two plays before they scored their go-ahead touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter. The ESPN announcers both commented on how lucky UCLA was that the referees didn't blow their whistles when more than one lineman was downfield before Craft threw the pass. If the same scenario had happened for USC, the (UC)LA Times reporters would have cried that the Trojans "stole" the game on the "no call!"

3. UCLA got a bigger front page picture and a larger picture on the front page of the sports section in this morning's (UC)LA Times than USC got on Sunday 8/31/08 after they beat Virginia with a near flawless game....Afterall, who is #1 anyway!

4. In the UCLA "FYI" articles, there is always a picture of a Bruin player or coach, WHILE, in the USC "FYI" articles, there are pictures of a Trojan player or coach maybe 20% of the time, if that.

5. I have to endure Bill Plaschke's "adoring, gushing" articles about UCLA this week and in the future!

6. The (UC)LA Times bias for UCLA over USC lives on in every sport!!!!

Why does the "weakest link" get all the glory?

The (UC)LA Times in their Sunday 8/24/08 Beijing 2008 article entitled "Their run of the place" put a 7x8 inch color picture of only Monique Henderson on the front page. There were 4 members of the Gold Medal winning 4x1600 meter relay: Wineberg, Felix, Henderson and Richards. Allyson Felix, a USC alumna, ran the fastest leg at 48.55 seconds. She handed the baton to UCLA's Henderson who lost the lead in the third leg. Why did the weakest link get the color picture? She is a Bruin!

Is she really worth her weight in GOLD?

Evidently USC Trojan Rebecca Soni is NOT, but UCLA Bruin Dawn Harper IS! Rebecca won a Gold Medal in an upset win in the Women's 200 Breaststroke while Dawn won a Gold Medal in an upset win in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles. What does the biased (UC)LA Times do? They give Rebecca a 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch black and white picture with a mere two paragraph mention. Then, when Dawn won, they give her a color picture with a separate 26 paragraph article praising Dawn and the UCLA track program. What about an article praising the USC swimming program? Furthermore, Rebecca Soni won two Silver Medals also!!

Shouldn't one gold and two silvers be worth more than one gold?

Not Football TOO! TOO!! TOO!!! TOO!!!!

Three straight days of Bruin football bias in the (UC)LA Times! On Wednesday 8/13/08 there was a 7 inch x 3 1/2 inch color picture of the UCLA offensive line on the front page of the sports page. There was no picture, at all, of any USC football player in the entire section. On Thursday 8/14/08 there was a 9 1/2 inch by 5 1/2 inch color picture of UCLA quaterback Kevin Craft. There was no picture, at all, of any USC football player in the entire section. On Friday 8/15/08 there was a 8 1/4 inch by 3 1/2 inch picture of UCLA linebacker John Hale. There was no picture, at all of any USC football player in the entire section.

And the Bruin Bias Beat goes on!

Whose tournament is it anyway?

Countrywide should get its sponsor money back! All week long I have been reading about this tennis tournament, that tennis tournament at UCLA. It's been U C L A in the headlines all week. The sponsor Countrywide has not been mentioned in any headline. Who is paying the rent anyway?

Please tell me W H Y ?

I will never know why the (UC)LA Times published Pat Longo's letter on Saturday 8/9/08. I quote a paragraph of her letter. "No wonder criminals like Pacman Jones get to the NFL, when colleges like USC defend common thugs, put no merit in character and have no level of accountability for their players' actions." Ms. Longo is referring to USC recruit Maurice Simmons, who was offered a football scholarship to USC, but one week later he committed a crime. Her accusations that USC football players have no character and are thugs are incendiary!

Where was Ms. Longo's letter two years ago when UCLA football players John Hale and Jess Ward were arrested, charged and pled "no contest" to beating up two men. Those two players were suspended for only one football game. Did UCLA "defend common thugs, put no merit in character then?"

Again I ask the question...why did the (UC)LA Times publish Pat Longo's letter? I will answer my own question. The (UC)LA Times is biased!

Not Football TOO! TOO!! TOO!!!

On Tuesday 8/5/08 the (UC)LA Times published a half-page article titled "UCLA opens football camp" with pictures of Ben Olson, Brian Price and Kahlil Bell.

On Wednesday 8/6/08 the (UC)LA Times published a smaller than half-page article (while UCLA got the rest of the half-page) titled "USC opens football camp" with a picture of Joe McKnight.

When did UCLA get three times better than USC in football?