This post was updated on Dec. 20 at 9:30 p.m. CHICAGO — I’ll start with the obvious part: UCLA is about as far away from being near Kentucky’s level as possible. The Bruins served as the Wildcats’ punching bag for 40 minutes, trailing 24-0 to start the game, 41-7 at halftime and 83-44 by the […]
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UCLA football seeks to redeem itself in Kansas State bowl matchup
Time supposedly heals all wounds, but for the UCLA football team, there may not be enough time in the world for the scabs to form over its most recent gash. About two weeks after the Bruins’ dream-crushing, season-altering loss to the Stanford Cardinal that kept them from achieving their goal of reaching the Pac-12 title […]
Beat writers’ season awards, UCLA football 2014
Offensive MVP: Paul Perkins Coming into the season, redshirt junior Brett Hundley was billed as a potential Heisman candidate. As it turns out, he wasn’t even the best offensive player on his own team this season. No, that honor is bestowed upon redshirt sophomore running back Paul Perkins, who emerged as one of the best […]
QB Hundley to leave behind a legacy of records, new face for UCLA football
“I want to be somebody. I want to have people look back on it later and say, ‘He did something while he was here and he made a statement, he made a history.’ I want to leave a legacy.” Those were the words spoken by quarterback Brett Hundley prior to his redshirt freshman season when […]
Linebacker Eric Kendricks wins Lott IMPACT Trophy
After winning the Butkus Award last week, redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks wasn’t done collecting hardware. Kendricks was awarded the Lott IMPACT Trophy Sunday night, becoming the second consecutive UCLA player to win after former outside linebacker Anthony Barr received the award last year. The criteria of the Lott IMPACT Trophy include not only […]
UCLA offense lags behind No. 9 Gonzaga in 87-74 loss
The last time that UCLA and Gonzaga met was one of the top moments in the past decade of Bruin basketball. Facing the Bulldogs in the 2006 Sweet Sixteen, the Bruins roared back from down 17, with guard Jordan Farmar stealing the ball in the backcourt and finding forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute under […]
Eric Kendricks wins Butkus Award for nation’s best linebacker
Redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks was passed over for a spot on the All-Pac-12 first-team last week. As a consolation prize, Kendricks simply won the Butkus Award for the nation’s best linebacker, announced Tuesday. Kendricks took to Twitter to express his gratitude, tweeting, “Overwhelmed with joy. This is for all my underdogs out there! Thanks […]