Norm Chow Joins Utah Utes Staff

Norm Chow has left the UCLA Bruins and will be joining the Utah Utes, the newest member in the "Pac 12." The 64-year-old is returning to his alma mater as Utah's offensive coordinator. He spent the past three years in the same role with the UCLA Bruins. The UCLA Bruins stumbled to a 4-8 season last year with an offense ranked 99th of 120 FBS schools. A change was necessary and Chow elected to leave for greener pastures. Rick Neuheisel remains on the hot seat at UCLA.

Week 10 Scores from Pac-10

Here are the Week 10 scores from the Pac-10:

#1 Oregon 53, Washington 16

California 20, Washington State 13

UCLA 17, Oregon State 14

#13 Stanford 42, #15 Arizona 17

USC 34, Arizona State 33

Pac-10 Week One Game Results

Here are the Week One results from the Pac-10:

41 Arizona, 2 Toledo

54 Arizona State, 9 Portland State

52 California, 3 UC Davis

72 Oregon, 0 New Mexico

30 Texas Christian, 21 Oregon State

52 Stanford, 17 Sacramento

31 UCLA, 22 Kansas State

49 USC, 36 Hawaii

23 Brigham Young, 17 Washington

65 Oklahoma State, 17 Washington State

UCLA Bruins Football

Perhaps my second least paid attention to Pac 10 football team is the next team on my list of 2010 Pac 10 football team schedules....UCLA Bruins. The coolest thing about the Bruins is that they get to play all of their home games at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena. Now that's a football field! With over 90,000 seats and top notch turf. I hope 2nd year head coach Rick Neuheisel appreciates what he has!

The 2010 UCLA Bruins Football Schedule

09/04/10 at Kansas State Wildcats
09/11/10 vs. Stanford Cardinal
09/18/10 vs. Houston
09/25/10 at Texas Longhorns
10/02/10 vs. Washington State Huskies
10/09/10 at Cal Bears
10/21/10 at Oregon Ducks
10/30/10 vs. Arizona Wildcats
11/06/10 vs. Oregon State Beavers
11/18/10 at Washington
11/26/10 at Arizona State Sun Devils
12/04/10 vs. USC Trojans

Pac-10 ranked high in attendance at fourth

The Pacific 10 Conference has proven to be highly recognized in the nation, coming in at fourth in the nation for average attendance (54,186) among the BCS conferences. The following are the schools, in order of attendees:

1. USC... 84,799 - Although USC had fallen down the ranks, they managed to make their way back up the list and into the highest attended football program in the conference. This is the seventh consecutive year for the Trojans to be in the lead.
2. UCLA... 64,547 - UCLA is ranked at No. 25 in the nation
3. Washington... 64,356 - Washington is ranked No. 26, right after UCLA in the nation
4 .California... 59,472 - This attendance earns Cali the No. 30 spot in the nation.
5. Oregon... 58,544
6. Arizona State... 48,556
7. Oregon State... 42,328
8. Stanford... 41,436
9. Arizona... 35,656
10. Washington State... 25,909

The leading BCS conferences include the SEC at No.1, the Big Ten taking second and the Big 12 at third.

USC Trojans

The University of South California Trojans football program was established in 1888. With eleven national championships, the USC Trojans have been a football powerhouse in the NCAA. The USC Trojans football tam has also ranked in the top 5 of the final BCS and AP Polls consistently throughout their program history. Currently, the USC Trojans hold a 772–306–54 (.706) overall record.

Due to lack in availability of travel during the first few decades of play, the USC Trojans were not able to go far from home for games. This restriction was the foundation for their current rivalry between UCLA. The rivalry between USC and UCLA is a unique one, because they are they only two Division I-A programs in the major BCS conference that share the same home town. USC and UCLA are a measly ten miles away from each other and, until 1982, they also shared the same stadium. The mere proximity would create tension between any two teams. Often, the game between these two teams determines who is going to the Rose Bowl and have the city bragging rights for the year.

With its heavy hand over many of the other schools, USC has shown to be an outstanding team over the years. This past season, the USC Trojans finished the season with a 9-4 record and beat Boston College in the Emerald Bowl. Unfortunately for them, this past season also marked the end of its seven-year streak of Pac-10 Championship wins and BCS Bowl appearances.

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!

The Oregon Ducks battle the UCLA Bruins, and reports say it is anyones game

The Oregon Ducks will take on the UCLA Bruins this weekend in a game that could be one of the hardest to predict this week in the Pac 10.

The game is at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which is automatically a strike against the Ducks... but if the Bruins bank on a home field advantage carrying them they are going to walk away crying. The Ducks may be down four or five strikes but they have the heart to carry them far!

A few more strikes against the Oregon Ducks, this is Quarterback Nate Costa's first NCAA Start, and its in the Rose Bowl, and its televised.. can you say nerves? Next, the Bruins are sure to be out to redeem themselves after being spanked up and down the field by Stanford last week. Finally, with the return of QB Kevin Prince the UCLA offense will be hard to beat.

The game is televised so if you can't make it out to the game, sit on your couch and send as much Duck Love through the screen as possible, they are going to need it!

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.