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Weekly Answers, Pt. 2 (74 clicks)
Check after the jump for this round of Answers...1) Are you as impressed as I am with how articulate some of these 17-18 year olds are? I'm super impressed with Owa. I look forward to watching him over the next 3-4 years.
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College Baseball 101 (9 clicks)
This 2010 season, which starts in 11 days, will mark the fifth season in which I've provided coverage of the UCLA baseball team on BN. Each year, I've increased the amount of coverage of the team, going a bit more in-depth each season, but when asking for suggestions about how to improve my coverage this season, DexterFishmore had a great idea.
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Women's Basketball Game Time Change (5 clicks)
The UCLA women's basketball game on Saturday Feb. 20 will be played at 4 p.m. (not 8 p.m.) in Pauley Pavilion. The Pacific-10 Conference announced today that the contest against Washington State on Feb. 20 had not been selected for television, and as a result the UCLA-WSU game time has been changed.
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Weekly Answers, Pt. 1 (60 clicks)
Check after the jump for this round of Answers...1) Do you expect football recruiting to be the same next year with little emphasis on early signings, or do you expect more commitments earlier?
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Danger Signs: UCLA's Problems Under Ben Howland Run Deep (123 clicks)
By BruinBlueA good deal deeper than Nikola Dragovic, who is a terrible player, but who will mercifully be gone soon. Deeper than James Keefe, who tries, but who inexplicably got worse in four years. Deeper than Malcolm Lee, who has flashes of talent, but who spends every day thinking of how to get out of here. Deeper than Bobo Morgan, who is a cheerful mediocrity; or Jerime Anderson, who is actually painful to watch; or even Drew Gordon, who took off seven games into the season.
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Cal Game shots (20 clicks)
This will be more obvious when I repost with the processed pictures, but this photo was taken at 11:45, an hour and change before tipoff. ML was in Pauley practicing before *I* got there, and I gotta give him props for it.
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For one group of fans, USC-UCLA is a religious experience (30 clicks)
A long-ago prank at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo led to a long-term commitment to the Bruins-Trojans basketball showdown. A long-ago prank at St. John's Seminary at Camarillo led to a long-term commitment to the Bruins-Trojans basketball showdown.
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Bruin Recruiting: Prep News Roundup (2/8) (52 clicks)
Prep News Roundup is published every Monday. Commits No. 1 Mater Dei 111, Servite 36: Tyler Lamb led the Monarchs with 19 points (20-1, 7-0) in the road victory. OC Varsity 2/2 Terrence Jones led Jefferson of Portland to a 42-39 victory over Joshua Smith's Kentwood...
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What team had the biggest signing day surge? Allen Wallace | Scout.com's National Editor: For me,... (77 clicks)
What team had the biggest signing day surge? Allen Wallace | Scout.com's National Editor: For me, that team is UCLA. The Bruins elevated their rank hugely on LOI Day by adding LB Jordan Zumwalt, LB/DE Josh Shirley, DB/WR Anthony Jefferson, D Dietrich Riley and perhaps most importantly Owamagbe Odighizuwa.
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Trojans Once Again Trying To Create Desperate Noise Around Norm Chow (60 clicks)
Looks like the Trogans are at it again. Apparently they feel so threatened by UCLA's signing day success that they are feeling pressured to spread the same rumors all over again. From the topline of USCFootball.com:With signing day come and gone, assistant coaches at the college level are beginning to jump ship for other opportunities. In our latest USCFootball.com Offensive Coordinator Hot Board, we highlight a couple of new names and revisit a few familiar ones, including the resurfacing rumors about Norm Chow returning to Troy.
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No. 5 UCLA Women's Water Polo Falls to No. 2 USC, 13-3 (5 clicks)
The No. 5 UCLA women's water polo dropped a 13-3 decision to No. 2 USC in the third-place match of the Stanford Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Stanford's Avery Pool. The Bruins (5-3) received two goals from freshman Brooke Martin and one from junior Grace Reynolds.
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Nelson suffers concussion in loss (33 clicks)
Freshman forward Reeves Nelson said he suffered a concussion on his first touch of the game, but told trainers he was fine and continued playing."Me and the big guy (Markhuri Sanders-Frison) head-butted the first time I got the ball," Nelson said. "The doctor said it was a concussion so I'm going to have to be out for a few days.
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The Early Words: UCLA falls to Cal (17 clicks)
A sneezing two-week old kitten.A puppy on Prozac.A baby lamb struggling to take its first steps.Answer: What are things meaner than the UCLA men's basketball team?The Bruins once again struggled to put their foot down, once again refused to keep a big lead, once again looked on helplessly as a struggling team righted itself and left them in the dust.UCLA watched an 11-point lead turn into a 7-point deficit in just eight minutes to close the first half, and Cal cruised down the stretch to a 72-58 win at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
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EXCLUSIVE: Aramide Olaniyan on Signing Day (52 clicks)
Wow. What a kid. Can't say much about him that you won't be able to tell in this interview.Better yet, he really wants to do a chat next week *he's one of the special guests I was talking about* and we have it tentatively planned for Tuesday night at 4 p.m.Check out my interview with Olaniyan after the jump, and click on his name for his recruiting profile...What was signing day like for you?"It was great - I felt like a fan.
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More Game Photos From Thursday, With Dance Team Bonus Pics. (39 clicks)
There definitely appear to be some mixed reviews from the last night's game vs Stanford. The people who went to the game seemed to view it far more favorably than those that watched on tv. I think ultimately, the reason for the optimistic view from those in attendance is because, for once this year, the crowd was actually really into the game (at least down the stretch).
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Pimping Sunshine? My thoughts on this UCLA basketball team (30 clicks)
Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been following this blog since its very nascent stages, and am very impressed with the growth and the always increasing quality of the discussion here. I have many times thought that I should actually create an account here and begin to contribute to the discussion myself, but for whatever reason I decided to maintain my lurker status. I'm not sure what has sparked this sudden change of heart, but I recently decided to create an account, and so here I am.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Go See UCLA Baseball Games This Season - Part 2 (7 clicks)
Thanks for reading, here are the rest of the 10 Reasons. 5. Bruins Athletics - First to 100UCLA was the first college to amass 100 NCAA championships. 100! I know some people knock it because some were in less well-known sports like water polo but I think it's quite significant.As I mentioned earlier, UCLA has higher academic requirements for student athletes than many other schools. That means they can't just collect the best athletes in each sport.
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Hello Kiffin, Meet Luke (And Jordan): UCLA "Type Of Guys" (35 clicks)
I want to end the Friday night on a positive note and put aside all the anxiety and frustrations around our basketball team. Thank fully we have the football program giving us one sign after another about how Rick Neuheisel has changed the zeitgeist around UCLA football program.Let's go back to the Super Wednesday when CRN closed out another excellent recruiting class. That day started off with a bang with the signing of Jordan Zumwalt, the four start LB from Orange County (and for a while Stanford Cardinal's most highly rated commit for the class of 2010). While we all rode the Zumwalt roller coaster to a happy ending, there was another amazing story behind his signing of a Bruin LOI.
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Center Court: UCLA Basketball (v. California) Open Thread (5 clicks)
Woooo!!! How excited are we to watch the battle for the first place in Pac-10!! Can hardly contain myself here as I am about to head out in almost three feet of snow out to my local bar to watch this game (not kidding). I have no idea why I am doing it considering the last time I went to that bar (for a game on CBS) we got pummeled by Arizona. Then again if this team was worth the superstition, then I'd stay away from the bar. Not this year.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Go See UCLA Baseball Games This Season - Part 1 (6 clicks)
I wrote this up for some of my friends and former classmates who are not much into baseball or even sports at all. There's really no heavy analysis, just my personal thoughts. Some of the stuff is pretty basic and many of you know much more about Bruin Athletics than I do, but please bear with me.It's here! The UCLA Baseball 2010 season will start very, very soon.
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Hoops Game Day Roundup: Angry Bears Looking For Vengeance In Pauley (8 clicks)
It would help if Malcolm Lee plays more like a pitbull (on both ends of the court) than a poodle. Let's start with a quick follow up on the bruhahahah over Malcolm Lee's twitter who fired off what clearly appeared to be a shot against Ben Howland's scheme at UCLA, right after his team's close victory over a bad Stanford basketball team. While the tweet was deleted within couple of hours, there has been no explanation and no followup tweet from Malcolm. So as of right now that tweet pretty much speaks for itself in terms of how the supposedly the best player in UCLA's backcourt feels about his head coach's game schemes.
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UCLA Baseball $2 Tuesdays and Family 4 Pack Fridays (5 clicks)
UCLA Baseball $2 Tuesdays and Family 4 Pack FridaysUCLA Baseball will have two ongoing ticket promotions for the home games the entire season. On Fridays, you can buy family admission for 4 plus 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas and 1 popcorn for $24. On Tuesdays, all tickets are $2 each.
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Our Tyler: the ultimate Bruin Warrior. (17 clicks)
Our Tyler: the ultimate Bruin Warrior.GO BRUINS.
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Defense and Rebounding Leads To Victories? (8 clicks)
Defense and Rebounding Leads To Victories?This from Coach Nikki Caldwell's twitter:"Our level of commitment to defend and rebound equated to our victory today."Remember when we used to say that about our men's team? Congrats to the women on picking up an ugly, but deserved and rewarding victory.
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Poor James Keefe. (10 clicks)
Poor James Keefe. Only if he had gotten himself in trouble with the law (including wrapped up with allegations of beating his girlfriend) TWICE, never bothered or made an effort to play any defense (getting torched game after game forcing his coach to change defensive schemes just to HIDE him as a weakness), grew a pathetic beard, jack up one brick after another to shoot his team out of big games, he too could have averaged more than 30 minutes a game.
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"When we get big leads, we kind of get too comfortable, then they start to chip away at it," UCLA... (8 clicks)
"When we get big leads, we kind of get too comfortable, then they start to chip away at it," UCLA freshman forward Tyler Honeycutt said. "We think we can just turn it on when we want, and we haven't been able to do that. We need to keep the pressure on them." What Happened To "40 Minutes"?
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Bad Poetry In Westwood: What Howland Needs To Do To Salvage The Season He Has Been Wasting At UCLA (12 clicks)
Tired of excuses, apologies and coach-speak. Let's tie up a loose end on home page before going to some scattered hoops reflections on this wasted season (yes, it is a wasted season barring a miracle run in the conference tournament which is not going to happen). Malcolm Lee attempted to explain his much discussed tweet from Fri, which only raised even more questions:"They said you're trying to stir stuff up, and I was like, ‘No,'" Lee said Saturday. "That's just a phrase from the poetry I've written called, ‘Muzzle.'
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Ben Ball Poodles Look Pretty Early But Predictably Collapse In Pauley (6 clicks)
Well hello there everyone. Get used to a new addition for our lexicon. Ben Ball Poodles. At least yours truly will be using that to refer to Ben Howland's mentally soft and IQ challenged basketball "team" for rest of this. The final score was not surprising because we all saw this coming. Mike Montgomery's Cal Bears decided to show up the play today instead of taking our BBPs for granted, and as a result predictably ran away with it on our home court at Pauley.
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[UPDATE] UCLA Guard Malcolm Lee Appears To Blast Ben Howland On Twitter (29 clicks)
UPDATE (N): The tweet below has now been deleted. No explanation yet. Also I would note the overwhelming majority of his previous tweets were all about basketball.This was posted on Malcolm Lee's twitter just 12 hours ago: Needless to say this raises a lot of questions about the UCLA basketball program under Ben Howland. What is going on over here?
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Ben Howland Squandering Away A Vast Reserve Of Goodwill At UCLA (8 clicks)
I feel like a broken record, because it is the same problem week after week. That is why I am constantly amazed when people start to get excited about this team. They are what they are, they have proven what they are, and they won’t get any better or any worse. They are a .500 team, capable of putting together decent games, but incapable of putting together the consistent play needed to truly be a winner.
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W. Golf. Top-Ranked Bruins Begin Spring Season at Regional Challenge (6 clicks)
The top-ranked UCLA women's golf team begins the 2010 Spring season at the 15th Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, Feb. 8-10 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.
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W. Water Polo. No. 5 UCLA Defeats No. 9 Arizona Satte, 7-6, at Stanford Invitational (5 clicks)
The No. 5 UCLA women's water polo team edged No. 9 Arizona State, 7-6, in the Stanford Invitational on Sunday morning. The Bruins (5-2) received one pair of goals each from junior Grace Reynolds and freshman Leah Trella.
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Baffled Bruins continue to get home-schooled (10 clicks)
After a 72-58 loss to California, they can't explain their woes at Pauley Pavilion, where they are 9-5 this season. After a 72-58 loss to California, they can't explain their woes at Pauley Pavilion, where they are 9-5 this season.
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Up next for UCLA: Feb. 14 at USC (5 clicks)
The Trojans humiliated the Bruins, 67-46, on Jan. 16. Up next AT USC Feb. 14, 7 p.m., Prime Ticket The Trojans humiliated the Bruins, 67-46, on Jan. 16. UCLA shot only 33% in that game and was outrebounded, 37-22. USC has swept UCLA only four times since 1942, the last being in 2004
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W. Water Polo. No. 5 UCLA Downs No. 3 Hawai'i, 9-8 (5 clicks)
The No. 5 UCLA women's water polo defeated No. 3 Hawai'I, 9-8, in a non-conference match at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday evening. Grace Reynolds and Priscilla Orozco each led the Bruins (4-2) with two goals in the non-conference victory against Hawai'i (4-2).
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UCLA doesn't do mean, finishes lean in loss to Cal (4 clicks)
A sneezing two-week old kitten.
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UCLA Wilts Under Pressure, Bows to Cal (5 clicks)
UCLA (11-12, 6-5) barely had a chance to experience first-place in the Pac-10 before dropping right out of it with a 72-58 loss to California (15-8, 7-4) at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. For about the first nine minutes of the game, the Bruins...
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M. Track. Bruins Have Big Day at NAU Invitational (10 clicks)
Senior Kevin Craddock won the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.88 at the NAU Invitational in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Fast start turns into big fall for UCLA (4 clicks)
What's the best way to turn a 14-point lead into a 14-point loss?Ask UCLA.The Bruins began Saturday afternoon's Pac-10 showdown with Cal at Pauley Pavilion by doing everything right. They stormed to a 14-point lead over the Golden...
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W. Track. Murakami Wins Mile Run at New Balance Invitational (3 clicks)
Junior Shannon Murakami won the mile run event at the New Balance Invitational with a lifetime best of 4:49.24.
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UCLA basketball: Golden Bears maul Bruins, 72-58 (5 clicks)
UCLA saw what it takes to remain a Pacific 10 Conference contender. California showed it to the Bruins. The Golden Bears shook off a slow start, then zoomed past the Bruins for a 72-58 victory at Pauley Pavilion this afternoon....
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W. Basketball. UCLA Downs California, 44-32 (7 clicks)
UCLA held California to just eight points in the first half and handed the Golden Bears a 44-32 defeat at Haas Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. Cal scored the game's first eight points, keeping UCLA off the scoreboard until Christina Nzekwe made a free throw at the 10:01 mark.
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Report: Reeves Nelson suffers concussion (9 clicks)
Freshman forward Reeves Nelson suffered a concussion on his first touch of the game, according to Jon Gold of the Los Angeles Daily News.Nelson said the injury occurred when he and California center Markhuri Sanders-Frison collided early in the first half."The doctor said it was a concussion, so I'm going to have to be out for a few days," Nelson said. "I was lying to the trainers just to stay in the game. Obviously, I didn't play as well as I would have liked but I tried to stay in there for the team.
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Hot-shooting California too much for UCLA (7 clicks)
UCLA's stay atop the Pacific 10 Conference turned out to be temporary.UCLA's promising 14-point lead midway through the first half was short-lived too, as California stormed back and rolled to a 72-58 win at Pauley Pavilion.That's a 28-point switch, for those of you scoring at home.
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W. Water Polo. No. 5 UCLA Women's Water Polo Edged by No. 4 California, 4-3 (5 clicks)
The No. 5 UCLA women's water polo team dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 4 California in a first-round contest of the Stanford Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
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M. Tennis. UCLA-San Diego Men's Tennis Match Canceled (5 clicks)
UCLA's scheduled men's tennis match against San Diego on Saturday has been canceled due to rain. A make-up date has not yet been determined.
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Loss to USC was turning point for UCLA (7 clicks)
The 67-46 defeat was the most lopsided to the Trojans since 1945. The Bruins have now won four of their last five games and are in a four-way tie for first place in the Pac-10. The 67-46 loss was the most lopsided to the Trojans since 1945. The Bruins have now won four of their last five games and are in a four-way tie for first place in the Pac-10.
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California guard Patrick Christopher tries to make ALL the numbers count (6 clicks)
The senior from Compton averages 16.2 points, seventh in the Pac-10. But on a Cal team with several other scoring options, including fellow guard Jerome Randle, Christopher focuses on playing a well-rounded game. The senior from Compton averages 16.2 points, seventh in the Pac-10. But on a Cal team with several other scoring options, including fellow guard Jerome Randle, Christopher focuses on playing a well-rounded game.
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M. Volleyball. Bruins Sweep Series in Hawaii (4 clicks)
Fourth-ranked UCLA beat No. 6 Hawaii for the second straight night Friday in Honolulu and will return to the mainland with a two-match winning streak and showers of confidence.
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W. Track. Peaults Lifetime Best on First Day of New Balance Invitational (6 clicks)
Tori Pena posted a lifetime best of 4.20 meters in the Pole Vault to lead the Bruins on Day 1 of the New Balance Invitational in New York. Her posting was good enough for second place in the event while junior Tori Anthony vaulted 4 meters to finish in seventh.In the long jump championships, senior Danielle Watson finished 6th, jumping 6.15 meters. Meanwhile, freshman Ryann Krais jumped 5.56 meters in the long jump consolations to finish 17th.
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W. Gymnastics. Bruins Score Season-High In Win At Arizona (7 clicks)
UCLA posted a season-high 196.725 to easily defeat Arizona (193.8) in a dual meet in Tucson on Friday night. Bruin sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa won the all-around with a career-high 39.675 and captured first place on bars (career-high 9.95) and beam (9.95). She also picked up a season-high on floor with a 9.9.
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Here and there... (4 clicks)
A few notes and links as we head into the weekend:-- UCLA ace pitcher Gerrit Cole was named a second-team All-American by Baseball America. The sophomore right-hander was Baseball America's top prospect on Team USA last summer after going 4-0 with a 1.06 earned-run average. Cole, a first-round pick by the New York Yankees in the 2008 MLB Draft, is expected to start in UCLA's season-opener two weeks from today.-- A number of football players have shifted their attention to track and field during the off-season.
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Rain forces UCLA to cancel annual Alumni Game (5 clicks)
Baseball will have to wait two more weeks.With rain returning to Southern California this weekend, UCLA baseball's annual Alumni Game has been canceled.The friendly game , which was to be played Saturday, will not be rescheduled. Instead, the program will host a three-hour long reception for Bruin baseball alumni and their families in the Jack and Rhodine Gifford hitting facility.
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Video: Odighizuwa overpowers Henderson (53 clicks)
For those wondering how important of a pick-up defensive end prospect Owamagbe Odighizuwa (Portland, Ore./Douglas) was for coach Rick Neuheisel on signing day, here's a scouting video from Rivals.com that shows why:For those who didn't care to look, Odighizuwa runs over USC commit Seantrel Henderson -- who is considered by some as the nation's top prospect. UCLA and USC fans are in for a treat if Henderson eventually signs with the Trojans.
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James, Jones add to UCLA's backfield depth (37 clicks)
Suddenly, UCLA finds itself in a situation that USC seems to face year in and year out.Who will be the Bruins' primary ball carrier next season? And better yet, will there be enough carries to go around?The Bruins added two more tailbacks Wednesday with the signings of Jordon James (Corona, Calif./Corona) and Malcolm Jones (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian).The two will join a crowded backfield that already includes sophomores Johnathan Franklin, Milton Knox and Damien Thigpen and junior Derrick Coleman.
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