CALIFLORIDA BOWL: OLSON DOES HIS PART QB SHARP, BUT TEAM LOSES OUT TO FLORIDA FLORIDA 34, CALIFORNIA 24.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer TORRANCE - The thrill of participating in an all-star football game is the chance to compete with so many great players. But sharing opportunites can be a curse, too, as quarterback Ben Olson For the American soccer player, see . Benjamen James Olson (born February 23, 1983 in Thousand Oaks, California) is a redshirt junior quarterback for the 2006 UCLA Bruins football team. of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High learned Wednesday. Olson had the hot hand for California against Florida in CaliFlorida Bowl III, completing 7 of 8 passes for 99 yards - the only incompletion was a dropped pass near the end zone that should have amounted to a 31-yard score - and a touchdown. He orchestrated three touchdown drives in his four series but spent the rest of the game on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. watching less-effective Drew Olson Drew Olson (born April 6, 1983 in San Francisco, California) is a former starting quarterback for the University of California, Los Angeles football team, where he broke many of UCLA's passing records. of Piedmont and Ryan O'Hara Ryan O'Hara (born August 18, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition, he previously played for the Canberra Raiders and has represented New South Wales in the State of Origin on one occasion. of Muir of Pasadena direct the offense. As things turned out, California lost 34-24 before about 4,000 at El Camino College El Camino College is a two-year public community college located in the city of Torrance in Los Angeles County, California. It is commonly referred to as "El Co" or "ECC". It consists of 37 buildings spanning an area of roughly 26 acres (105,000 m²). . But if Olson, a USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. All-American who many considered the event's marquee name, had more chances, perhaps the outcome would have been different. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to say. It's hard because I wanted to be out there more,'' Olson said. ``You want to be out there the whole game, but you just can't do that in an all-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games . I just tried to do my best.'' Brigham Young-bound Olson completed his last four passes, including a 26-yard touchdown pass to James Finley James Finley is the name of:
Drew Olson, who has committed to UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , completed 5 of 9 passes for 42 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. O'Hara, who is going to Arizona, was 1 of 3 for minus-7 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. ``All the players out here are awesome,'' California tight end Jesse Taylor of Chaminade of West Hills said. ``It would have been nice to win the game. But all-star games are about getting everyone in because they all deserve to play. We had just one week to get ready for this game and that's a short time.'' California lost its second in a row to Florida, falling to 1-2 in the series. Florida looked sharp. Team MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Devin Hester scored the first touchdown on an 85-yard kick return, and he also had an interception. Teammate Gavin Dickey completed 5 of 12 passes for 110 yards and also rushed for 25 yards. Dan Shula completed 6 of 9 for 51 yards and a touchdown. Running backs Tre Smith, Travis Glasford, James Jackson and Tremaine McCollum combined for 118 yards, and defensive lineman Kareem Brown delivered some ferocious tackles. ``When we fell behind by a touchdown early on, I knew our team had to keep the faith,'' Hester said. ``I guess California talked us down a lot before the game and might have have come out here and taken us lightly. They thought it was going to be an easy game.'' California linebacker Chad Slapnicka of Loyola of L.A. had no excuses. ``Florida just brought a real talented squad and we weren't fully prepared,'' Slapnicka said. ``We did our best, but we didn't know how it was going to turn out. It just came down to execution.'' Finley scored California's first touchdown on a 43-yard option pass from tight end Marcedes Lewis of Long Beach Poly. Hershel Dennis, also of Long Beach Poly, scored on a 1-yard run, and Laguna Beach's Todd Merz kicked a 38-yard field goal. California had a chance to cut the gap to three points early in the fourth quarter. But with the ball on Florida's 20, a bad snap was fumbled away, and Florida's Baaraka Atkins scooped up the football and ran 5 yards for the game-breaking touchdown. ``It's been a fun week, but it would have nice to cap it off with a win,'' Taylor said. ``It was a hard loss.'' Defensive back Aaron Miller of Edison of Fresno was named California MVP. Dennis ran for 69 yards in 14 carries, and Robbie Dubois of Mission Viejo added 29 yards in six attempts. Jackson scored twice for Florida on a pair of 5-yard runs. In the preceding Blue Chip Bowl, the L.A. City Section beat the Southern Section 9-6. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: California quarterback Ben Olson of Thousand Oaks scrambles against Florida's defense. Kirby Lee/Special to the Daily News |
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