UCLA is going to be “hella” glad it doesn’t have to play any more Bay Area teams this season. Taking into account Cal’s first-half domination of the Bruins in Berkeley, it’s now Bay Area (Stanford and Cal) 63, UCLA 0 in 2010. Everything has been golden for Cal thus far, and it has been an especially big day for star running back Shane Vereen, who has two rushing touchdowns.
Cal scored in less than four minutes on its first possession, and the game has snowballed (if you can imagine that image – it’s a beautiful day in Strawberry Canyon) from there. UCLA has looked far more like the team that shot itself in the foot against Kansas State and Stanford then the one that dominated Houston and Texas. The Golden Bears’ early lead has forced the Bruins to abandon their run-run-run some more philosophy of recent weeks. Quarterback Kevin Prince is 6 of 12 for 33 yards and has been sacked three times.