Author Archives: Sagar Parikh

Winning breeds success. That mantra applies not only on the football field, but in the case of UCLA football this season, in the ticket office as well. Coming off a 10-2 season in which the Bruins won a bowl game for the first time in three years, season ticket sales as well as sponsorships are […]

The decision had been expected for weeks, and on Monday afternoon, it was finally confirmed. Coach Karl Dorrell named redshirt sophomore Ben Olson the starting quarterback for UCLA’s season opener against Utah. The decision was made after Olson’s superior performance in Saturday’s fall scrimmage, in which Olson completed 14 of 23 passes for 156 yards […]

Across the country, it’s a fall tradition. Fans gather to see their first glimpse of their favorite college team before the real games begin just two weeks later. At USC last year, 50,000-plus fans packed the Coliseum to see Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart scrimmage against their second-string counterparts. There won’t be nearly that many […]

Senior wide receiver Joe Cowan, who is expected to be one of the offensive leaders of the UCLA football team this year, sustained an injury to his PCL ligament in his right knee on Tuesday that will hold him out of practice for at least a few weeks, coach Karl Dorrell said on Wednesday. Dorrell […]

He might make the biggest impact this season for a person you have never heard of. At least that’s what UCLA coach Karl Dorrell feels. That is the impression that freshman cornerback Alterraun Verner has made on his coaches and fellow teammates during the first few days of football training camp. “Wow, did he make […]

There are very few times that a high school basketball recruit comes along who has the potential to change the face of a program. For UCLA, at least in the last 10 years, there are even fewer times that such a recruit shows interest in being a Bruin. On Tuesday, UCLA had all its stars […]

There was one question everyone wanted answered during Thursday’s Pac-10 Media Day at LAX: Will this be the year USC finally ends its three-year run atop the Pac-10 standings? Judging by the responses of the other Pac-10 football coaches, one might think so, but UCLA coach Karl Dorrell was not so quick to count out […]