Football scouting report: Oregon

OFFENSE: QB Marcus Mariota (No. 8, RS Jr.) If there’s any positive to take as UCLA heads into its matchup against its toughest opponent and toughest opposing quarterback thus far, it’s this: At least the defense goes up against a darn-near similar quarterback in practice everyday. “We have similar traits,” said redshirt junior quarterback Brett […]

Bo Knows: Wins against key teams essential for football program to advance

Full disclosure: I grew up a crazed fan of Cal football. Nearly every day, I wore a Cal shirt, Cal shorts and a Cal hat. I even owned a pair of Cal boxers, weirdly. If you were a fan of college football during the mid-2000s, you were probably familiar with the Cal teams I watched […]

UCLA needs win against No. 12 Oregon to reach championship

This was supposed to be the marquee matchup of the week. It was supposed to feature two top-10 teams vying for Pac-12 and national supremacy. It was supposed to feature two Heisman-candidate quarterbacks playing at their peak form. Rumors of ESPN bringing College GameDay to Westwood were swirling. But of course, nothing went according to […]

Long line of issues lead to UCLA’s exorbitant sacks-allowed total

The way redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley held his ground in the pocket as a swarm of Utah pass rushers engulfed him was almost poetic – a captain going down with his sinking ship. The Bruins may not have accepted their fate – a 30-28 loss to the Utes – but when Hundley was taken […]

Bo Knows: UCLA football’s underwhelming early-season performances prove ominous

For the first month of UCLA’s season, the storyline was the same: Just wait until the Bruins face a real opponent, then we’ll get a real sense of how good they are. That was the justification fans, pundits and I made for why ESPN’s favorite dark horse national champion pick looked merely mediocre against its […]