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	Vol.7, No 1, August 30, 1999
	UCLA football seeks redemption By Eric Boyum Daily Forty-Niner It cannot get any worse for the Bruins. Last year after squandering an opportunity to play for the national championship by losing at Miami (49-45), followed by a humiliating loss to Wisconsin (38-31) in the Rose Bowl, Bruin Head Coach Bob Toledo thought not.  Then, it got uglier. More than 15 football players at UCLA admitted they had fraudulently obtained handicapped-parking stickers to park on campus, which resulted in a public relation's nightmare.  Well if you think that wasn't bad enough, consider this: Imagine if UCLA somehow finds a way to lose its home opener against Big West Conference member Boise State on Sept. 4. Boise State is coming off its first wining season in years and is approaching the game with great inspiration after losing a teammate to a head injury during spring practice.  If UCLA loses, its fans should call for their athletic department to eliminate the football program, like its neighbors to the south did at LBSU.  So what are the chances that UCLA will lose? Not very likely with the Bruins being ranked 10th in the nation by magazine The Sporting News and having four Preseason All-Conference members in the Pac-10. Heading the list of all-conference members is 6-foot-4 wide receiver and menís volleyball team member Danny Farmer. With his receptions averaging 22 yards per catch, Farmer will be expected to be the Bruinsí big-play receiver for athletic junior quarterback Drew Bennett. If Farmer is double teamed as expected, 6-foot-5 Brian Poli-Dixon, should have a chance to improve on his 10 touchdown receptions from last year. The Bruinís receivers should test Boise Stateís nickel defense  that returns four starters in the secondary. The Broncosí undersized defensive line should have problems penetrating the UCLAís mammoth offensive line, which is lead by 6-foot-4, 290 pound All-Conference guard Oscar Cabrera  On the defensive side of the ball the Bruins have changed to a 4-3 defensive scheme. The move probably will result in All-Conference defensive-end Keynon Coleman, 6-foot-5, 275 pounds, having a banner junior year. There are questions as to who will start where at linebacker and in the secondary, but those answers probably wonít be known until after Sept. 11th  when the Bruins travel to Columbus to take on high powered, No. 11 ranked Ohio State. If the Bruins falter in week one and then get beat at Columbus, Toledo may wish he had never woke-up from last seasonís nightmares.		Student fees refunded CSULB enrollment exceeds 28,000 Professor faces legal messes Sexual battery case to be heard Campus crimes down; hate crimes increase Students ticketed mostly for using invalid permits School starts later Upperclassmen GPAs increase; lower division grades decline 50th anniversary takes off at CSULB Dorms beyond capacity Professors bunk in dormatories for room, board Roofs soon fixed; classes disturbed While you were gone ... The summer's top stories Faith not reliant on one's religion Strap up your children  Editor's expectations exceeded President welcomes students Live Bait lures in university crowd A second street on Second Street 'The 13th Warrior' no 'Braveheart' for Banderas Thriller thrills Cochran ready for second year Enlightening One proposes a plan UCLA football seeks redemption Expectations high for volleyball team Soccer team shut out 7-0 Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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