Monday, January 31, 2011

Well.. he isn't blond and his name isn't Cade, Aikmen or Harman - but I love him anyway

And yes Thurmond, I know about the nincompoop curse - but Brett Hundley is the Bruin that breaks the rule.
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UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel promised the moon but delivered a swoon last season, leading to an upheaval on the coaching staff. The push toward Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA signing period for football, has produced only nine oral commitments thus far.
Neuheisel is sticking to his vision: "I liken it to a foundation on a house. You drive by a home, and it looks like the foundation takes forever. But you have to get it right. … The next thing you know, the house is finished."
The foundation of UCLA football under Neuheisel has been built not with 2-by-4s but with 4-by-8s. UCLA was 4-8 in 2008 and again last season, which has led to speculation that 2011 could be a make-or-break season for the gung-ho coach.
Into the eye of that storm has stepped Hundley, who is ranked second in the nation among quarterback recruits by Rivals.com.
UCLA fans felt their hearts go pitter-pat when Hundley committed. It became puppy love when he enrolled early to participate in spring practice. And when Hundley won the quarterback pass challenge at the Under Armour high school all-star competition in January, then threw a 58-yard touchdown pass in the game, obsession set in.
"Other students joke with me, and sometimes I really sort of enjoy it," Hundley said. "But I haven't done anything and I'm the savior?"
Hundley, though, was something for UCLA fans to grasp during stumbles on the recruiting trail, such as when Point Loma High's Christian Heyward, rated a top-10 defensive tackle, dumped UCLA from his finalist list and kept San Diego State.