For those of you who think UCLA football is doomed to battle for recruits in the same city as USC, you probably weren’t at the L.A. Coliseum on Saturday. While the Trojans were about ready to eke past a mediocre Washington State club on the road, Alcorn State and Morehouse College were playing in the […]
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UCLA will likely rush past Stanford’s weak defense
As soon as one leak is plugged, another one opens up. After UCLA’s 31-10 win over Utah in the season opener, coach Karl Dorrell stressed the need to improve the running game. But the rushing attack was the only blemish from that first game, as quarterback Ben Olson had a sparkling 2006 debut. Following a […]
ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The glory that is Medlock
Some college football insiders thought that California running back Marshawn Lynch would be the only Pac-10 player to generate any Heisman buzz. But after four weeks of the season have elapsed, a member of the UCLA football team is squashing that notion. It is place kicker Justin Medlock. Although some in the Bruin fan base […]
Leaving at the top of her game
Thirty-one years, 11 national championships. And seemingly overnight, the run ends. UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist, who has played for or coached all 11 of the Bruin’s title teams, will step down from coaching effective Jan. 1, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero announced on Tuesday. Enquist has not completely left UCLA, as she will now […]
O-line veteran Colletto returns to the Bruins
Coaching is a transient profession. Just as soon as you arrive in one city for a job, you could easily be on the move in only two or three years. Nobody knows that better than Jim Colletto. UCLA’s new offensive line coach typifies the impermanence of any football job ““ coaching staffs fluctuate as the […]
On the verge of an illustrious milestone
Click on these photos to enlarge them, and take a look at past Daily Bruin articles. Error: Embedded data could not be displayed. Photos are from Daily Bruin file. The clock has been ticking since the middle of May. When women’s water polo player Courtney Mathewson fired a ball that found the back of the […]
Coordinator Walker works to defy the odds
DeWayne Walker never presumed to be a miracle worker, even though he was hired by Karl Dorrell to be something close to that effect, turning around a defense that allowed 232.8 rushing yards and 34.2 points per game last year. Dorrell watched his team struggle with one of the nation’s most inept defenses in back-to-back […]