Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score, and give a short reasoning behind their prediction. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual […]
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UCLA men’s basketball’s Jonah Bolden ruled ineligible for season
Already without its top-two players from last season, UCLA men’s basketball’s hopes to defend its Pac-12 tournament title just took a hit, as four-star freshman forward Jonah Bolden was ruled academically ineligible for the season, according to ESPN. Bolden was deemed ineligible because he transferred from his school in Australia to Findlay Prep of the […]
Bo Knows: Standards for football players on, off the field must match
By now you’ve seen it. Ray Rice’s left fist swinging at his fiancée. Her head hitting the railing. Rice dragging her unconscious body from the elevator. In the eyes of the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, that series of images was worthy of a two-game ban, upgraded to an indefinite suspension only after the video […]
Defensive end transfers to UCLA football, is eligible for immediate play
UCLA football added a new piece to its defense Thursday when defensive end Takkarist McKinley signed with the Bruins, transferring from Contra Costa College, Scout.com’s Greg Biggins reported. McKinley is immediately eligible to play for UCLA. McKinley initially signed with Cal out of high school in 2013, but was mistakenly ruled academically ineligible and could […]
UCLA defense does not view lapse against Memphis as an omen
Sitting behind a microphone at Saturday’s post-game press conference following UCLA’s narrow win over Memphis, Jim Mora didn’t sugarcoat anything. “I was disappointed in the way we played on defense, especially coming out of last week,” the UCLA coach said. While the end result on Saturday was a win for the Bruins, there was no […]
Bruin offense steps up against Tigers when defense falters
This post was updated on Sept. 7 at 8:30 p.m. PASADENA — After coming into the season shouldering the highest of expectations, UCLA delivered a clunker of a performance offensively last week at Virginia. What followed was a week’s worth of criticism and scrutiny over whether the team was ready for the big stage on […]
UCLA leads Memphis 28-21 at halftime
This post was updated on Sept. 6 at 9:27 p.m. UCLA answered some questions about its offense but created some new concerns about it defense in the first half against Memphis, leading 28-21 at halftime. UCLA’s offense got off to a fast start, literally. After playing at a slow pace last week at Virginia and […]