Author Archives: Sagar Parikh

Going into the game, it looked like a mismatch. Cal had the second-best rushing attack in the Pac-10. UCLA had the second-worst rushing defense in the Pac-10. Nearly 330 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns later, it was still a mismatch. The difference was that in Cal’s seven trips to the red zone, Cal only […]

When UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell was hired as the Bruins’ head coach in December 2002, critics raged as the Bruins hired a relatively unknown commodity with no previous head-coaching experience. Inside the Bruin program and its allegiance of fans, however, there was no worry. All the UCLA fans needed to know on that December […]

When the news of recruiting violations surrounding the Colorado football program came about in the early spring of 2004, I can’t say that I was surprised. Incidents involving recruits and the illegal use of campus spirit groups had long been rumored among the nation’s largest college football programs. The image of attractive young women paired […]

With 3:39 left in the fourth quarter and the Bruins trailing by three, UCLA senior quarterback Drew Olson continued to fulfill on his potential by doing something he had never done during his UCLA career. He finally led the Bruins to a come-from-behind victory in the fourth quarter. Olson completed six of seven completions on […]

Through the first two games of UCLA’s football season, running back Maurice Drew was averaging 108 yards per game and had scored a total of five touchdowns. He had runs of 42 and 66 yards as the Bruins’ offense seemed to move at will. So in the third game, when national power Oklahoma decided to […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball team, still suffering from its championship defeat to Pepperdine in May, has started its season anew with a two-week trip to Italy from Sept. 10 to 27. The trip, which includes 11 matches against some of the top competition in Italy, will provide an early beginning for what is expected to […]

After three years of simply being the “other football team” in Los Angeles, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell’s team is no longer in hibernation. Dorrell’s Bruins are 3-0 for the first time since 1998, and are ranked in both major college football polls for the first time since 2002. “We’re back on the map,” tight end […]