UCLA Players Ditch Practice? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?

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 UCLA Players Ditch Practice? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Via Dohn : UCLA’s football practice is over, long before it was supposed to as the players decided to use a long-time tradition and blow off practice after stretching by going over the wall [at spaulding field]. UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel knows of the tradition, but basically said it was an odd time for it considering UCLA is installing a new offense and the offensive line needs ... [link]

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CURIOUS INDEX, 4/16/08
Published 4/16/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Fanhaus: In one swift act, Neuheisel willingly undermined himself before his players, his coaches and the lifeblood of any program: recruits. Nice work. Oh, and that’s just about the most pathetic school tradition I’ve ever heard of. The NCAA limits the hours and number of practices schools can arrange, so for UCLA to be wasting a practice like that is troubling. Gutty Little Bruins didn’t seem to care–deeming the whole thing “AWESOME”– while the reasoned, level heads over at Bruins Nation express ...

Neuheisel Era Begins w/Bruins Ditching Practice
Published 4/16/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... (“Nope, haven’t found the team yet. Maybe they’re up these steps .”) GUTTY LITTLE BRUINS passes along news that the entire Bruins team bolted at the beginning of practice Tuesday . Is there already rebellion afoot under the Neuheisel regime? Not quite. As Chris Foster of the LOS ANGELES TIMES further explains, the escape from practice has been an ...

Create The Caption #200
Published 4/16/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... wildly waving his arms and complaining that he would have caught the guy."- DownGoesBrown "I'm a Cubs fan, and a BudMan ... cannonball!!!!"- NFL Adam _______________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of a girl trying out for the Charger Girls? (Thanks to DB for sending the photo in) Daily Links: The Hottest NBA Wives (All Balls) Great First Practice For The UCLA Bruins (Gutty Little Bruins) The Cubs Have Some ...

Football Blog Talk
Published 4/17/2008 at End Zone Buzz
... - The UCLA Bruins football team has a tradition of skipping a practice each spring by climbing over some wall, but this year, new head coach Rick Neuheisel wasn't so happy with the timing of it all. (Gutty Little Bruins) ...

UCLA Football Keys to Success: Ditch Spring Practice
Published 4/18/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... Apparently there’s a tradition with the football program that they ditch a Spring practice every year. Though I was at school there four years and have followed the team for much longer, I hadn’t heard of it til now. Perhaps it’s because the team never had much hype or expectations. Or perhaps it’s because of this very tradition that the team sucks, and the two go hand-in-hand. Though it’s old news by now as it happened on Tuesday, I never really got my chance to take a stab at this. What kind of team has a ...

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