UCLA men’s basketball’s comfort zone has been clearly established. In five games over a three-week period to open the season at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins have averaged 87.2 points per game, good for 27th best in the nation. They’ve done it, however, without playing a single opponent from a conference in the top 10 for […]
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Momentum shift in LA football rivalry began with 38-28 win over USC
Following a UCLA football practice in April, a young boy walked up to Anthony Barr, hoping the linebacker would autograph a picture. Receiving the enlarged photograph and a Sharpie, the senior outside linebacker proceeded to sign a still image of himself clobbering then-USC quarterback Matt Barkley for a sack in the fourth quarter of last […]
UCLA still fired up for USC game despite elimination from Pac-12 race
USC had nothing to lose. At the L.A. Memorial Coliseum two years ago, in their last game officially under the lockdown of a two-year bowl ban, the Trojans treated their final home game against the Bruins as an all-in-one national championship and Pac-12 title game. In a 50-0 shellacking, USC outclassed UCLA, a team that […]
Special bond with sister keeps Brett Hundley grounded
In trying to figure out what Brett Hundley values most, his wrists are a good place to start. During many of the redshirt sophomore quarterback’s stand-up interviews with reporters, three wristbands fit snug just above a right hand that has flung the football more than 6,000 yards in two seasons at UCLA. One reads “Kappa […]
UCLA football, QB Brett Hundley have regained offensive composure
Three weekends ago, UCLA’s offense looked out of sorts. Against an above-average Oregon Ducks defense, the Bruins were well behind the curve. Under center, redshirt sophomore quarterback Brett Hundley looked anxious. He bounced in the pocket as he went through his progressions, settling for the short, safe route just about every time he had to […]
Football Monday – Nov. 18, 2013
Every UCLA football Saturday (or in this case, Friday), whether at the Rose Bowl or on the road, has so much more to it than a win or a loss. That’s why each postgame Monday, the Daily Bruin will break down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the verdict for […]
UCLA football’s Brett Hundley joins in Walk to End Epilepsy
PASADENA—On Friday, UCLA defeated purple-clad Washington at the Rose Bowl. Two days later, there was not a Huskies fan to be found on site, but a violet hue remained. Throughout the Rose Bowl concourse, purple tablecloths, shirts and bandanas replaced traditional powder-blue garb as the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles hosted the Walk to […]