The first time I spoke to Chip Kelly was after he raced through the latter part of the recruiting cycle and signed his first freshman class in February 2018. I wasn’t expecting any answers on the level of Jim Mora’s fervor or Steve Alford’s loquaciousness, but I was curious as to how Kelly would approach […]
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Despite record-setting performances, football continues losing streak to Stanford
It’s Sept. 5, 2015, and UCLA leads Virginia with five minutes left in the third quarter. Cavalier quarterback Matt Johns takes a short drop and tosses up a sideline fade. Then-redshirt freshman safety Adarius Pickett – playing in his first collegiate game – reads the quarterback’s eyes, runs to the ball and catches it before […]
UCLA football’s decade-long losing streak to Stanford continues with shootout loss
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 6:04 p.m. Freshman running back Martell Irby raced into the end zone untouched for his first career touchdown, and UCLA tied Stanford less than three minutes into the second half. The Bruins’ 10-year losing streak against the Cardinal was teetering on the edge of existence. With nine minutes […]
UCLA football heads into halftime down 27-20 to Stanford in last game of season
Senior Day couldn’t have started any better for the Bruins. Redshirt senior safety Adarius Pickett intercepted a pass less than a minute into his last collegiate game. But for the rest of the first half, Stanford quarterback KJ Costello flung the ball all over UCLA’s defense. He completed 14-of-24 passes for 192 yards and two […]
UCLA football hopes to outsmart Stanford, end losing streak with Cardinal
Freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson hadn’t been born yet. Chip Kelly was the offensive line coach at the University of New Hampshire. Next’s “Too Close” finished atop the year-end Billboard charts in the United States. It’s been awhile since UCLA last swept all three of its in-state Pac-12 rivals in 1998. That streak – and the […]
Bruins prove their emotional, physical resilience ahead of Stanford game
Andre James donned number 75 on the back of his jersey in his first three years at UCLA.But this season, the redshirt junior left tackle switched to number 77 in honor of 1977, the year his father was born. Andre James’ father, Marcus James, died two days before his 41st birthday and five days before […]
Propelled by run game, Bruins snatch Victory Bell back from Trojans with 34-27 win
This post was updated Nov. 17 at 6:06 p.m. One word described running back Joshua Kelley on Saturday – unstoppable. The redshirt junior set the record for most rushing yards by a UCLA player against USC with a career-high 289 yards. His untouched 55-yard touchdown romp down the left sideline put the Bruins (3-8, 3-5 […]