Letters: Bruins out of their league

I see where UCLA’s football team will be in the Pac-12 Southern Division starting next season.

After 35-0, 35-7 and 60-13, may I suggest instead that UCLA be placed in the same league as the Crenshaw High JVs?

Bill Bell

Mar Vista

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If UCLA is running the “pistol” offense, is Oregon running the “machine gun”?

Barry Levy

Hawthorne

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The UCLA coaches showed the nation what they can do with 12 days to prepare for an opponent.

Wes Wellman

Santa Monica

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Please somebody find Karl Dorrell — quick!

Patrick Drohan

Monrovia

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Top 10 reasons Carrot Top would be a great UCLA football coach:

10. Both are highly overrated as entertainment.

9.They each use various props for their humor.

8. Just when you think something good will happen, out comes the slapstick.

7. Their muscles are way too big for how they use them.

6. One is already banished to Las Vegas and the other should be.

5. Bruin football is to BCS as Carrot Top is to Mensa.

4. Either one is fine as an opening act, but brutal as the headliner.

3. Gallager-inspired game plans all around.

2. Both should be on Comedy Central late at night ... if at all.

1. They rarely leave the fans wanting more.

Gregg Peterson

Corona del Mar

The event

The Monday sports section advertised tickets for the UCLA- USC game.

Do you think Michigan and Ohio State or Alabama and Auburn need to run similar advertisements to sell out their big games against each other?

I guess the schools were trying to salvage some sales before their teams are taken apart by Oregon the next two weeks.

Gerry Swider

Sherman Oaks

BCS folly

In what other aspect of our society do we let some entity over which we have no idea how it functions make critical decisions? How else can we explain Oklahoma being No 1 in the BCS but not being in the top two in the “human” polls? That’s like a presidential candidate winning the popular vote and the electoral college but losing the election because some computer decided that his opponent defeated a few tough candidates in the Missouri primary nine months before the election. How long will the public and the NCAA put up with this nonsense? Playoff anyone?

Drew Pomerance

Woodland Hills

Blue or red

As Bill Dwyre points out, there is a vast difference between the two organizations, the Dodgers and the Angels, on how they treat their fans. To make it clear for Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, let’s put it in parking lot terms. The Dodgers can be described as a one-attendant, outdoor, uncovered, curb-side parking lot. The Angels, in contrast, are a modern multi-tiered garage with a computer system that informs you how many empty stalls are available on each level. Mr. McCourt, you got it?

Wayne Muramatsu

Cerritos

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Bill Dwyre’s comparison of the Dodgers and the Angels is right on.

Arte Moreno is a class act. His marketing genius in changing the name for the Angels opened up the demographics of this Orange County team. He hasn’t gouged the fans like his competitor has and going to Angel Stadium is pure fun.

No wonder ESPN has chosen the Angels as the best in fan experience again.

Oh, by the way. The Dodgers lost me as a fan when Peter O’Malley sold to News Corp. The organization has gone downhill ever since. Poor Walter must be turning over in his grave.

Joan Kerr

Torrance

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In my opinion Kirk Gibson has earned the right to do whatever he wants to with the bat he hit his legendary home run with. And if it had been my decision, as long as the Dodgers were hiring a manager who hadn’t proven himself yet at the major league level, I’d have hired Kirk Gibson. He’s got more fire in his gut than anyone I’ve ever seen.

Jim Gillespie

Temecula

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I say Plaschke and Simers should put their money where their mouth is and buy the Dodgers.

Ed Campos

La Verne

Lilly pads

OK, let’s cut to the chase. Is Ted Lilly crazy or what? Yes, he signed a three-year, $33-million contract — but Ted, it’s with the Dodgers. Good luck, you will definitely need it!

Richard Whorton

Valley Village

Magic moment

Magic, your timing couldn’t be better. As a tax-paying citizen of San Diego, I would like to offer you the Chargers. They want a new stadium and we don’t want to build one for them. Perhaps you can get a group together in the L.A. area and make them an offer they can’t refuse.

Julie McKane

San Diego

T party

With all the ejections so far in the NBA preseason, how is it going to be when the games actually start to matter and players are passionate about winning? And when did this so-called “informal research conducted by the league” take place? Who were they researching, golf fans?

I say that the players continue to play with the same passion for the game and if the ejections continue at this same pace then David Stern should be held responsible for the mass exodus of basketball fans from the sport. Who wants to watch a Lakers-Celtics game without Kobe, Pau, Garnett, or Phil Jackson, who have all been ejected for taking their jobs too seriously? It’s this kind of passion that Magic and Bird used in this rivalry. Commissioner Stern should take this as my formal two-week notice.

Matt Crosswhite

Victorville

Head shots

How sad and ironic it is that heavyweight boxer Shannon Briggs and his cornermen were unable to attend the screening of the boxing documentary, “After the Last Round,” or read Bill Dwyre’s moving account of it. Unfortunately, Mr. Briggs was too preoccupied getting his head pounded relentlessly by Vitali Klitschko for 12 full rounds — proudly proclaiming, after his “last round,” that he never hit the canvas. Hopefully, he’ll be able to vividly recall that ugly night years from now.

David Pepper

Malibu

Head shots II

First, there was the quarterback slide rule. Subsequently there was the “in the grasp” quarterback edict. Later, the helmet-to-helmet “crown” hit was deemed illegal. Now the league is cracking down on all traditional tackle hits that are considered violent. As rules of safety evolve and progress at blinding speed, perhaps the league could eventually be called the NFFL (National Flag Football League) in the years to come.

Mark J. Featherstone

Windsor Hills

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The NFL’s stricter stance on helmet-to-helmet hits has prompted Steelers linebacker James Harrison to question whether he can play football under the new legislation. I wonder if Brett Favre is having any doubts about his ability to perform in today’s game given that current league rules allow opposing teams to intercept forward passes.

Connor Hastings

San Luis Obispo

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Regarding Brett Favre, instead of “the quarterback with the questionable ankle,” didn’t The Times mean to say “the questionable quarterback with the ankle”?

Gene Miller

Huntington Beach

Mark the date

Now that Purdue’s Robbie Hummel has torn his right ACL for the second time in eight months, it makes him the perfect candidate to be the Clippers’ lottery pick in the 2012 draft.

Erik Schuman

Fountain Valley

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