Author Archives: Bruce Tran

The UCLA defensive line will be without one of its leaders for the first half this Saturday against Washington as defensive tackle Rodney Leisle was ejected Saturday against San Diego State. By rule, an ejection from a game requires the player to sit out the first half of the next game. Leisle’s ejection capped a […]

What looked like a mere tuneup before the season now seems like a game the Bruins (1-2) need to win to gain any semblance of momentum and confidence heading into Pac-10 play. And the Aztecs, who are 3-1 and stayed within a field goal of defending national champion Ohio State, don’t appear to be rolling […]

Aside from an injury to quarterback Matt Moore, the UCLA football team made it through the first two games relatively unscathed. However, after the Oklahoma game, the Bruins’ injury list had a growth spurt. Reserve fullback Pat Norton and defensive tackle Asi Faoa both suffered high ankle sprains and won’t be available for the San […]

Oklahoma punt returner and cornerback Antonio Perkins decided to take matters into his own hands. The Sooners led by a margin of 14-10, with just over 10 minutes left in the first half, and the Sooner defense had forced a UCLA punt. Perkins gathered the punt at the Oklahoma 26. He saw white UCLA jerseys […]

There’s a new face on the Pac-10. Gone are coaching constants Rick Neuheisel, Mike Price and Dennis Erickson. In are Keith Gilbertson, Bill Doba and Mike Riley. Only Oregon’s Mike Belotti is still here from the 2000 season. And with those coaching changes, the Pac-10 has been thrown into turmoil. Original Pac-10 contender Washington looked […]

PASADENA “”mdash; It wasn’t a pretty win, but UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell will take it. Though the Bruins punted ten times and only generated 94 total passing yards, kicker Justin Medlock’s two field goals were enough to give UCLA a 6-3 victory over Illinois in front of 51,118 at the Rose Bowl. “The magnitude […]

The UCLA football team breathed a collective sigh of relief after learning that quarterback Matt Moore would only be out four to six weeks, as opposed to the entire season. Moore, who spent the full nine months since last year’s Las Vegas Bowl trying to win the starting position, suffered a deep bone bruise from […]