Author Archives: Adam de Jong

In UCLA’s 26-16 win over visiting Rice on Saturday night, the Bruins’ erratic offensive play overshadowed the fact that their defense became a third-down stalwart for the second time in two weeks. The Bruin defense held the Owls to a meager 184 yards of total offense and was at its stingiest when it mattered most. […]

As a football player, Chris Markey’s greatest attribute is his vision. The game slows down right before his eyes, and he is able to uncover a crease in the defense that few other college running backs are able to find. Markey will be the first one to admit he doesn’t have the playmaking capabilities of […]

The first weekend of the college football season always seems to be something of an unveiling. After months of roundtable discussions, we are given a couple of arbitrary polls used to project how the balance of power in each conference rests. It makes sense that there�s so much uncertainty, considering how much more turnover and […]

If there is any confusion about his name, let’s get it out of the way now. If the first game of the 2006 college football season is any indication, this young man’s name is going to be uttered by opposing defensive coordinators. “I like to go by Alty,” said freshman cornerback Alterraun Verner, the young […]

“Alright, I’m ready, let’s get started.” Ben Olson, in his typical boisterous-yet-easy tone, was ready to start his interview. It was the answer to just one of a constellation of questions and implications facing the young man who has been anointed as the “˜left-handed John Elway’ and the “˜savior of UCLA football’, as well as […]

For anyone who follows college football on the West Coast, we enter the season with a decidedly different feeling than in years past. The foundation for excellence put forth by USC will likely crack, but won’t crumble. The Trojans lose back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush, LenDale White and a host of […]

Through much of UCLA’s training camp, there was growing optimism that the return of a healthy Kevin Brown would provide the Bruins with a run stuffer. As it turns out, Brown, a redshirt junior who missed all of last season with a broken ankle, will not be tackling the same role he assumed as a […]