Rick Neuheisel’s UCLA tenure began with fireworks, which shot into the nighttime sky when the Bruins upset the then-No. 18 Tennessee Volunteers in overtime at the Rose Bowl.
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UCLA notches first win over D-I opponent
When you’ve got as long a list of issues as the UCLA men’s basketball team had through five games, sometimes you’ve got to start by addressing the small things.
Like communicating on defense, hustling to capitalize on loose balls and fighting tooth and nail on both sides of the ball — even when a stray elbow takes out two of your pearly whites.
UCLA soundly defeated Pepperdine, 62-39, Monday night at the Sports Arena.
Halftime: Bruins 28, Waves 11
It hasn’t been spectacular for the UCLA men’s basketball team in the first half against Pepperdine, but it’s a start.
The Bruins, vying for their first win over a Division I opponent, are up 28-11 at halftime against the Waves.
UCLA has been quicker than Pepperdine to most of the loose balls in lieu of a shaky 11-of-25 shooting half.
Redshirt sophomore forwards David and Travis Wear, holing true to their identical form, have each scored six points.
Bruins surrender shutout loss to Trojans in rivalry game
The Trojans huddled as a team at midfield and jumped after every score. The way their offense was moving, they were jumping early and often.
UCLA shut out by USC 50-0 in rivalry game
The UCLA football team will still get to call itself Pac-12 South champions, but that title has less luster after a steamrolling at the hands of USC on Saturday night.
The Trojans rolled while the Bruins failed to score in the 50-0 blowout.
Bruins shut out in first half as Trojans go up 29-0
UCLA’s last rivalry game ended with a bomb. This one started with one, and the shots have kept coming the Bruins’ way.
A Matt Barkley-to-Marquis Lee 42-yard touchdown pass on the fourth play of the game opened the scoring for USC.
UCLA football closes the gap on rival USC
Rick Neuheisel isn’t quite ready to proclaim that the football monopoly in Los Angeles is officially over. But he thinks his Bruins have closed the gap on the perennial power across town.