UCLA Hands First Win To The Irish

It was a bad day all around for college football in Los Angeles. First USC loses at home to Stanford, then UCLA loses to the 0-5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. I don’t know which loss is more pathetic? UCLA quarterback Ben Olson was knocked out of the game early, so walk on red-shirt freshman, Mcleod Bethel-Thompson was forced into action. What the hell is a Mcleod Bethel-Thompson? That sounds more like a synagogue than a football player. Needless to say he didn’t fare all that well and Notre Dame won the game 20-6, avoiding tying their longest losing streak in school history. Charlie Weis can breath a sigh of relief, not that his job was in jeopardy after signing a ten year extension. I guess he earned his money tonight. UCLA must go back to the drawing board, again, and figure out what to do A. about their starting quarterback position if Olson is out for and extended period of time, and B. about their football program in general that can’t string together decisive victories and is contstantly competing with USC across town. I guess for UCLA it makes the season worthwhile if they beat their crosstown rivals. The Bruins showed today that they are still a ways away from playing with the elite teams in college football if they can’t even beat the worst teams in the country.