Author Archives: Jessica Bach

The mass exodus continues, as two more players from the UCLA football team have left the program. Fullback J.D. Groves said Monday he would not be returning to the program, reportedly due to a change in major that UCLA does not offer and not with any coaching conflicts. “The problem was with me really,” Groves […]

As the day ended, the UCLA football program was able to breathe a deep sigh of relief as the annual National Signing Day finished with neither complications nor surprises. The program received letters of intent from each of the 20 high school recruits it expected, adding to the six junior college transfers that committed in […]

It is with fragile care that high school football recruits are treated when they arrive at universities for their official visits. These prep athletes are shown the opportunities schools have to offer ““ on the field, in the classroom and even socially. But what happens when all the fun goes too far, when what was […]

Football coaches across the country will be anxiously waiting by their fax machines today in hopes that the anticipated national letters of intent will arrive from their high school recruits. UCLA’s 2004 signing class is likely to rank second in the Pac-10, behind USC’s, according to various Internet sites. Heading the Bruin class is cornerback […]

After months of speculation, quarterback John Sciarra announced Friday he would indeed be leaving UCLA next season to play for Wagner University, a Division I-AA school in Staten Island, N.Y. Though he will not participate with the Bruin football team, Sciarra will remain at the university until the conclusion of the spring quarter. Sciarra, the […]

The UCLA football team announced Monday it has filled its last remaining coaching vacancy with the hiring of Dino Babers as wide receivers specialist. Last season Babers served as the running backs coach for the University of Pittsburgh, after spending two years at Texas A&M as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “Dino has coached […]

In case anyone wasn’t watching, that lovely three-day weekend was a great showcase of UCLA’s finest. For one, Matt Barnes played his first NBA game Monday after receiving a 10-day contract from the injury-plagued Clippers. But if anyone actually was watching, it wasn’t pretty. Barnes’ debut was tarnished by that league-leading team from the North, […]