UCLA NOTEBOOK: THIS GAME PERSONAL FOR MANNING.Byline: Billy Witz Staff Writer When 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 sophomore cornerback Ricky Manning takes the field Saturday against hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" Fresno State, he'll be carrying more than the responsibility of being a game captain. He'll be carrying a chip on his shoulder. Manning, a three-year star in baseball and football at Fresno Edison, believes he's been denigrated by Fresno State coach Pat Hill. ``I know coach Hill feels some animosity toward me,'' Manning said. ``He'll say stuff and downtalk my skills. 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. if he doesn't like me or what. I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". for this game.'' All of this has left Hill dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. . ``It amazes me that he'd say that,'' said Hill, who says he's known Manning for five years. ``If that's the way he feels, I feel bad about that. I've never gotten into a (war of words) about Ricky Manning. I'm not going to brownnose brown·nose or brown-nose tr.v. brown·nosed, brown·nos·ing, brown·nos·es Informal To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on. him, but I think he's a great player. He's a humble kid. I've got nothing but good things to say about him as a player and a person.'' Manning concedes that Hill has never said anything to him personally. ``I just hear things, rumors,'' said Manning, who is close to about a half-dozen Bulldogs, including former high school teammates Atnaf Harris, Tierre Sams and Deandre Gilbert. ``He probably says it to get his players going. I know he wants to beat me. If I make a play, they're going to come right back at me.'' Manning, one of the best players to come out of Fresno in years, told Hill early in the recruiting process that he was going to leave town for college. ``Very rarely will a kid be that honest,'' Hill said. ``We knew we had no chance.'' On signing day, Manning's decision to attend UCLA dominated the front pages of Fresno-area papers. Hill remarked the next day that it would be nice if some of the local kids who stayed home were given more publicity. His comments caused a flap The communications protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). FLAP runs over TCP/IP and provides the header format for transmitting IM commands and data. It includes the SNAC data type, which is the primary data structure transmitted between clients and servers. See OSCAR. 1. with Manning's high school coach, Ray Reyes Ray Reyes (born March 13,1970) is a Puerto Rican who was born in New York City and became a member of Menudo in early 1983. Reyes came to substitute Xavier Serbia on the band, and joined the band right in the middle of Menudo's golden era. , and Hill called both Manning and Reyes to apologize a·pol·o·gize intr.v. a·pol·o·gized, a·pol·o·giz·ing, a·pol·o·giz·es 1. To make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense. 2. To make a formal defense or justification in speech or writing. for any misunderstanding. ``I got a lot of pub. They blew me up in high school,'' Manning said. ``Maybe he didn't like that.'' Last season, Manning made a critical play in UCLA's 35-21 victory over the Bulldogs. With the Bruins leading 17-7, Fresno State was driving for a touchdown in the final minute of the first half. But Manning intercepted a pass and returned it 83 yards to the Fresno State 11-yard line with 12 seconds left in the half. The Bruins kicked a field goal on the final play of the half. ``A lot of people wanted me to say (bad) things about him last year, but I never got caught up in that,'' Hill said. ``Why he'd say that I have no idea.'' --Faster feet: On his interception last season, Manning was run down by Harris, his former high school teammate. In fact, Manning, a quarterback at Edison, used to throw to Harris. ``I told him now I'm not 4.6 (in the 40-yard dash), I'm 4.4,'' Manning said. ``He won't catch me now.'' |
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