REMORSE AND ANGER RUNNING HIGH DAVIS SAYS TEAM WILL HASH EVERYTHING OUT.Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer SALT LAKE CITY -- 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 defensive end Bruce Davis This article is about the American football player. For the American businessman, see Bruce Davis (video game industry). Bruce Davis (born June 21, 1956, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina) is a former professional American football player. had tears in his eyes, and the reasons for such emotion shifted as quickly as the ground under the feet of the 11th-ranked Bruins during Saturday's 44-6 humiliation to Utah at Rice-Eccles Stadium Current Stadiums in Major League Soccer Western Conference Eastern Conference . Davis was filled with sorrow because a season with such promise was smacked to a halt, with remorse Remorse See also Regret. Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit. for not acting more strongly about UCLA's preparation during the week and anger for the embarrassment -- UCLA's catch phrase for the day -- suffered at the hands of the Utes. One thing is certain, though. As a team leader, Davis said there will be a players' only meeting to hash it all out. "We'll meet as a team, and meet as a team without the coaches, maybe clear the air, see what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. everybody's chest, and we'll go from there," Davis said. "I guarantee you this We won't ever go out there and do that again. That's not us. That's not how we do things around here. We got beat up out there. This is not our style of football. It never has been, and it never will be again." Davis said he sensed UCLA's intensity was lacking during the past week of practice, but regretted how the team leaders handled it. "It was more like a, 'Hey, let's just get it together,'" Davis said. "Maybe we should have been raising our voice a little bit more here and there, really calling guys out that weren't doing what they were supposed to do. "That's on me. As a leader of this team, I take responsibility for that. I didn't pull my weight like I wanted to (Saturday). It happens, and that's life and college football, so you have to deal with it." Tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction Chris Markey, one of the Bruins' offensive leaders, agreed with Davis. "We will have to get together as a team, and as players, and talk (stuff) over," Markey said. "We have to let everybody know, freshmen up to the seniors, it's not over. We still have high expectations and our goals are high for the season. We have to keep pushing." With 20 returning starters and a senior class well versed Versed® Midazolam Pharmacology A preoperative sedative in experiencing haunting haunt·ing adj. Continually recurring to the mind; unforgettable: a haunting melody. haunt losses, many vowed such a defeat would not take place. However, it did, and Markey was quick to explain why. "We didn't show up to play," Markey said. "They came up and kicked our (butt). That's what happened. We can't dwell on it. We figured we were going to come in here and beat these guys. We knew we were the better team, but we didn't show up and it showed. They beat the hell out of us." CAPTION(S): photo Photo: DAVIS |
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