Fresh off their first losing streak of the season, the Bruins appeared to drag their feet in the opening act of their 45-23 win over the Colorado Buffaloes.
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Marcus Rios takes pains to return to field despite fungus
The prospect of passing out from exhaustion and pain hung constantly over Marcus Rios. Coming down with stuffy noses during his senior year of high school morphed into breathing almost exclusively through his mouth during football summer workouts.
UCLA failed to limit Oregon’s offensive firepower in 42-14 loss
EUGENE, Ore. — Competing proved to be a mainstay in Jim Mora’s mantra leading up to Saturday’s 42-14 road loss against the No. 2 Oregon Ducks. The UCLA coach guaranteed to media throughout the week that his Bruins, whose troubles include an offensive line that only has one opening day starter playing at his original position, would play as hard as it could against the No. 2 team in the nation.
UCLA relies on bevy of short passes in Cal victory
Noel Mazzone walked into the Rose Bowl media room munching on a Diddy Reise cookie after UCLA’s third highest single game passing total in school history. Despite the sweet nature of his post-game snack, the offensive coordinator made little effort to sugarcoat the words coming out of his mouth about an offensive performance for which he had lukewarm feelings.
Ute defense a learning experience for young Bruin offensive line
Brett Hundley ran wild on the stat sheet during last Thursday night’s 34-27 over Utah. In addition to collecting a running and passing touchdown, the redshirt sophomore quarterback even punted and caught a score from sophomore wide receiver Devin Fuller. Hundley also found himself running from a wild Utah defense that deployed pressure from all […]
Bruins shake off slow start, rewrite records in New Mexico State matchup
Immediately after scoring his first touchdown of the game, running back Steven Manfro flew down with UCLA’s kickoff coverage unit and went low on a ballcarrier in contributing to a special teams tackle.
Bruins guard against coup by New Mexico State
Shaquelle Evans sits atop the UCLA wide receiver corps as the team’s big-play aerial maven. The redshirt senior currently boasts 20-yard gains in five of his nine catches through two games, racking up the yardage through catching long balls or turning shorter passes into open-field gains.