In the 2007 season, BYU football faced the UCLA Bruins twice. One was in Pasadena, California in the famous Rose Bowl where UCLA plays their home games, and the other was in the Las Vegas Bowl at the end of the season. The first game, UCLA beat the Cougars 27-17. The game was close basically the whole way and a late turnover by the Cougars sealed their fate. In the Vegas Bowl, BYU controlled most of the way. At the very end of the game, UCLA had a chance to win the game with a really close field goal of only 28 yards...but to their dismay, it was blocked. The Bruins had their chance for revenge in Week 2 of the 2008 season when they travelled to Provo to take on the Cougars again.
As we can see...UCLA has had better days. The inspiration for this post came from Matthew 5:21-22: "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment..." http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/5.22?lang=eng
Now, whether UCLA was angry with BYU, I don't know, but what I do know is that anger will get you nowhere. God has commanded us not to be angry with each other and sometimes that is hard, but I know that as we look for the good in people and try our best to love them as the Savior loves them, He will make up the difference.
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