Author Archives: David Regan

After last Saturday’s 21-0 victory over Stanford, linebacker Justin London said that it was the most fun he’d had playing football in a long time. And why not? London said he finally felt semi-healthy after suffering and re-aggravating a high ankle sprain early in the season. A healthy London is good news for the UCLA […]

Craig Bragg will go down in UCLA history. By the time the senior receiver’s stay in Westwood is complete, Bragg will almost certainly be the school’s all-time leader in receptions. But right now, as Bragg stands just five catches away from breaking the all-time receptions record of 179, his thoughts turn to other things. “I’d […]

Though his face has become something of a fixture, defensive coordinator Larry Kerr couldn’t be found stalking the sidelines Saturday in UCLA’s 21-0 victory over Stanford. That’s because Kerr was calling the Bruins’ defensive masterpiece from the booth at the Rose Bowl. It was the first time in six years that Kerr found himself in […]

It was a sight Bruin fans could get used to. Stanford quarterback Trent Edwards dropping back in the pocket, looking left, looking right, looking middle, and finding nothing. No open receivers, no options other than to tuck the ball and run with it. It happened time and time again Saturday in the Bruins’ 21-0 victory […]

Seventeen-year-olds shouldn’t be like that. They shouldn’t have that poise, that maturity, that confidence. They shouldn’t be leaders. But sometimes, once in a great while, they are. They have the poise and the maturity and the confidence, and you envy them because they can’t even freaking vote. But they’re special, and you know it. UCLA […]

If they’ve said it once they’ve said it a thousand times. UCLA’s defensive line is getting better. They’ve been ravaged by injuries, but they’ve overcome. They were plagued by inexperience, but they’re learning. Still, the criticisms endure. First it was the rush defense, which was pretty hard to ignore after the 426 yards Oklahoma State […]

By now, UCLA football fans have had long enough to determine what they like and don’t like about this team. They’ve also had time to think about those things they just don’t understand. And one of football’s many mysteries is the pooch kick, that curious kickoff that has the kicker send the ball sky high […]