Author Archives: Hannah Gordon

The Dawgs don’t like to lose in their house, and they will be right at home Saturday when UCLA (5-3, 2-2 Pac-10) travels to Washington (4-4, 1-3). The last time the Bruins were on their territory, in 2000, the Huskies scrapped for a 35-28 win. The rivalry has been, shall we say, vocal. “They made […]

Coach Toledo speaks a foreign language. Or so it seems to freshmen quarterbacks Drew Olson and Matt Moore. “The tough part about an inexperienced quarterback is adjusting during the game. He’s looking at you like, “˜What are you talking about?’” Toledo said. “We’re coaching all the time. People have no idea, (during the game) they […]

When Stanford recovered a bad snap for a touchdown on the Bruins’ third play from scrimmage and freshman quarterback Matt Moore’s third play of his career, even his own family thought the worst. “I thought it was last week all over again,” his younger brother Robbie said after the game. “Then people called us from home saying […]

Tab Perry would abuse the remote his freshman year. “Look, Craig, I burned you!” Stop. Rewind. Play. Stop. Rewind. Play. Perry would review his favorite segment over and over again, torturing his new roommate Craig Bragg with a tape of a high school playoff, the game where the two UCLA receivers faced each other and […]

Marcus Reese thought tight ends, kickoff and punt team coach Gary Bernardi was kidding when he said he was going to put Reese in to the punt team at the Cal game. “Next thing you know I blocked a punt,” the senior middle linebacker said. No joke. Reese played on the punt team last year, […]

BERKELEY “”mdash; After a 17-12 loss to the Cal Bears, John Sciarra just wanted to know if he could take a shower. It was that kind of a day for UCLA. Instead, the third-string quarterback was shoved onto a narrow stairwell to face the media after being pushed into the game when UCLA’s starting quarterback […]

By Hannah Gordon DAILY BRUIN STAFF hgordon@media.ucla.edu Nicknamed by the Daily Cal “Jesus in cleats” as an incoming freshman, Cal senior quarterback Kyle Boller has spent the last three and a half years trying to live up to impossible expectations. Now that Boller has led the Bears to a 4-3 record under new head coach […]