UCLA beats....#7 Texas???

My friends and I walked into Cabo Cantina early Saturday afternoon getting ready to drown our Bruin sorrows with their $10 bottomless mimosa deal because our notably unranked team that is the laughing stock of the Pac-10 was playing the powerhouse team, the Texas Longhorns. Texas has made championship games, high ranked bowl games, and has sent numerous players to NFL in the past few years. In other words, their football team is awesome.

After having a losing football team for all four years I was at UCLA, I was most definitely expecting a major loss for this game—exactly why we chose the bottomless mimosas. We weren’t about to be soberly ridiculed by the majority of the people there, the USC fans who were watching their team score against Washington State on every possession. Need I mention we were the sole Bruin fans there, sitting in a sea of red? We were up for it though, just as long as we had a good waitress that could constantly refill our drinks.

All of these poor expectations, the USC game blasting on 8 of the 10 tv’s at Cabo Cantina, and not to forget the mimosas, was what made this Bruin victory against Texas so beautiful. I wouldn’t even call UCLA an under dog, they were just simply a joke. It was like an elementary school kid playing Kobe Bryant in a one-on-one basketball game….and winning. At the beginning, every down we got was a huge celebration, you know, because that’s usually the best we get. When the touchdowns started coming in, and the Bruin defense took down the Texas offense time after time, the thought of winning actually became a reality. And we could not believe it, and neither could the USC fans, who started cheering for us as well (they hate Texas too, so why not root for the Pac-10 team).

Thank you, Kevin Prince (and Norm Chow) for finally going a full game without an interception, Jonathan Franklin’s amazing performance, rushing for 118 yds, and the defense’s incredible stopping, only allowing Texas one touchdown and one field goal through the entire game. (Final score: UCLA 34 – Texas 12)

The Bruins NEEDED this. Not just for Rick Neuheisel’s job, but for UCLA morale. Give us kids some hope. What an amazing day! (…Obviously not for Texas though, what a true embarrassment). Keep it up Bruins!