Unlike most shows, “The Drive” is unique to review in that the viewer knows pretty much what to expect. Besides the first episode, which focused solely on the team’s fall camp in San Bernardino, all episodes are centered around the previous week’s game, with an accompanying feature piece. This means that the quality of each […]
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Bye week comes at right time for injury-ridden UCLA football team
Following an edge-of-your-seat first three weeks to the football season, the Bruins at long last have a chance to catch their breath. No. 12 UCLA is on the first of its two bye weeks this season, with its next game coming Sept. 25 at No. 15 Arizona State. And it seems the bye has come […]
UCLA snags win over Texas despite injury to starting QB
ARLINGTON, Texas — If there is anything to be said about this UCLA football team three weeks into the season, it is this: expect the unexpected. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jerry Neuheisel guiding the team back from a halftime deficit, with starting redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley nursing an injured left elbow on the sidelines? Neuheisel, […]
UCLA, Texas head into Saturday’s game with shared story lines
When Jim Mora takes the field Saturday night, he will look across the field to the other sideline and see the man he could’ve been – that is, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Reportedly, Texas offered Mora the job in January, going so far as to promise to send a private jet to […]
Reviewing ‘The Drive’: Episode 3
The third episode of “The Drive” begins with what will likely be the most powerful first 15 minutes of any episode this season. Appropriately, the show devoted the first half of the 30-minute episode to the story of Nick Pasquale, a former walk-on wide receiver for UCLA who was struck and killed by a car […]
More cohesive play by Bruin offense secures win in home opener
This post was updated on Sept. 8 at 12:43 a.m. PASADENA — Brett Hundley waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, with a flick of his wrist, the redshirt junior quarterback sent the ball some 62-yards downfield right into the hands of sprinting sophomore wide receiver Kenny Walker. A minor miracle. No, not the throw or […]
UCLA beats Memphis 42-35 in close contest
This post was updated on Sept. 7 at 12:26 a.m. PASADENA – It wasn’t supposed to be a shootout. It wasn’t even supposed to be close. For the second week in a row, UCLA found itself in a close contest against what was thought to be a much lesser opponent. Luckily for UCLA, Brett Hundley […]