[Card10Fan]

Cougs didn't coug it.  They beat UCLA at Pauley.  They almost coug'd it though.

I don't think Cori Close would win this week's Good Sportsmanship award.

The UCLA article on the loss doesn't mention why Betts didn't play this weekend. Indeed, it doesn't even mention that she didn't play.  (I did find a non-UCLA article that said she is out for an undisclosed medical reason.)  After Friday's game, the article mentioned she didn't play but that's it.

Today's game coverage also didn't mention that CLW went down with an injury with UCLA down 16 points.

In the post game press conference, Close didn't mention CLW's injury, or give any real compliment to WSU  When asked what happened in the first half, Close didn't mention CLW.  When Rice was asked how they came back in the second half, she didn't mention CLW's injury.

Rice did say it was a "difficult week" (they did have two losses).  Close said that the 3 games in the week (M, F, Su) didn't really affect them, and then she went off on a  "family" topic and how families (the team) have seasons.  Close did not mention Betts by name (not even when she talked about next week, about which she didn't say much, not even who or where they will be playing).  Rice responded to a question about missing Betts on the floor.

Weird.  The UCLA post-Washington(Friday)-game press conference feels like the beginning was cut out.  In it, there is no question "Why did Betts not play?"  "Will Betts be back for Sunday?"  "... for next week?"  "...How long?".   The UCLA press notes for the weekend do not indicate Betts was not going to play (and she wasn't on the injury list).

If I were spiderman, I think my spider-sense would be telling me there's more to this situation.

I hate to speculate but based on how emotional Close was in her press conference, something must have happened. The message was the team and coaches have had the most challenging week and she's proud how her team competed based on all they're been dealing with. Makes me wonder if whatever is going on with Lauren is quite series. I really hope that is not the case. Will see what Bruins squad comes to Palo Alto next weekend but something to follow.

[Card10Fan]

Cougs didn't coug it.  They beat UCLA at Pauley.  They almost coug'd it though.

I don't think Cori Close would win this week's Good Sportsmanship award.

The UCLA article on the loss doesn't mention why Betts didn't play this weekend. Indeed, it doesn't even mention that she didn't play.  (I did find a non-UCLA article that said she is out for an undisclosed medical reason.)  After Friday's game, the article mentioned she didn't play but that's it.

Today's game coverage also didn't mention that CLW went down with an injury with UCLA down 16 points.

In the post game press conference, Close didn't mention CLW's injury, or give any real compliment to WSU  When asked what happened in the first half, Close didn't mention CLW.  When Rice was asked how they came back in the second half, she didn't mention CLW's injury.

Rice did say it was a "difficult week" (they did have two losses).  Close said that the 3 games in the week (M, F, Su) didn't really affect them, and then she went off on a  "family" topic and how families (the team) have seasons.  Close did not mention Betts by name (not even when she talked about next week, about which she didn't say much, not even who or where they will be playing).  Rice responded to a question about missing Betts on the floor.

Weird.  The UCLA post-Washington(Friday)-game press conference feels like the beginning was cut out.  In it, there is no question "Why did Betts not play?"  "Will Betts be back for Sunday?"  "... for next week?"  "...How long?".   The UCLA press notes for the weekend do not indicate Betts was not going to play (and she wasn't on the injury list).

If I were spiderman, I think my spider-sense would be telling me there's more to this situation.

I hate to speculate but based on how emotional Close was in her press conference, something must have happened. The message was the team and coaches have had the most challenging week and she's proud how her team competed based on all they're been dealing with. Makes me wonder if whatever is going on with Lauren is quite series. I really hope that is not the case. Will see what Bruins squad comes to Palo Alto next weekend but something to follow.