So Bronco and Bowden contacted you guys?

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Glad I see some of the bruinsnation and dd folks are making their presence felt over on the walker site.

Oh, and as for the rest of this article, I’m loving the news of other options. Still haven’t heard anything about us pursuing Kelly, does anyone have any indications of DG or our search firm contacting Kelly?

Mendenhall would be great! Two ten-win seasons in three years. Two conference titles. I wonder if we could finally be lucky and actually get a really good coach like Mendenhall.

Just wanted to add that if as DD says, Mendenhall himself was actively pursuing this job, and we do not hire him, we are idiots.

We need to drown that Walker site with all the firepower we can muster.Count me out if Walker is chosen.I have been a supporter both physicaly and financialy for years but that would be it.

Bowden’s public statement about interest in the job puts a whole new spin on the search. I think just maybe we’re going end up with a quality coach.

Thank you so much for this site. It is great to come here and get some idea what is going on…the media, bastards that they are, certainly are not letting too much “out of the bag”

Not even DW could raise up 1 player for ESPN’s All Conference PAC-10 Team:
All-Pac-10 Team
Offense
QB Dennis Dixon, Sr., Oregon
RB Jonathan Stewart, Jr., Oregon
RB Justin Forsett, Sr., California
TE Fred Davis, Sr., USC
WR Mike Thomas, Jr., Arizona
WR Brandon Gibson, Jr., Washington State
OL Sam Baker, Sr., USC
OL Juan Garcia, Jr., Washington
OL Chilo Rachal, Jr., USC
OL Max Unger, Jr., Oregon
OL Alex Mack, Jr., California
K Thomas Weber, Fr., Arizona State

Defense
DL Lawrence Jackson, Sr., USC
DL Sedrick Ellis, Sr., USC
DL Nick Reed, Jr., Oregon
DL Dexter Davis, So, Arizona State
LB Keith Rivers, Sr., USC
LB Robert James, Sr., Arizona State
LB Spencer Larson, Sr., Arizona
DB Antoine Cason, Sr., Arizona
DB Terrell Thomas, Sr., USC
DB Patrick Chung, Jr., Oregon
DB Kevin Ellison, Jr., USC
P Keenyn Crier, Fr., Arizona

Have you thought about changing the tag line under the banner to ABW?

Keep up the good work… This is exciting news all around. I’m still a little deflated after missing Johnson, but things don’t appear too bad.

outstanding work, DD!

Incidentally, is there any talk about Rick coming out of Westwood that you can confirm ? The only bits that I can confirm are all negative.

Bowden may not be a bad choice. 47-17-1 at Auburn and 111-52-3 overall. Granted he has been out of coaching for 9 years but he does fit the desire of previous HC experience with modest success…ABW

here’s the thing! everyone says we need a coach with experience and I totally agree. what I dissagree about is someone like Chow not having enough experience.granted he has never been a H.C. but by far!,he has the most eperience of any choach out there overall. check this out. he has over 30yrs of coaching experience. he has seen how it all works. recruiting,off-season workouts,practice and team meetings,film study,etc.,etc. to say that he would not be ready as a H.C. is rediculous. he has seen every type of defensive formation(especially while at S.C. when everyone was trying to come up with a defense to stop their high powered offense)he is the best offensive coordinator in C.F.history. so by far! he is the most experienced,and it would be nothing for him,or little stransition at all,for him to step in and take over. plus kids would flock to play for him. Chow better get the job if offered! Go Bruins!

Vermeil was out of coaching for 15 years before becoming the Rams head coach. Bowdens personality and presence would do well in the LA media circus and would give Carroll a run for his money.

Bowden is also a player’s coach, which I think is what we’d need in order to bring in better recruit. A player’s coach is precisely what Pete Carroll is, which is why he was more designed for the college game.

He brings energy, enthusiasm and a visible passion for the game. We’ve been lacking that since VErmeil.

Mendenhall is not leaving BYU. If he put his name in the mix, he did so looking for something from BYU. Frankly why would he leave BYU for UCLA? BYU has much better facilities, better fan support, and he’s a BYU guy. Mendenhall is probably just looking for a little leverage with BYU. Besides, Bowden would be a much better chioce. Bowden will start winning right away. However, the best choice for UCLA is Neuheisel (hands down), but of course we will not hire him.

I hope that the interest in Terry Bowden is real and not some rumor. I believe Terry would be an excellent choice. It doesn’t matter that he has been out of coaching, in fact it will bring him back energized and enthusiastic to coach again or why would he even bother. He had at least one year where he went unbeaten at Auburn in the tough SEC. This guy hasn’t forgotten how to coach and he has had success and has obvious experience. He said before the season began as a commentator for yahoo sports, that he felt that UCLA was over- rated and that they have lacked passion in football for many years. Boy was he right! He knows about the culture here in regards to football, and I’m sure he wouldn’t come out here unless he got assurances from Dan Guerrero and the administration that the negative culture surrounding the football program will change. Terry Bowden would bring instant credibility to UCLA football. This is a legitamate coach. No experiments with this guy. He will seriously have Pete Carroll and Sc concerned and fighting for 4 and 5 star player’s and he will turn the slide the Bruins are in against USC which currently stands at 1-8. UCLA will definetly win a Pac-10 crown and go to a BCS game and it won’t take him 5 years. Terry Bowden is a great choice not because of his father’s accomplishments, he is a great choice because of his own accomplishments. If Guerrero is serious about turning the football program into a winner with a legitamte chance to win the National Championship and this is not a rumor, then he will hire Terry Bowden now.

What an upgrade that would be, from Dorrell to Bowden - from a poser to a REAL football coach… let’s not over analyse this thing.

Been away for a few days…what a change. I would like Neuheisel for HC, but I LOVE seeing names like Bowden and Chow being seriously considered. Like some one else just said, real coaches!!! ABW!!!!

Bronco Mendenhal officially denies any contact from UCLA and interest in job.

AG…No way Mendenhall is going to admit interest in the UCLA job while he is preparing his team to play UCLA.

kelly is garbage. he is hated everywhere he has coached. he’ll be hated at cincinatti (where they wisely didnt give him an extension because he is unproven with his own players). and if he comes to ucla, he’ll be hated here in 2 years when he takes off for the nfl

Terry Bowden or Norm Chow would be great. either of them would be an awesome hire! Just can’t wai to see our Bruins back on a National Championship level and on ESPN again all the time! let’s go Guerrero!

Sorry to bore you with the past but I attended my beloved UCLA in the 50’s. Red Sanders was still there and we had Tommy Prothro to carry on the tradition. Since then we have relied on my GOD John Wooden, track and field and womens sports to make us #1 in NCAA championships. Can we make football a priority?

Jim … that is what this site is all about … making football a priority and a success! Thanks for stopping by. Do give us the insight of your cherished experience with the great Sanders et al … please do not be shy!

AG … ABP is right. There is no way Mendenhall will come out and say he is talking with his bowl competitor about their job. That is partly why we believe we won’t know who our next coach will be until after our bowl game.

How about this? We get one of those highly touted coaches we are looking for AND Chow as OC? Maybe a bit farfetched but a bruin can dream cant he?

Jim- A pleasure having you here, sir. I mirror DD’s sentiments; don’t be shy, post your opinions with reflections to the past. I would LOVE to read some of your material.

I emailed Terry Bowden through the Yahoo Sports website the day Dorrell got fired and asked if he was interested in the UCLA job…and he never wrote back (no surprise). I hope these rumors are true–he would be a great choice with a big name. How could incoming recruits who committed to Dorrell go elsewhere if the new head coach were Bowden??

I am a BYU guy and I am hoping that Bronco stays here, losing him would set our program back 10 years. I also think that coaching UCLA is much more about relating and communicating with media than it is at BYU. Bowden would be great for you and us. GO COUGS