A Cardinal among us? As a UCLA alumnus, all I
can say is, “What an embarrassment.” What an absolute
disgrace that Jeff Eisenberg’s column “Stanford loss
shocking, painful after season’s wins” (March 22) was
allowed to be printed in the Daily Bruin. That’s right. The
Daily BRUIN. Not the Stanford Daily. Seriously, I had to check the
banner at the top of the page a few times just to make sure.
What’s next for Jeff? An editorial titled “Why, oh why,
am I stuck at this god-awful SoCal public school when I could be at
a better Bay Area private school?” Or perhaps, “Why I
love Trojan football.” It’s almost the same thing. At
least it feels that way to me ““ a die-hard fan and season
ticket holder of UCLA sports. The travesty of this all was not that
Jeff roots for the Cardinal. Hell, he can root for whomever he
wants in the privacy of his own home. The real tragedy is that the
editors allowed this little whiny discourse regarding a rival
school’s tournament loss to be printed in a Bruin paper. How
disgusted must all our Bruin athletes be when they turn to the
sports page of their school’s paper and read this blather.
Especially after our women’s team suffered a season-ending
loss of its own this weekend. In the future, I would hope the
editors of The Bruin sports section would show a little more
intelligence and respect and take their audience into consideration
when selecting stories to print.
Mike Hernandez Class of 1998
Good column regarding Stanford’s unexpected season ending
loss. Although I’m a subscriber to BruinReportOnline, I
don’t share the same negative views about Jeff and The Bruin
as many posted on the Web site. As UCLA fans, they all should be
able to relate to heartbreaking losses. That’s what
Jeff’s column reminded me of. Anyway, Jeff, keep up the good
work. The column was well-written and a pleasure to read.
It’s nice to know I’m not alone when my team loses,
especially a game they should have won.
Al Rodriguez
I will let you know right away I am an Alabama fan, and I would
like to address your column about “Stanford’s shocking
loss.” I know how you feel when your sports team loses, the
hurt, anger, disbelief and other emotions. But a few things you
mentioned in the column disturbed me. First, you mention Stanford
lost to a “12-loss Alabama team, no less.” Alabama
played the toughest schedule in the nation. How many NCAA
Tournament teams did Stanford play? How many teams from the Pac-10
made the field of 64? Give Alabama a little credit. As I watched
the game that Saturday night, I was getting angry and nervous that
Alabama only scored two points in the first 10 minutes of the
second half. But I then started to think, “my gosh, Stanford
had a chance to just completely put the game out of reach, but
could only extend the lead to 13 points.” What I am trying to
say is this win by Alabama is the not “shocker” you may
think.
Ray Dodds Alabama alumnus
Doing something right Great article
(“Coming Home,” March 10) on Chad Concolino. I am
surprised by some of the stories I hear about these young kids
today. This kid seems to be very humble, which I don’t see
often in sports today. I love to read these motivational articles
about young players. Hope to see what happens with Concolino this
year. I will keep my eye open for him.
Terry Johnson