Author Archives: Jessica Bach

The UCLA football team may have already beaten Washington once this season, but it still has one more fight left with the Huskies: the battle for San Jose. The Silicon Valley Classic Bowl committee will have to choose between UCLA and Washington, tied for sixth place in the Pac-10, for the Dec. 30 postseason game. […]

The annual game of “if” and “but” has begun again as the Pacific 10 Conference shapes up for postseason bowl berths. But with Washington’s upset over then-Pac-10 leader Washington State on Saturday, the bowl picture has become a bit murky. WSU still has the opportunity to go to the Rose Bowl, assuming USC plays for […]

As far as most rivalries go, there is always next year, another chance to accomplish the perennial goal of beating the hated ones. But for 17 UCLA seniors, there are no more chances. After a five-year drought, none of the 17 seniors have been able to achieve the glory for which they came to Westwood ““ […]

The adversity has been plentiful ““ a new coach, a new offense and, of course, the constant uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the offense. But somehow through it all, Drew Olson has remained patient and kept himself afloat, landing on the top of UCLA’s depth chart as starting quarterback. While the UCLA coaching staff has […]

As the new face of UCLA football, first-year coach Karl Dorrell came back to his alma mater to reinvigorate a team that had lost its way. But with the honeymoon quickly coming to end and the team facing a new set of struggles, many have come to question if Dorrell was the right hire ““ […]

As rivalry week continues to heat up, perhaps the greatest pain UCLA could inflict on its opponent would be to knock USC out of the national championship game. But while this option is one of the few possibilities optimistic Bruin fans can hope for, coach Karl Dorrell remains focused on the giant task ahead. “That’s […]

Senior back runs for his first score of year PASADENA “”mdash; Though they were hard to find, Saturday’s 31-13 loss to Oregon did offer a few highlights, especially for runningback Akil Harris. Harris was the only Bruin to score a touchdown, his first of the season. He scored with 12 seconds left in the game. […]