Author Archives: Jason Feder

We’re halfway through the college football regular season and it’s time to dish out some serious hardware.

Chants of “We are ND!” echoed through the hallways under the Rose Bowl while a deafening silence settled over the home team’s locker room, accentuated only by intermittent yells of frustration.

For four years, Matt Slater was basically stuck in football limbo.

With the reputation the UCLA defense built last year as a rare Pac-10 force, no team has taken them lightly five games into this season.

Sometimes it hurts to be good.

CORVALLIS, Ore. “”mdash; Moments after UCLA’s 40-14 win over Oregon State was over, with both teams heading to the locker rooms and fans streaming towards the exits, UCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker proclaimed twice to nobody in particular ““ or maybe everybody, all at once ““ “That is who we are!”

CORVALLIS, Ore. “”mdash; On a day that the Bruins’ defense kept them in the game while the offense sputtered, it was the play of UCLA’s special teams that may have clinched the win.
Throughout the game, UCLA backed up Oregon State deep inside their own territory and bottled up the Beavers’ return game.