Michael David Smith of PRO FOOTBALL TALK has a nugget from the NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN which sums up the acumen of football *fans* north of Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.
Vince Young, who is back in school at Texas (we’re sure his mom had nothing to do with that) , on how he has been received by classmates: “The kids, they’re shocked. One day I walk into class to a standing ovation and my teacher — she’s from UCLA — she was like ‘What’s going on?’ I guess she thought the applause was for her … The kids have been giving me a lot of love. Some kids are like, ‘Why are you back? You’ve got all this money.’ That’s not what I’m shooting for. I want to get my degree.”
Having lived in Lipstick City for eight years, that reax is right-on when it comes to UCLAers. Why do you think Dan Guerrero had no choice but to hire a two-time loser as head football coach?
12:09 pm on February 19th, 2008
So a UT professor and UCLA alum who doesn’t recognize a former football player is an indictment on UCLA fans?!?! What kind of sense does this make?
5:38 pm on February 19th, 2008
I don’t get your point. For that matter, what exactly is your point? Because an athlete is more recognizable than a professor? Where’s the news in that?
5:48 pm on February 19th, 2008
The point is that a UCLA professor had no idea who Vince Young was. And she was teaching at Univ. of Texas. She’s out to lunch when it comes to college football.
Anyone who knows L.A. knows plenty of UCLA-affiliated folks who couldn’t name a single player on the Bruins football team. Or the coach for the matter.
Football is not a priority at the school. It’s reality.
USC is completely different.
8:31 pm on February 19th, 2008
At least UCLA’s “two-time loser” actually has a winning record at his last two stops, unlike Pom Pom Pete who flunked out of the NFL.