UCLA NOTEBOOK: A TIME TO LASSO TEXANS.Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer UCLA's two-season, three-city Texas tour continues Saturday in Houston, giving the Bruins another opportunity to show their stuff for the top high school talent in the Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
Victories last year in Austin (over Texas) and Dallas (over Texas A&M) provided 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 critical exposure in its successful pursuit of defensive tackle Sean Phillips and guard Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan OBE (born November 25, 1952 in Liverpool) is an English businessman. . ``It sends a message to kids that they don't have to stay in state just because it's Texas,'' said Phillips, a Parade All-American from Dulles High in Sugar Land, a Houston suburb. ``For an out-of-state school, it gives them influence to get kids to play for them. You can go judge for yourself if it's a good team and if you want to play for them. It helps a lot, because there are a lot of great players in Texas.'' The Bruins lured Tommy Maddox Thomas (Tommy) Alfred Maddox (born September 2, 1971 in Shreveport, Louisiana) was a football quarterback in the NFL who most recently played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. High school career At L.D. , Kevin Williams Kevin Williams may refer to:
``It's an opportunity for the players we recruit not only to see us against the home team but to see us in person,'' said Randy Taylor Randy Taylor (born February 1982, played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is the middle brother on the TV show Home Improvement. Randy is the jokester of the family. He is also the shortest Taylor boy. , UCLA's director of football operations. ``You can see the uniforms, the size of the players, the offense. ``I believe the games in Texas helped us sign (Phillips and Morgan). It's good to schedule games in areas you recruit.'' Slippery when wet: The Bruins are expecting heat and rain at Houston's 20,500-seat Robertson Stadium • • [ . But coach Bob Toledo will not practice with wet footballs to prepare the quarterbacks and receivers for adverse conditions. ``That's overrated Overrated was a Horde World of Warcraft guild, based on the US Black Dragonflight Realm. On November 2 2006, the majority of the guild members were indefinitely banned from the game for use of (or directly benefiting from) a third-party "wall-hack", used to bypass content - I've ruined more practices with wet balls,'' Toledo said. ``It's like, `Let's practice in the snow to get ready for it.' '' Injury update: Second-string tailback Keith Brown left practice early with turf toe turf toe Sports medicine A ligamentous sprain of the metatarsophalangeal–MTP joint of the great toe affecting athletes in various sports–baseball, football, soccer played on artificial turf Clinical Commonly presents as an intensely painful, swollen, and is day-to-day. If he can't play, true freshman DeShaun Foster moves up the depth chart. Starting outside linebacker Michael Wiley injured his back and also is questionable. Redshirt freshman Santi Hall, impressive against Texas with a sack and three tackles, is ready if Wiley can't play. Odds and ends: UCLA's 584 yards against Texas was its highest output since November 1994, when the Bruins gained a school-record 679 yards against Arizona State. . . . The Bruins scored touchdowns on all five trips inside the red zone (20-yard line) against Texas. . . . Guard Andy Meyers and tight end Ryan Neufeld were named captains for the week, joining Cade McNown and Larry Atkins, the season-long selections. . . . Saturday's game will be broadcast on KOGO 600-AM because of a conflict with the Dodgers on 1150-AM. QB QUESTION QUOTA Interview requests go hand-in-hand with a Heisman Trophy campaign, and UCLA has established guidelines to reduce Cade McNown's media commitments during the season. McNown and sports information director Marc Dellins review the requests. Some are granted; some are not. If they are not, McNown is available for a group interview session each Monday and via teleconference each Tuesday. In following UCLA's standard procedure for quarterbacks, McNown is off limits from Wednesday through the conclusion of UCLA's game. - Jon Wilner CAPTION(S): Box BOX: QB QUESTION QUOTA (see text) |
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