Remember what it was like to jump from algebra to calculus in high school? For me, it felt like finding out Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and Britney Spears all weren’t real. Things had been so much easier before reality, derivatives and integrals hit the fan, and now, all of a sudden, we weren’t the […]
Author Archives: Jeff Agase
Hard to tell if game was aberration or sign of things to come
We had our suspicions. That 2-0 record wasn’t built on granite. No, it was more like Silly Putty ““ solid by definition, but woefully unstable. It was two games and two wins, but close to zero revealed about just how good this team is. And now, after seeing UCLA on the wrong end of a […]
Senior captain Winzen learns from mistakes
It wasn’t always like this: Tracey Winzen smiling and content as she talks about the coming season. Just two years ago, the senior tri-captain wasn’t even sure she fit in the scheme of things at UCLA. “My freshman year was actually pretty good,” Winzen said. “But I got hurt halfway through the season. I hurt […]
Bruins set to score with No. 2-ranked recruiting class
With her team heavily favored entering its second straight NCAA quarterfinal, Jillian Ellis needed some advice. Naturally, she turned to a wise man. A very wise man. How should her team deal with the pressure, she wondered. How could it still focus with a bear-sized target on its back? “My dear, you wouldn’t want it […]
Lack of on campus stadium hinders true Bruin football experience
SOUTH BEND, Ind. ““ Seven a.m. at Notre Dame and two stereo systems within 20 feet of one another were already blaring. One was belting out the Notre Dame Victory March, the other screaming Jimmy Eat World. With three whole hours of sleep on my side, I rubbed my eyes and was handed a beer […]
Land of the fan ready for mental makeover
Back at my elementary school, we had a poster in our multipurpose room that read “High Expectation = High Achievement.” It was our school district’s motto, and as sixth graders we naturally felt the need to make fun of it. All along, we probably knew that it was right, but it was sixth grade, and […]
Football Preview: Season’s surprises may have fans asking “˜what happened?’
As UCLA football fans stared with disbelief at the news that a 7-4 Bruin team had declined to play in the smurf-turfed Humanitarian Bowl, you could hear a query from Dickson to Maloney’s: What the Hell Just Happened Here? Yes, folks, the WTHJHH? phenomenon can strike anyone, anywhere, anytime. Often accompanied by a bewildered look […]