UCLA football team should reconsider chop block
defense
Dorrell has finally found Tom Cable, a man with the passion to
validate the chop block and potentially injure opposing offense
players.
In the Washington game, it became quite apparent that all of
UCLA’s opponents must soon prepare to have this technique and
counter used against them. Because of the small size and talent of
the offensive line, UCLA must resort to this potentially
knee-injuring block all the time to free a back. However, defenses
have now seen the extent to which UCLA uses this technique, and
they will begin to employ equally injurious techniques to block
UCLA linemen.
Rather than reveling in this technique, UCLA linemen should feel
ashamed that they need to use such a potentially harmful yet
currently legal block. Maybe UCLA will be the catalyst for change
to eliminate this block in the future.
Until then, the only passion that I see is a coaching staff that
will employ possibly harmful techniques that can end
athletes’ careers to ensure they keep their jobs.
Ken Kolden
Alumnus has bone to pick with Daily Bruin
The wind does not “come in off the ocean” in Husky
Stadium.
As a fellow Bruin, your ignorance is embarassing.
David Seidel UCLA alumnus
Thank you foracknowledging players’ hard
work
I just wanted to thank you for writing “Weighting to
Excel” (Sept. 26). I’m on the rowing team, and I really
appreciated that you went to the trouble of finding out how hard
the athletes at this school really work.
I always feel like most students think the athletes here have a
free ride, and that life is really easy for them. Thanks for making
an effort to show that we work really hard in order to represent
UCLA to the best of our abilities.
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Jessica Rogers Third-year, English and
communication studies student
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