July 19, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer: UCLA #5 In Pac-10
As Media Day approaches, some reporters are already publishing their pre-season rankings. One reporter for the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Molly Yanity, picks UCLA to finish 5th in the conference (HT to Nestor at BruinsNation). Not sure of her credibility, but once again our football program and Karl Dorrell are getting slammed in the MSM and by experts. Here is what Yanity had to say:
UCLA will have an experienced quarterback and returns nearly all its starters — 10 on O, 10 on D — but, save for an upset over USC last year, the Bruins haven’t played particularly inspired football for Karl Dorrell or his revolving door of assistants.
If this team stays healthy and cohesive, it should do better than I have it ranked, but I’ve never seen a team completely avoid injuries and I don’t think 21 assistant coaches in five seasons is good. The defense could be spectacular. The starters are special, but there isn’t much depth. The Bruins have to get strong play from quarterback Ben Olson and need some more explosiveness from the backfield to prove me wrong.
Hard to disagree.
