California Golden Bears vs. UCLA Bruins NYE 2012 December 31, 2011

The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 29 varsity athletic programs and various club teams of the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as California or Cal, the university competes in the NCAA‘s Division I primarily as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference, and for a limited number of sports as a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). Over the course of the school’s history, California has won team national titles in 19 different sports and 82 team titles overall. Cal athletes have also competed in the Olympics for a host of different countries. Notable facilities used by the Bears include California Memorial Stadium (football) and Haas Pavilion (basketball and other indoor sports). Cal finished the 2010–11 athletic season with 1,219.50 points, earning third place in the Director’s Cup standings, the Golden Bears’ highest finish ever. Cal did not receive any points for their national championships in rugby and men’s crew because those sports are not governed by the NCAA

The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Bruin men’s and women’s teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I (formerly Division I-A). UCLA has the most decorated athletic program in NCAA history, with 107 NCAA team championships.[1][2] UCLA is the only school with a No. 1 overall pick in the MLB (baseball), NFL (football), NBA (basketball) and MLS (soccer) drafts. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton were top picks in the NBA, Troy Aikman in the NFL, Chris Chambliss and Gerrit Cole in the MLB, and Tahj Jakins, Steve Shak, Marvell Wynne and Chance Myers in the MLS. UCLA is the only school with winners in top football (Heisman Trophy), men’s basketball (Wooden), baseball (Golden Spikes) awards: Trevor Bauer (baseball), Gary Beban (football), Marques Johnson and Ed O’Bannon

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