Author Archives: Ben Peters

The score doesn’t say it and the game never felt like it, but UCLA still may have dodged a bullet on Saturday. If not for a slew of Arizona mistakes, Saturday’s game could have played out very differently. The Wildcats committed nine penalties, dropped three potential touchdowns, and allowed a punt block on the opening […]

One of the best athletes on the team will have his hands on the football a lot more on Saturday against Arizona, as junior strong safety Jarrad Page will be the primary punt returner. “Jarrad is really excited about this,” coach Karl Dorrell said. “He’s been wanting to do this for a while.” Page takes […]

When a defense is at its best, the field appears tiny to the opposition. The opposing offense has no room to operate, and ball-carriers are never more than a step away from being swarmed by multiple defenders. For the most part this year though, the field has seemed pretty wide open for UCLA’s opponents. Running […]

In football, offenses naturally evolve as the season progresses, as coaches grasp the strengths and weaknesses of their system. It has become apparent that offensive coordinator Tom Cable has begun to grasp what he has in tailback Maurice Drew. The sophomore’s workload has increased markedly from the first game against Oklahoma State. Drew has emerged […]

After his performance at Washington, it’s become difficult to assess what a good game is for Maurice Drew. The sophomore tailback ran for 165 yards and one touchdown in Saturday’s win, about half as many yards and four touchdowns less than his now-legendary game at Husky Stadium two weeks ago. Drew may have raised the […]

He’s always there. Lurking, waiting. Spencer Havner, the unquestioned leader of UCLA’s beleaguered rush defense, continues to tackle his team’s most glaring weakness ““ its inability to stop the run. The junior linebacker leads the nation with 15.3 tackles per game. That’s a pretty amazing statistic considering the Bruins feature college football’s second most porous […]

Know the name. Maurice Drew. The Bruins are 2-1 and have produced some positive story lines this season, but nothing compares to what the sophomore tailback accomplished at Washington one week ago. Maurice was special, I’ve never seen someone run for that many yards,” offensive coordinator Tom Cable said of Drew’s record-breaking 322-yard and five […]