Jim Mora gives few details on Josh Rosen’s injury, defends QB’s toughness

Jim Mora didn’t have much to say about junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s injury status after Monday night’s practice. “Nothing really to report. He did not practice today,” coach Mora said. “(Redshirt freshman) Devon Modster got all the reps along with (redshirt freshman) Matt Lynch. I wish I could tell you, I wish I knew whether […]

UCLA blown out by Washington as Josh Rosen suffers injury

This post was updated Oct. 29 at 1:56 p.m. SEATTLE—UCLA football lost more than just a game Saturday. Josh Rosen did not come out with the Bruins’ offense for the third drive of the second quarter. The junior quarterback went into the locker room after training staff dressed a wound on his bleeding finger, with […]

Gott’s Thoughts: Five reasons why UCLA’s Rose Bowl is lackluster

After spending most of college working my way up through the ranks of the Daily Bruin Sports section, I finally got my first chance to travel for the paper Saturday. I drove all the way to Tucson but all the trip did was reaffirm a suspicion I already had. The Rose Bowl is awful. It’s […]

Football’s failure to stop run, Rosen’s tenacity proving problematic

The Bruins’ inability to stop the run hasn’t exactly made Jim Mora happy. “It kills me. It rips my guts out,” the coach said. “In my career, I’ve taken great pride in being able to stop the run and historically been a pretty good defensive coach when it comes to stopping the run, and obviously […]

UCLA football bludgeoned by Arizona in 47-30 road loss

This article was updated Oct. 15 at 4:28 a.m. TUCSON, Ariz.—One quarterback was known for his passing, and the other for his running. The one who could run won. Arizona (4-2, 2-1 Pac-12) quarterback Khalil Tate didn’t quite repeat last week’s record-setting 327-yard performance, but the signal-caller gouged UCLA football (3-3, 1-2) for 230 yards on […]

Targeting Timeline: What UCLA players and coaches think of calls so far

UCLA football has seen more than its fair share of targeting calls this season. Here’s a full timeline of every targeting play and what people had to say about it after the fact. UCLA vs Hawai’i, Sept. 9 The plays In the first quarter, senior linebacker Kenny Young was in pursuit of Hawai’i’s Kaiwi Chung […]