College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
There are big games and there are BIG games. Which one is which depends on where you are coming from. If you are a fan, UCLA has not played a bigger out of conference game in the Chip Kelly era than what is ahead on Saturday with LSU coming to the Rose Bowl. If you […] READ MORE
Deshaun Foster has seen a lot as he enters his fifth year as running backs coach at UCLA. What is familiar is that he has a room full of viable options in what is annually becoming the evolution of UCLA running backs. The Evolution of UCLA Running Backs Foster took Joshua Kelley from walk-on transfer […] READ MORE
The running game has been a source of strength for UCLA the last three years despite the team’s overall poor record. They say the proof is in the numbers. They are there, for sure, with two years of Josh Kelley and a year of Demetric Felton. Now the numbers are different, as in a large […] READ MORE
They sit and wait for their names to be called. It does not have the bells and whistles of the first round of the NFL draft. It is not watched by millions in prime time. But it is no less important to their futures or the work they have put in to get here. Sometime […] READ MORE
Rivalry games don’t always have to be pretty to be memorable. Sometimes it is about which team can overcome its mistakes to outlast the other team. Saturday at the Rose Bowl, USC did a far better job overcoming its mistakes and taking advantage of UCLA’s as the Trojans hold off the Bruins 43-38 . The […] READ MORE
The coaches say it is just another game. The players say it is just another game. It’s what they hear the coaches pontificate. No fan on either side will ever accept it as just another game. You live with the outcome at work and at school for a year. Two years from now, few outside […] READ MORE
Don’t look now UCLA fans, but the Bruins have a two-game winning streak after their 25-18 win over Arizona State in Tempe Saturday night. At 3-2, they have a winning record for the first time since October 21st, 2017, when they were 4-3 after a home win against Oregon. UCLA Hangs On Against ASU It […] READ MORE
It wasn’t exactly one for the time capsule. But it was moderately effective and efficient. And when you are UCLA football right now, that is good enough. The previously one-win Bruins beat the Arizona Wildcats, (still winless), 27-10 Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. Neither offense was in danger of blowing out scoreboard lights. Lucas […] READ MORE
There are certain truisms in college football. There are no moral victories. Close is not good enough. And it does not matter if your quarterback is Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Chase Griffin, or Tom Brady. When you turn the ball over more than the other team, you will lose. UCLA head coach Chip Kelly even refers to […] READ MORE
Maybe there is something to this “flying by the seat of your pants” system for UCLA. The Bruins were scheduled to play Utah Friday night. That got moved to Saturday. Then by Friday afternoon, the entire game plan had been scrapped because of Utah’s COVID numbers. Instead, a game against Cal was thrown together for […] READ MORE