Author Archives: Jason Feder

Two games into the Pac-10 schedule and one thing has become perfectly clear ““ this conference season is going to get messy.

With three days before the Bowl Championship Series selections, now is a perfect time to explain why there should never be one again.

It will not matter that UCLA will be huge underdogs on Saturday.
It will not matter that nobody expects them to defeat a No. 5-ranked Trojan squad.
It will not matter that most people see UCLA as USC’s stepping stone to yet another Rose Bowl appearance.
In the back of the Bruins’ minds, they all know one thing.

Junior cornerback Alterraun Verner has got math on his mind.
And it’s got nothing to do with down and distance.
For possibly the first time ever, the Bruins’ showdown with USC will fall directly before final exams begin ““ something Verner, a math major, is not ecstatic about.

NEW YORK “”mdash; Questions about the basketball team’s lack of depth and inexperience surrounded the program heading into this weekend, but Thursday night’s loss only raised more.

NEW YORK “”mdash; The No. 4 Bruins took their first loss of the season on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, dropping a 55-52 stunner to an unranked Michigan squad in the semifinal of the 2K Sports Classic.

On the first possession of Saturday’s game against Washington, it was a freshman in his first career start who led the Bruins to a touchdown.