Author Archives: Diamond Leung

As UCLA place kicker Chris Griffith’s potential game-winning field goal hurtled through the air, the Bruins hung on to each other. After all, the team that was kicked when it was down last season had to prove that it could pull it together. But all Griffith kicked up were the Bruins’ hopes. Even on a […]

UCLA kicker Chris Griffith has quite a selective memory. The fifth-year senior chooses to remember the misses, never the makes. He remembers, of course, the potential game-winning 50-yard field goal attempt last year against Oregon that fell short and wide right. The Bruins suffered their third straight final-minute loss. “He kicked the dirt first, but […]

Tyler Ebell was caught hot-handed on Saturday. Even after the third-string tailback had come off the bench to rush for 203 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries against Oregon State, all people wanted to know was how he could get tackled down at the Beaver 1-yard line after a 73-yard run. Reporters crowded around […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. ““ It seemed as if UCLA were walking into a Halloween nightmare on this October day. The football team was on the road, down by two touchdowns and without its starting tailback in the conference opener against Oregon State. The Beavers, naturally decked out in orange and black, owned a seven-game home winning […]

Mike Saffer was sitting in math class Friday morning ““ painful enough. But when the senior offensive tackle took a routine deep breath and coughed, he experienced something even greater. “It was one of the sharpest pains I have ever felt in my life,” Saffer said. “It felt like somebody took a knife and stabbed […]

SAN DIEGO “”mdash; Even after Saturday’s game, UCLA’s Mike Seidman was being sought out. Offensive coordinator Kelly Skipper made his way across the locker room, found his tight end all alone and connected with him. Skipper pointed to Seidman and nodded his head. “Good job,” he said. And Seidman smiled, realizing he was no longer […]

The UCLA football team wasn’t a very good loser last season. After starting the year 6-0, the Bruins lost. And lost. And lost. And lost, eventually finishing 7-4 and missing out on going to a bowl game. This year, after dropping a 31-17 decision to Colorado last week, UCLA (2-1) will look to avoid another […]