Author Archives: David Woods

Well, I apologize. Never again will I make mention of opportunities for free food in my column. For those of you compelled to send me nasty e-mails about the lack of free hot dogs after Thursday’s game, I understand. Life is rough, and it only gets rougher without free hot dogs. Despite the disappointment of […]

It is currently (and by currently, I mean when you are reading, not when I am writing) Feb. 22, meaning we are fast approaching the best month in college sports. (That would be March, for those of you with calendar issues.) UCLA, heading into this weekend’s play, is in pretty good position for the No. […]

I never thought I’d feel like that, but on Saturday, I felt bad for Lute Olson. His Arizona team, with his “best recruit ever” Chase Budinger, was just outlasted and outmanned by a totally superior UCLA team. He was outcoached, despite the fact that it appeared this was one game this year where he was […]

I suppose if I determined anything from Thursday night’s game against ASU, it is that UCLA’s desperation-heave percentage defense is just not what it once was. Beyond that, though, it’s hard to gauge anything off the 67-61 UCLA victory. UCLA won, and the Bruins did not play their best. The Sun Devils threw their best […]

I was walking toward Pauley around 5:30 on Wednesday night when I heard what will probably go down as one of the sweetest sounds I’ve ever heard: the ringing of the Victory Bell. I’ve never known a basketball game against USC where we had the Victory Bell; where we didn’t have to worry that, in […]

On the biggest day of the offseason for college football programs, UCLA was able to ink 10 recruits for the 2007 season. While the class is small, it is highly regarded by most recruiting services, including a five-star defensive tackle in Brian Price as well as four-star running back Raymond Carter and four-star linebacker/defensive end […]

UCLA effectively took the crowd out of the game by the end of the first half against Oregon State on Saturday. By the time there were five minutes left in the game, people were streaming for the exits of Pauley Pavilion. It’s not often that a team can dominate a game so thoroughly that it […]