UCLA v. Stanford

Be glad you weren’t there.

For Bruins who sat at home or in their dorms watching the fateful game against the Stanford Tree…the loss wasn’t nearly as painful as watching it from several yards away.

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, the Bruins took on Stanford “we still don’t know what our mascot is or what our stadium is called” University’s football team on Saturday, 10/27. What ensued was a bloodbath, with blue and gold spilling onto the field instead of red. The Stanford offense simply blew by our defense, bringing back memories of the Bruin defense from the past few years. I don’t think I saw any of the Bruin defense sack the quarterback…or even get anywhere close to him. And when the Bruins had the ball…uh…wait, we had the ball? Needless to say, our time of possession amounted to less than half of the game. Very few completions, lots of incompletes, and believe it or not, several interceptions, which Stanford took absolute advantage of, taking off with the ball. DeShaun Foster, our main man, did not play at his best, rushing straight into the melee at times for some unknown reason. At one point in the game, we were within three points of matching Stanford, and it looked like we could take over the lead. But no, a Hail Mary pass into the end zone gave Stanford the ball, and they ended up with a touchdown. Final score: 38-28, Stanford.

Be glad you weren’t there.

It was so disappointing to see us cut their lead to 3 in the 4th then lose the game. It was almost the perfect ending. The second string quarter back leading the team to victory…mmm…almost too good to be true. And it was. What really iced me was when Stanford stuck in the last touchdown. Drive a stake through my heart…sigh.