We discuss all the candidates for the new coaching position
We talk a little about the Las Vegas Bowl

And that’s pretty much it…

This will be our last episode of the season. Thank you very much for listening. We’ll see ya next year!

We discuss how the Oregon game could have been one of our ugliest wins ever
We contemplate what it will take to beat ‘SC
We try to guess if this will be Karl Dorrell’s last week as coach

All this and much much more…

Stories covered this week:

• “It’s highly unlikely Dorrell will be retained as UCLA’s coach after this season” (BRO Premium)
• USC eying the Rose Bowl

The main stream media begins to jump on the Dump Dorrell bandwagon.
The Bruin injury toll continues to rise…and so do the losses.
But we seek relief as we get to see our basketball team finally in action.

All this and much much more…

Stories covered this week:

• Cowan suffered a concussion and collapsed lung.
• Basketball Cruises Past Azusa Pacific, 111-61, in Exhibition Opener.
• Basketball Defeats Chico State, 93-55, in Exhibition Game.
• Brackets for CBE Classic (PDF)

The Washington State Kryptonite defeats the Bruins once again.
The calls for Coach Dorrell’s job begin to magnify.
We can wait for basketball season to start.

And much much more….

Stories covered this week:

• UCLA lacked focus during their practices
• Dorrell: The Robin Hood of Westwood
• Brigham Harwell and Christian Taylor should be coming back this week.
• Internet rumor claims J’mison Morgan will commit to UCLA but was full of crap.

We continue to celebrate our victory over Cal
We handicap our chances for winning the Pac-10
We breakdown our chances verses last place Washington State

And much much more….

Stories covered this week:

• ATV and Kai Forbath were both named Pac-10 players of the week.
• Ben Howland is in the top-10 coaches in salary.
• Coach Howland will be inducted into the The Boys and Girl’s Club of America hall of fame.
• UCLA’s Darren Collison and Josh Shipp are among 50 preseason candidates for this year’s John R. Wooden Award.

We’ll have a hard look at the state of our football program
And we’ll look forward to basketball now that practice has started
We’ll talk to a couple of Cal Bears bloggers

And much much more….

Thank you to Erik and Matt from the California Golden Blogs and Ken from Excuse Me For My Voice for joining us this episode.

We’ll play your rants about the Notre Dame game
We keep you up to date with the week’s news
We’ll talk about Bruin Basketball, John Wooden

And much much more….

Stories covered this week:

• Ben Olson gets surgery on his knee
• Dorrell Decides to Ignore Osaar Rasshan Again
• Troy begins to fall

Steve Schmidt aka mrnewguy also came on the show this week to tell us all about Woodenstock. For more information on how you can attend, click here.

We try to figure out which Bruin team is the REAL Bruin team
We go over how both teams performed again Oregon State
We ask a couple Notre Dame bloggers what to expect in our game this week

And much much more….

Our special guests from the Notre Dame blogosphere:

• CW from rakesofmallow.com
• Frank Vitovitch from uhnd.com

Stories covered this week:

• Brown names Pac-10 defensive player of the week
• Ben Howland and UCLA Agree on New Contract
• Fire Howland!
• ABC Coverage map

We have guarded optimism about our win over Washington
We invent a QB controversy even though one doesn’t exist
We discuss what it will take to win at OSU
We even talk a little basketball

And much much more….

Stories covered this week:

• Matthew Slater Named U.S. Bank Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week
• Konrad Reuland Leaves Notre Dame and will join a JC
• J’mison Morgan made visit to the Rose Bowl

This week on The Bruin Show:

We lick our wounds over the Utah game and try to figure out what went wrong
We dicuss the future of Dorrell’s future as the UCLA coach
We throw darts and try to predict what will happen in the Washington game

And much much more….

Stories covered this week:

• Basketball “individual workouts” started Saturday!
• Following its convincing 14-shot victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship over the weekend, the UCLA women’s golf team rose to the No.1 ranking this week in the GolfWeek
• UCLA soccer forward Maxwell Griffin was named NSCAA National Players of the Week
• Five Former Bruins Named to 2008 USA Softball Women’s National Team

Due to technical problems, we had to patch together a couple portions from a different source at the beginning. Overall it sounds fine, but you might notice a jump in sound quality a few minutes into the show.