The UCLA B Team Podcast: Recent Episodes
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A UCLA Sports fan podcast hosted by GoJoeBruin.com writers Nathan Eberhardt and Michael Hanna to provide some Bruin fan banter. Not affiliated w/ UCLA.
Nathan and Hanna again welcome Muna Osisioma to the show to wrap up the 2020/2021 UCLA Men's Basketball Season Recap. Topics include Sean Miller fired at Arizona, Jalen Hill walking away from basketball, trends in basketball tactics and analytics, and whether/how UCLA should honor Final Fours in Pauley.
Links:
1. Jalen Hill's Instagram announcement of his retirement
2. Ben Bolch's LA Times interview with Jalen Hill
3. UCLA/Gonzaga contrasting shot chart
REMEMBER, this is the last episode of the B Team available via the existing feed. From next week on, subscribe to the What's Bruin Show feed for more B Team content.
Muna Osisioma joins Nathan and Hanna to wax poetic and analytic about the Bruins' miracle run to the Final Four and the inspiring/heartbreaking semifinal loss to Gonzaga. The guys had so much to say that they called an artificial halt to the proceedings and agreed to reconvene next week for a broader basketball season recap.
Here's a link to Ben Bolch's LA Times story referenced at the end of this episode.
As Hanna and Nathan explain in the beginning of the episode, be sure to change your subscriptions to the What's Bruin Show in your podcast app of choice to continue receiving regular B Team episodes, as we are joining the What's Bruin Network.
A brief selection of Nathan and Hanna's predictions for the UCLA Basketball team over the course of the season (with guest appearances by Muna Osisioma and Ryan Rosenblatt), followed by a raw reaction from Tuesday night by Hanna to UCLA's thrilling victory over Michigan.
Nathan and Hanna discuss UCLA Basketball's three-game run to the Sweet Sixteen, breaking down the games against Michigan State, BYU, and Abilene Christian.
Nathan and Hanna discuss UCLA Basketball finding itself in a play-in game against Michigan State for an 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Nathan and Hanna are back to talk about UCLA Basketball's late season swoon, Hanna's objections to the 2021 Pac 12 football schedule, and a satisfying beat-down administered to USC at the hands of UCLA's baseball team.
Nathan welcomes friend of the show, Ryan Rosenblatt, to talk UCLA Softball and Baseball, as well as to touch base on UCLA Basketball and Football. They also discuss the scheduling announcement of NC Central and Alabama St. coming to the Rose Bowl, early impressions of AD Martin Jarmond, and the merits of departing PAC 12 Commissioner, Larry Scott.
Nathan and Hanna talk 5-Star recruits in both basketball and football, what to expect from the final stretch of the basketball season, the retirement of QB Coach Dana Bible, and UCLA Baseball's sky-high expectations coming into this season.
Nathan and Hanna talk about the basketball loss to USC, Jalen Hill's recent DNPs, Bill Connelly's 2021 football SP+ projections, and the athletic department's latest financial woes. Good times were had by all.
Nathan and Hanna discuss UCLA men's and women's basketball, whether football coach hiring is a crap shoot, and football recruiting.
Linked here, you can find the two charts discussed in the middle portion of the show and follow along! (SP+; Recruiting)
Nathan and Hanna return after a month hiatus to answer listener questions and discuss the future of the Pac 12 with the announcement of Larry Scott's termination as commissioner.
Nathan and Hanna break down some key elements of UCLA Football's road victory over Arizona State, check in with the basketball season, look ahead to Friday's basketball game against Marquette, then preview Saturday's football game against SC.
Nathan and Hanna recap football win over Arizona and the basketball team's struggles against San Diego State and Pepperdine.
Nathan and Hanna welcome back Muna Osisioma to recap UCLA's rollercoaster loss in Eugene and to preview the UCLA Basketball season, which tips off against San Diego State.
Nathan and Hanna break down UCLA's surprise win in a surprise game against Cal and look ahead to this weekend's game at Oregon.
Nathan and Hanna break down the debacle in Boulder and look forward to a game against Utah that may or may not be played.
Nathan and Hanna consider those who think Chip Kelly's recruiting has been a success before diving into a full preview of Saturday night's game against Colorado.
Nathan and Hanna run through some UCLA Football related news items and answer reader questions.
Nathan and Hanna welcome back friend of the show, Bruin Report Online contributor Chris Osgood (@osgoodck), to discuss a disturbing new revelation from DTR (via Ben Bolch), the possible new defensive scheme under Brian Norwood, and the stakes for this unique 2020 season.
Chris' BRO article on the wisdom of a pared down, pandemic playbook.
Ben Bolch in the LAT on Chip's new, expanded playbook.
Nathan and Hanna discuss the 2020 football schedule, key roster changes, and depth issues at OL and LB.
Nathan and Hanna discuss a reported apparel deal and the as-yet-unreleased Pac 12 football schedule.
In which Nathan and Hanna mount their high horses and speak their minds about the return of B1G and Pac 12 football.
Nathan and Hanna update the Under Armour fallout, the prospects for a winter start to football, and whether the moment for change in amateur sports has passed. Also, we imagine our own 24-team college football Premier Division.
Nathan and Hanna discuss the causes and implications of the Pac-12's decision to cancel/postpone football for 2020.
Ringer article by Brian Phillips, mentioned in the episode.
Three other takes: Atlantic, Banner Society, and Vox.
Nathan and Hanna discuss football schedule releases, COVID updates, the We Are United statement by a collective of Pac 12 football players, and the current state of the amateurism argument in college sports - so, you know, all light items!
Nathan and Hanna answer listener questions and address the fluid state of the 2020 football schedule, the 2021 basketball recruiting class, the uniform sponsor options, and the significance of Tropical Storm Hanna, currently bearing down on Houston.
Nathan and Hanna chat with UCLA Basketball alum Jerrold Smith about his basketball playing days, his new podcast, Basketball Adjacent, and about his recent appearance on the Netflix smash hit The Floor is Lava.
Follow Jerrold on Twitter, Instagram, etc.: @jerroldhtims
Find Basketball Adjacent on the Bleav Network
Read about Jerrold's journey to a UCLA Basketball scholarship in Sports Illustrated.
Nathan and Hanna discuss 1) the UCLA Football players' letter on pandemic safety, and 2) Under Armour's surprise announcement that it wants out of its apparel contract, before 3) teeing up a fascinating breakdown of Chip Kelly's offensive goals and tendencies with Chris Osgood (@osgoodck) and Gary Golden Jr. (@Coach_G2).
Nathan and Hanna check in on UCLA sports and rate some predictions from ice cold common knowledge to scorching hot crazy talk.
Nathan and Hanna give an instant reaction to the announcement of a new Athletic Director: Martin Jarmond
Nathan and Hanna check in on the search for a new AD; Nathan reports from a UCLA Baseball teleconference; the guys create the perfect UCLA Franken-QB from assets of QBs from the last 25 years.
Nathan rejoins Hanna this week to discuss Daishen Nix's surprise departure from Cronin's incoming freshman class as well as the new NCAA regulations allowing athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness. Also, three Bruins were drafted into the NFL.
Hanna gets us caught up on basketball recruiting, and then the guys go through their schadenfreude programming - they six games they would choose to air over the course of one day in which they took the most delight in the suffering of the loser.
Nathan and Hanna finish up this month-long exercise with contributions from seven different friends of the show, contributors, and occasional guests. Enjoy the programming pics of Chris Osgood (@osgoodck), Muna Osisioma (@shortcorner19), Gary Golden (@Coach_G2), Ryan Rosenblatt (@RyanRosenblatt), Jake Merrifield (@WBjake68), Spencer Stueve (@spencerstueve), and Mike Regalado (@TheBigDisco).
Nathan and Hanna finish up their day of UCLA programming with some modern UCLA classics, and plenty of Gus Johnson.
Nathan and Hanna continue the ongoing project of planning a day's worth of UCLA viewing, this time explaining their picks for the 1-4 and 4-7 afternoon slots.
Nathan and Hanna kick off our quarantine series, ESPN Programming Director for a Day. They have filled 18 hours of programming with six signature UCLA games from the last 30 years, and today they each give their first two selections. Stay tuned next week for the afternoon slate, and the following week for the evening slate.
Nathan and Hanna take stock of the major changes in the world of sports wrought by the rising COVID 19 pandemic. They also revisit last weekend's basketball and baseball action and then look ahead at the PAC 12 Tournament and the NCAA Tournament, assuming either/both take place.
Ryan Rosenblatt joins Nathan to discuss the baseball team's white hot start to the season, the softball team's dominant drive for back-to-back titles, how fun it is to watch this men's basketball team ... and, yeah, they acknowledged that the football program technically still exists as well.
For info on this weekend's baseball classic and how to stream the games online, go to UCLABruins.com.
Nathan and Hanna play a new game that touches on basketball, football, the UCLA Athletic Department, the NBA, and the NFL.
Nathan welcomes friend of the show and resident basketball guru Muna Osisioma to discuss the fun and surprising upturn in the fortunes of the Men's Basketball team.
Nathan and Hanna talk football coaching rumors, basketball's split in the desert, and casting choices for the movie about UCLA sports.
Nathan and Hanna discuss national football recruiting trends, Mick Cronin's basketball recruiting, and Guerrero & Rebholz' finding themselves named in court documents for their 'Varsity Blues' misdeeds.
Links
National Signing Day winners by state
Historical Recruiting rankings
UCLA Softball preview
Please visit punter Wade Lees' fundraiser for fire recovery in his native Australia.
You can see a video he made with his Bruin colleagues to promote this fundraiser here.
Nathan and Hanna talk football coaching changes, basketball recruiting, women's basketball, and the competitive Southern California marching band landscape of the late '90s.
Links:
Defensive Coordinator Rankings
Ben Bolch's LA Times piece
Jon Wilner's SJ Mercury News piece
Nathan and Hanna discuss Chip Kelly's roster mismanagement, UCLA Basketball's slump, news on the AD search, and the final showdown in the Bruin of the Decade contest.
Nathan and Hanna touch on the basketball game at Notre Dame, update the Bruin of the Decade World Cup results as that tournament heads into the quarterfinal round, and discuss what to look for on Wednesday's early signing day for football.
Nathan and Hanna check in on the basketball team, update the Bruin of the Decade World Cup (in which we have all let Hanna down), and answer listener questions.
Nathan and Hanna celebrate Clay Helton staying at USC, do a postmortem of the UCLA season, face the sober reality of what the last twenty years mean for UCLA's identity as a football program, and kick off a fun decade retrospective project to anoint the UCLA Bruin football player of the decade.
Nathan and Hanna react to Chip's comments after the USC game and touch base with the basketball team in Maui.
Nathan and Hanna break down the ugly loss at Utah and try to suss out what elements carry forward into the most important game of this, or any, year: the annual hate-fest with USC.
John Canzano's latest Oregonian column on the national embarrassment that is Pac-12 officiating.
Here's a link to Andy Katz' interview with Mick Cronin on the eve of the season opener.
Nathan and Hanna discuss UCLA's dominant win over Arizona State, the curse of watching sports on the East Coast, the merits and drawbacks of the playoff, and more...
In which Nathan and Hanna discuss the 36 players who have left the program under Chip, what it means, and what difference they would made.
Nathan and Hanna welcome Spencer Stueve, noted UCLA historian, to help shed some perspective on the state of the football and basketball programs and to promote his new UCLA Basketball Encyclopedia, available October 15.
Before scouting a fight between Hanna and an angry beaver, the guys discuss UCLA Football's offensive line, Demetric Felton's work rate, whatever it is that Jerry Azzinaro is doing with the defense, and plenty of UCLA basketball, too. But no one is going to read past the opening clause to this week's summary, and why would you?
Nathan and Hanna break down a comeback for the ages. How did it happen? What does it mean?
- Kenny Clark's charity contest video
- Clark Family Dreams Do Come True Foundation
- B Team merchandise
Apologies for the audio quality this week. It's entirely Nathan's fault that he sounds like he was calling in from a trench on the Western Front, and it was completely preventable if he'd been paying attention.
In which Nathan and Hanna welcome BRO's Chris Osgood back to the show for some much needed analytical perspective on UCLA's performance against Cincinnati and then depress and scar him with their negativity and doomsaying. And there's talk of workshopping.
In which Nathan and Hanna discuss whether this game is a must-win for UCLA, break down the schedule into tiers of confidence, and look at the season stakes. Nathan interviews Scott Hines (@actioncookbook) about Cincy's history and the gameday experience. We also discuss Skyline Chili and screaming toddlers (those are two separate topics for once).
Links: Camp Washington Chili, Seventh Circle Podcast
Nathan and Hanna break down UCLA's non-conference schedule of Cincinnati, San Diego State, and Oklahoma. They also discuss a new basketball commit and correct the NCAA's proposed list of a UCLA starting five from the last decade.
As teased last week and explained this week, the B Team is proud to be joining the Big Heads Media podcast network. What this means for you is a promo and/or an ad read here or there, but more of the same great UCLA-focused content you crave. The URL for downloading individual episodes will change beginning next week, but if you subscribe through iTunes or another podcast aggregation platform, you shouldn't have to make any changes whatsoever. Thanks to our loyal listeners that have helped to elevate the show to a level where we can access the resources and audience that comes with being part of a network like this.
Nathan and Hanna had an almost three-hour conversation previewing the Pac 12 football season, which has since been mercifully edited down to a humane length. But keep this fact in mind as you observe Nathan steadily fading from the opening energy to an almost ethereal shadow of a presence by the end of the show.
Oh, and there's football stuff.
Nathan and Hanna are back from summer break, and they've got a pile of listener questions to get through: football, basketball, sociology, and the metric system.
Nathan and Hanna are back to discuss UCLA's future in the ACC, the panic (again!) over football recruiting, the inestimable Myron Medcalf's exclusive with Mick Cronin, and the NBA Draft.
Note: There will be no regular recordings during July (although there may be a special, mini-episode or two if things line up well), but the guys will be back in August, ready to dive right into the 2019 football season.
Nathan and Hanna celebrate the UCLA Softball team's national championship, mourn the UCLA Baseball team's early exit from their postseason, and debate the value of playoffs as a means of determining champions. They then discuss the pending lawsuit of former UCLA Football coaches Adrian Klemm and Jim Mora and of the UCLA Athletic Department and the university concerning mishandling of head trauma and legal liability for CTE symptoms in former UCLA players.
Nathan and Hanna discuss UCLA's APR woes, Tyus Edney's departure from Mick Cronin's staff, and Nathan's appearance on an Oregon Ducks podcast to tell them about all things UCLA Football. Nathan is then joined by Ryan Rosenblatt for a discussion of UCLA Baseball's historically great regular season and prospects in the post-season. Is this the year that a school finally turns the double play of winning both the softball and baseball College World Series in the same year?
In which we embarrass ourselves with puerile antics and abject immaturity, and also talk Arizona's legal woes, Cronin vs. Alford, Kareem and Walton, and a delightful young man who has done nothing to deserve the treatment given to him by lesser members of our team and who could potentially transfer to UCLA football.
Nathan and Hanna welcome Chris Osgood back to the show to break down the Spring Game before teeing off on the NFL and its stupid, good-for-nothing draft. They then discuss the LA Times story on the basketball coaching search before updating you on the seasons of the gymnastics, softball, and baseball teams and a new coaching hire for men's soccer.
Be advised, in the post-outro bit, there are some AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR spoilers, but no ENDGAME spoilers.
Nathan and Hanna are back from a technical difficulties-mandated hiatus to discuss:
How UCLA stumbled ass backwards into hiring a darn good basketball coach; How Dan Guerrero and Josh Rebholz mismanaged the hiring process and embarrassed UCLA; The unfolding story in the LA Times about admissions fraud in the UCLA athletic department; The outright failure to adequately support and promote the top ranked baseball team; and Other, happier stuff.
Nathan and Hanna have Muna Osisioma on to discuss the shortlist of remaining coaching candidates until Hanna gets a heads up mid-episode that a deal is all but done.
An EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT about UCLA's NEW BASKETBALL COACH is not contained in this episode.
Instead, Nathan and Hanna discuss the baseball team's sweep of Arizona, talk about the women's basketball team making the Sweet 16, catch up on football recruiting and spring practice, all before fielding your questions.
A discussion between Nathan and Hanna on what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament concerning prospective coaching hires turns into an intense discussion of the merits of one John Calipari. Plus Hanna gives some background on UCLA's discussions with Calipari in light of that story going public and, consequently, falling apart.
Then, Nathan and Hanna welcome Nathan's dad to the podcast to share his impressions from having attended one of the UCLA-Oregon State baseball games over the weekend.
Just think, from now on, whenever someone references when USC was busted by the FBI for wholesale corruption, you get to ask, 'which time do you mean?'
Muna Osisioma joins Nathan and Hanna for an all-NBA episode:
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Luke Walton - good coach in a bad situation or overrated clown fraud?
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Lonzo Ball - as good as advertised or overrated clown fraud?
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Brad Stevens - realistic UCLA coaching candidate...or overrated clown fraud?
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All-UCLA alum NBA fantasy draft.
Nathan and Hanna review the news of the week, including an impressive series by the baseball team, the proposal that the Big XII and the Pac 12 should go steady, a review of the Howland years, and a check-in on the men's basketball coaching search. And sprinkled throughout: Broadway tunes!
Pertinent links:
Jon Wilner
Jonathan Tjarks
Ben Bolch
GoJoeBruin.com editor Mike Regalado subs in for Hanna this week, and he and Nathan talk Bruin sites online, football recruiting, basketball coaches, baseball, women's sports, food, and more.
This week, Nathan talks to recruiting expert Michael Felder of Stadium.com, Nathan and Hanna field your football and basketball related questions before predicting the outcome of an epic, hypothetical one-on-one basketball game between your two hosts.
Nathan and Hanna are back to break down UCLA Football's Signing D(ism)ay. They also welcome old friend of the show Ryan Rosenblatt to preview a promising UCLA Baseball season and get his take on the goings on in the football and basketball worlds.
Nathan talks to ESPN's Myron Medcalf, and Hanna helps field listener questions.
This week's reading list:
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Medcalf on Alford
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Medcalf on UCLA's expectations
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Jonathan Ogden in the Player's Tribune
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Valorie Kondos Field in Elle
Nathan and Hanna break down the Pac-12's woes, look back at UCLA Men's Basketball team's trip to the Oregon schools, and talk to Mark Schipper about Rick Pitino and Mark's conversations with Dick Vitale and Steve Lavin.
Merry Kliffmas! Nathan and Hanna talk about the cross-town meltdown, catch up with the now-competently-led Bruins men's basketball team, answer listener questions, and dole out some recognition and appreciation to those of you who have engaged on Facebook.
Nathan and Hanna ring in the new year with burning hot marching band trash talk, and Nathan agrees with Bill Plaschke (!!!) that UCLA Basketball fans are indeed unrealistic.
Key links:
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Myron Medcalf's excellent take on the Alford era at UCLA.
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Bill Plaschke's assessment of the UCLA Basketball job.
Surprise! Here's a SECOND BONUS episode of the B-Team, bringing you up to three for the week!
Nathan and guest Muna Osisioma react to the blowout basketball loss at Cincinnati and Alford's deplorable comments after.
Courtesy of the What's Bruin Show, our Signing Day review features an excerpt from B-Team co-host Michael Hanna's conversation with Jake Merrifield running down the list of UCLA's early signees in the 2019 football recruiting class. You can find the full conversation on the podcast feed of the What's Bruin Show!
Nathan and Hanna interview Coach Gary Golden (@Coach_G2) and Chris Osgood (@orz_bftb) for the Xs and Os episode of the 2018 UCLA Football retrospective.
Find Chris' spreadsheet here, and let him know what tendencies you see.
Part 2 of our 2018 football retrospective covering such topics as:
Five questions for the off-season via the LA Daily News' Thuc Nhi Nguyen, USC's coaching decisions (keep Helton, fire everyone else, hire Kingsbury), All-conference honors, Pac 12's current competitive and financial woes (& exploring UCLA-to-the-Big-XII), Whether the Pac 12 should revert to 8 conference games & whether UCLA should play FCS opponents, and Early Signing Day recruiting update.
Nathan and Hanna look back at the Stanford game and the season as a whole. They assess the LA sportswriting landscape, hand out postseason player awards, and draw up a coaching report card. Tune in next week for Part II of our 2018 football season retrospective.
Nathan and Hanna bask in the radiance of UCLA's glorious and much deserved victory over USC. Topics discussed:
Josh Kelley is a Bruin legend forever. Chip Kelly knows how to coach. The defense outperformed expectations. Beating USC casts the season in a new light. What does the future hold for Clay Helton? For USC? Looking ahead to Stanford.
Here is the picture of Chip Kelly smiling as he calls what he knows will be Josh Kelley's big, fourth quarter touchdown run.
Nathan and Hanna talk Bruins basketball, including Steve Alford's preseason remarks and Game 1 victory against Purdue-Fort Wayne. They also discuss the football loss at Oregon, and hone in on the special teams.
As promised, here is a link to a video clip of the one special teams blunder that the Bruins managed to avoid this weekend.
Nathan and Hanna talk defensive depth/youth/conditioning, revel in USC's many woes, examine UCLA's concussion protocol, and look ahead to the Oregon game this Saturday.
Nathan and Hanna solve some mysteries this week:
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What happened to Chavito?
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What happened to the defense on Saturday?
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Is DTR really injured?
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Why is Steve Alford still emplo--
-- well, some mysteries are too difficult to solve within the time constraints of a podcast, but we did our best.
Both Nathan and Hanna try to claim victory over the other in the ongoing argument about the development of the football team. It gets confusing, and Nathan ends up singing Beyonce.
Nathan and Hanna breakdown the positives from UCLA's game against Washington and look ahead to the game at Cal.
Friends become foes as Nathan and Hanna argue about what progress (if any) is being made by the football team. One side clearly emerges as the winner...
Nathan and Hanna use the bye week to take stock of the Pac-12, discuss some statistical projections for the rest of the season, and answer your questions.
Nathan and Hanna welcome Glendora High JV Head Coach Gary Golden to the show, and he breaks down the unseen ways in which Chip Kelly is building the UCLA into the juggernaut he was hired to create. The guys also compare the first three games of Kelly's UCLA tenure to the first three games of his Oregon stint and find remarkable similarities.
Nathan and Hanna discuss losing to Oklahoma by 28 and how it's a big leap forward from losing to Cincinnati by 9.
Referenced within, this article from UWDawgPound.com on their coaching staff's first year performance reviews: https://t.co/ql9DlsHgAX
Nathan and Hanna breakdown the eye-opening loss to Cincinnati and, in the process, discover the benefits of group therapy.
Nathan and Hanna talk about the Bruins' depth chart, the rash of suspensions and departures, and how to best use DTR while maintaining red shirt eligibility. They guys predict the final Pac-12 standings as well as UCLA's final overall record and bowl invite. Lastly, they preview this week's tilt against Cincinnati.
Nathan and Hanna finally got that blabber mouth Chavez off the mic this weekand were able to discuss four UCLA-centric articles that were written in the last week:
- Bill Connelly of SB Nation's comparison of Chip Kelly's offensive production at Oregon vs with the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Ryan McGee of ESPN's profile of the very private Chip Kelly.
- David Woods of Bruin Report Online's analysis of Kelly's record of elite defenses.
- Alex Mokovoer of Bruin Report Online's look at Oregon's performance against mediocre and bad teams under Kelly.
Plus, the guys talk injuries and potential position swaps coming from fall camp.
Michael Hanna interviews Bruin historian Spencer Stueve, author of the UCLA Football Encyclopedia, now coming out in its second edition.
Hanna is joined by podcasting royalty, the guys from the What's Bruin Show. Make sure to download their episode this week to hear Hanna rep the B-Team in a joint preview episode with the WBS.
Nathan, Hanna, and Chavez are all back together this week talking quarterbacks, Shareef O'Neal, offensive line, intersectional rivalries and the oeuvre of Mark Wahlberg. Like one does.
Nathan and Hanna talk Fall Camp, what to expect from the defense, Urban Meyer, and answer listener questions.
In the latter half of the episode, Nathan's mic goes kaput, so bear with us as we salvaged what we could of the audio.
Nathan and Hanna come back from summer break to look ahead to the football season, including a game of over/under, and discoving Bartolo Colon's secret identity as an old Italian lady.
Nathan and Hanna discuss Bloody Sunday for the Bruin stick and ball teams, football, and futbol. Chavez provides expert analysis on [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] from [REDACTED].
Nathan and Hanna talk basketball returnees, burner accounts, baseball, Block, and the beautiful game.
Nathan and Hanna talk Yanny & Laurel, Fulham, and NBA Conference Finals...everything you look for in a UCLA sports podcast!
Nathan and Hanna discuss the fortunes of UCLA's five players drafted in last week's NFL Draft. Chavez chimes in with a review of the undrafted free agents. Then we answer listener questions and learn about Remember the Titans and Northern Virginia high school geography.
NFL Draft Preview Extravaganza!!! Hanna and Chavez tell you everything you need to know heading into this week's NFL Draft. Nathan wants to celebrate the National Champion Gymnastics team (#115!!!) and Coach Valorie Kondos Field, as well as updates from the weekend in baseball and softball.
Here is the link for the Dateline interview with Miss Val: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/miss-val-brings-joy-to-gymnastics-training-1215994947650
Nathan and Hanna talk David Grace, UCLA's racial integration pioneers, baseball, and football recruiting.
Nathan and Hanna talk Josh Rosen's ESPN the Magazine cover piece, new developments in the FBI Adidas case, Skip Hicks and Tom Ramsey, and your questions.
Also, find out what happens when Chavez isn't around to keep us from going off on a soccer tangent!
Nathan and Hanna pick things back up after a few weeks' break to discuss the pressing national topic of Villanova's Allan Ray getting his eye gouged out of its socket during the 2006 Big East Tournament.
Also some stuff about Jim Mora.
Nathan and Hanna cut a quick pod to discuss Sunday's NCAA Tournament selection and Tuesday's play-in game in Dayton against St. Bonaventure. Expect a full episode later this week.
Short show this week as Nathan and Chavez cover some late-breaking football coaching news, get Chavez's take on signing day, talk basketball, baseball, and unveil a new B Team Promotion. Also, Chavez equates national icon and hero-to-millions Jackie Robinson with Santa Claus.
Nathan is joined by guest Ryan Rosenblatt for our special UCLA Baseball preview episode. Also discussed: Chip Kelly, Steve Alford, and Taco Bell.
Nathan and Hanna give their State of the Program addresses. They also talk Steve Alford, the Pac-12 basketball schedule, football recruiting, baseball, and road game road trips.
Nathan and Hanna discuss Chip Kelly's newest staff hire (Dana Bible) and preseason baseball honors. Nathan then interviews Go Joe Bruin's own Coach Muna Osisioma about the basketball team under Alford.
Nathan and Hanna pay respects to WSU's Tyler Hilinski, talk Kevin Sumlin to Arizona, kvetch about the basketball team, and then answer a bevy of questions from the greatest podcast listeners on the internet.
Nathan and Hanna reflect on Monday's National Championship Game and answer listener questions.
Nathan and the Michaels ring in the New Year with a bowl season review, plenty of NFL draft talk, and a look at Chip Kelly's almost full staff.
Nathan's back from hiatus, and the guys talk basketball woes, baseball hopes, football's early signing day, and next week's Cactus Bowl against Kansas State.
Chavez and Hanna are back for another two-man pod (shouts out to Nathan, who's still on assignment), giving some detailed info on UCLA's recent coaching drama and recruiting while also talking a bit of basketball and answering the many listener questions that came in this week (the last one is a doozy).
Chavez and Hanna bring you this week's pod, talking Chip Kelly's latest staff hires and recruiting, coaching carousel craziness around the Pac-12, LiAngelo Ball's withdrawal from UCLA, an early Cactus Bowl preview, and NCAA championship #114.
Nathan, Hanna, and guest host Nico Gervasoni talk about the Chip Kelly introductory press conference, Josh Rosen, Jedd Fisch, and Don Pellum. We then count our blessings that we are not Tennessee or Arizona State or Arkansas right now.
We reference two articles of note during the podcast. Here are links:
Philadelphia Magazine, The Secret Life of Chip Kelly
The Ringer, Chip Kelly's Second Act
Chavez and Hanna record a special, off-schedule reaction pod to the official announcement of Chip Kelly as the next head coach of UCLA football. Be forewarned, product contains Happy Hanna, which has not yet been evaluated by the FDA.
RECUT, REMASTERED, REISSUED. DELUXE EDITION OF THIS WEEK'S UCLA BTEAM PODCAST.
Chip Kelly? Chip Kelly. Chip Kelly Chip Kelly Chip Kelly. Chip Kelly Chip Kelly. Chip Kelly, Chip Kelly, and Chip Kelly.
Chip Kelly...
Nathan and the Michaels talk takeaways from the win over Arizona State, Mora's job prospects, protest banners, the return of the Hanghzhou 3, and why we all hate USC. (Hint: It's because they're the worst.)
This is now a Truck Racing podcast. The guys do make time to discuss Mora's future, prospective candidates to replace Mora, the Arizona State game this weekend, and the unfolding Hangzhou Heist currently enveloping the basketball team in China.
Nathan, Chavez, and Hanna talk about the debacle in Seattle, about embattled LB/ST coach Scott White, about Brock Huard's unprofessional character assassination of Josh Rosen, about flying banners calling for Dan Guerrero to be fired, and about some potential successors to Jim Mora. They almost forgot, but they also give a very quick preview of Friday night's game at Utah.
Nathan, Chavez, and Hanna discuss the Bruins' surprise victory against Oregon, break down the improvements in the defensive gameplan, and try to project how much this victory means for the rest of the season. Nathan and Chavez also upbraid Hanna for his unforgiveable wrongthink about the Rose Bowl stadium before the guys go on to predict the game against Washington this Saturday.
Hanna's audio starts off rough because he recorded outside at his local Starbucks -- apparently sharing a table with what sounds like a bachelorette party. But it gets better as the show goes on, especially once the neighboring party breaks up. So bear with us.
Nathan, Chavez, and Hannah try to diagnose what went wrong in UCLA's beatdown at the hands of Arizona. They project out the rest of the season and discuss Mora's job security. Nathan and Hanna then throw out a couple of names they'd like to see considered as the next head football coach, while Chavez loses touch with reality and wanders into his own world of blatantly unrealistic and/or befuddlingly obscure coaching hires.
Nathan, Chavez, and Hanna discuss Steve Alford, Chris Petersen, Jedd Fisch, and Arizona.
Nathan, Chavez, and Hanna talk the Colorado game, defensive recruiting, LaMelo Ball, Bruins in the MLB Playoffs, and our favorite departed musicians. Stay safe out there; contemplate something beautiful, hug someone you love.
Nathan and Chavez welcome special guest and friend of the show, PacificTakes.com's Nico Gervasoni. They discuss the FBI/NCAA mega-story before being joined by surprise party crasher Hanna. All four guys wallow in the reactions to the deflating loss at Stanford and other sundry topics du jour.
The guys talk losing AT Memphis, defensive failures, backbreaking interceptions, and preparing to lose to Stanford for the tenth straight time. It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys!
The guys are back this week to break down the dazzling offensive display against Hawaii, to give the coaches credit where it's due, and the ponder the state of the UCLA run defense. They also take a dig at USC and celebrate the creative problem solving of Chigozie Nnoruka. Lastly, they preview the Memphis game and make predictions.
The guys bring you a MEGA EPISODE! But if ever a game deserved this much discussion, it was the indecipherable, beautiful mess that was Sunday's win over Texas A&M.
Nathan, Hanna, and Chavito urge you to find a way to donate to Hurricane Harvey relief, give a unit-by-unit overview of what to expect from the Bruins this season, make week-by-week predictions, and preview Sunday's Texas A&M game.
Bonus B Team! Making up for last week's radio silence, the guys discuss Marvin Bagley III and the final week-and-a-half of Football's fall camp, before breaking down Cal, Stanford, and USC...and then, just, breaking down.
The much-anticipated Part II of the What's Bruin Show / B Team Crossover extravaganza! Hanna and Chavez do the B Team proud prepresenting the show in a fun back and fourth with the internet's number one UCLA sports podcast.
Nathan and Hanna talk Josh Rosen, how to fix the student-athlete model, previews of the Washington and Oregon schools, and mascot redesign hints hidden in the Bear Wear catalog. Chiming in on occasion is Hanna's parent's puppy Louie, with just as many credentials and qualifications to be analyzing college football as Hanna or Nathan.
The guys preview the Mountain and Desert schools, discuss last weekend's big recruiting haul, and get serious about LaCroix.
Nathan and Chavez kick off the B-Team's 17/18 coverage by talking Pac 12 Media Day, new uniforms, Lonzo Ball in NBA Summer League, and more!
Nathan and Hanna discuss the NBA Draft, Russell Westbrook's MVP, Lavar Ball on WWE, and catch up on football recruiting.
Nathan and Hanna talk UCLA baseball and Bill Connelly's UCLA football 2017 preview. Chavez joins for a round robin debate tournament on various college football topics. Guess which professional litigator went 0-2!
Nathan and the Michaels wear their new Big Baller Brand swag while discussing the NFL draft, varied reactions to Joe Mixon's battery arrest being draft night news, and the nothingburger that was the UCLA football spring game. Listen closely to hear Chavez' dastardly plan to ensure the extinction of the human race.
The gang is back together and talking UCLA football (spring practice, grad transfers, recruiting, and the NFL draft) as well as gymnastics, softball, and basketball. Also, why has Nathan seen no movies?
Nathan and Hanna discuss Football Spring Camp, early departures from the Basketball team, whether Russell Westbrook should be the NBA MVP, and what are reasonable expectations for UCLA sports fans. Also, a fun private message just for you in the first minute and a half of the episode.
Two Angry Bruins. Nathan and Hanna talk basketball, Steve Alford, and whether UCLA can justify blueblood-level expectations. Ultimately, it's a long-ass therapy session, and you're invited.
Nico Gervasoni of PacificTakes.com joins Nathan and Chavez to break down the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the potential departure of Steve Alford for Indiana, and why UCLA fans have never warmed to Alford. Chavez also gives a run down of UCLA Football's pro day, and Nathan recaps the opening of conference play in baseball.
Please do pardon the audio. We still haven't figured out how to seamlessly integrate a guest into the recording, so Nico comes across very softly. We took an extra day in editing and have massaged the audio to within an inch of its life, but the volume is still an issue. We apologize for sub-standard audio, but we hope you will endure because the content of what Nico brought and the conversations he generated were really fruitful and worth your time. Just be ready with your finger on the volume button/dial as needed.
Nathan, Hanna, and Chavez are all back together for the first time in a while. Things got a little punchy, and Chavez was super feisty, but the guys managed to give the definitive LaVar Ball take, preview the NCAA Brackets, and answer a reader question.
Nathan and Hanna try out a new game: Hot Take | Cold Take. They discuss basketball coach and player of the year awards, the Pac-12 conference tournament, Joe Lunardi's Bracketology, and UCLA's NCAA Tournament seeding prospects. Also, Chavez catches us up with all of the Bruins preparing for the NFL draft.
Ryan Rosenblatt of Fox Sports joins Nathan and Chavez to talk UCLA Baseball and Football - and Taco Bell.
In a special bonus episode, Nathan is joined by college football polymath Bill Connelly, whose new book (The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time) comes out on March 7.
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Nathan and Hanna discuss the NCAA Tournament Committee's early seedings, UCLA's upcoming game against USC, how big and sexy Angus McClure is, and - in a long digression from the UCLA Baseball preview - how Nathan became a San Francisco Giants fan.
Nathan and Hanna discuss the NCAA Tournament Committee's early seedings, UCLA's upcoming game against USC, how big and sexy Angus McClure is, and - in a long digression from the UCLA Baseball preview - how Nathan became a San Francisco Giants fan.