UCLA Bruins

The UCLA Bruins football team has found great success since their inception in 1919. They UCLA Bruins have been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll at least once in every decade since the 1930s, and their major time of success was in the 1950s under head coach Red Sanders. In 1954, the UCLA Bruins football team made it to the national championships. Red Sanders also let the UCLA Bruins to three conference championships and an overall record of 66-19 in nine years.

When the 1980s and 90s came along, Terry Donahue took position as head coach where he led his football team to a 151-74-8 record, which included 13 bowls games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. Over the years, the Bruins football team has had many outstanding players who have been first-round draft picks, consensus All-Americans and many other major award winners.

The UCLA Bruins football team currently hold a 517–348–37 (.594) record, which is one of the highest in the Pac-10 conference. The Bruins have the privilege to play in the Rose Bowl, which is a National Historic Landmark in Pasadena, California. Their home turf holds an amazing capacity of 92,542, and there is rarely an empty seat in the house during a UCLA Bruins came. Who wouldn’t want to attend a game at the Rose Bowl?

I’ll be back Friday with the USC!

Rose Bowl is holy grail of College Football Games

Every college football season teams prepare all year for the post season bowl games. Bowl Games are the veritable who's who in college football. For Pac 10 Football Teams, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena is the Holy Grail of Bowl Games. According to the official Rose Bowl Game website, "Known as the The Granddaddy of Them All, the Rose Bowl Game kicked off a myriad of college football legacies in 1902. Since then, the game has showcased 18 Heisman Trophy Winners, produced 28 national champions, and featured 197 consensus All-Americans."

This year the 96th Rose Bowl Game will be played by the Number 8 BCS Ohio State Buckeyes and the Number 7 BCS Oregon Ducks. Both the Oregon Ducks and the Ohio State Buckeyes have had great 2009 Football Seasons and are well prepared for the game. The Oregon Ducks, ranked a place higher in the BCS rating system than the Oregon Ducks are the favorite. But in my opinion both teams really have a shot at this title and if the Oregon Ducks want to keep the Rose Bowl Championship in the Pac 10 they are going to have to do serious work to protect the title...

There are still Rose Bowl Tickets left, I found some at Oregon Ducks Football Tickets... but if you intend to go, you better scoop up your Rose Bowl Tickets soon!

The UCLA Bruins getting ready to return to the Rose Bowl

For most college football teams and fans there is a level of prestige and honor that comes with saying that you have played in the Rose Bowl, but for the UCLA Bruins the Rose Bowl is simply home. After spending several seasons in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where the UCLA Bruins shared home turf rights with rivals the USC Trojans the UCLA Bruins football team moved to their program in 1982 to Pasadena, California to play their home games in the historic Rose Bowl Stadium.

While most of the off-season practices, training camps and scrimmages take place in either the Acosta Athletic Complex or Spaulding Field the UCLA Bruins roster would tell you that the Pasadena is home and the Rose Bowl is where they belong. Rose Bowl Stadium is also the host however of the famous BCS series Rose Bowl game, the oldest and most famous college football bowl game. The 96th Rose Bowl game will be played on January 1, 2010. This year there is great speculation that the UCLA Bruins may return home after the regular season to play in the post season game, with former Pac 10 leaders taking on difficult schedules and a recruiting class full of talent many Bruins fans are eager to see how far their team can go this season.

One thing is for sure, any game played in the Rose Bowl is a good one and should not be missed.