Author Archives: Sam Connon

Un-Connon Opinions: It’s time to start worrying about football’s slow recruitment

In Chip Kelly’s first offseason in Westwood, UCLA football reeled in the No. 19 recruiting class in the nation. Coach Kelly convinced 30 prospects to sign with the Bruins last winter, giving him the largest recruiting class among Power Five programs. And that tends to be the goal for most first-year coaches – establish your […]

The Rundown: Oct. 16

FootballRyan Smith, Sports editor Outside linebacker Keisean Lucier-South earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors with his performance against California on Saturday. The UCLA football (1-5, 1-2 Pac-12) redshirt junior recorded a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and played a key part in forcing three of the Bears’ four fourth-quarter turnovers. Lucier-South picked up […]

Football sees improvement in rushing game with Joshua Kelley

This post was updated Oct. 15 at 7:56 p.m. Joshua Kelley did not take a snap for UCLA football last season. This year, he’s the Bruins’ leading rusher. The redshirt junior played the 2014 and 2015 seasons with UC Davis and transferred to UCLA in 2017. He redshirted his junior year and entered this season […]

UCLA football shows improvement on offense by revamping passing game

For the first time all season, the Bruins broke the 21-point threshold. UCLA football (0-5, 0-2 Pac-12) averaged 17 points per game through its first four games, but against No. 7 Washington (5-1, 4-0) this past weekend, coach Chip Kelly’s offense scored a season-high 24. While that mark is still a far cry from the […]

Football maintains faith Chip Kelly’s coaching style will help them improve

Chip Kelly has yet to win a game with UCLA football (0-4, 0-1 Pac-12), but his team is buying into his coaching style. “I like coach Kelly,” said redshirt freshman cornerback Elijah Gates. “He just keeps saying, like, ‘Keep going, keep going hard. Just keep pushing through.’” Kelly, however, doesn’t just preach pushing through adversity […]

Freshmen golfers fight to prove themselves under mentorship of senior teammates

Four young Bruins joined UCLA men’s golf this September, and while some were thrown straight into the fire, others have been fighting for the spotlight. The one freshman who has seen time in the lineup this fall is freshman Sean Maruyama, while Rory Feng, Ahmed Ali and Bryan Wiyang Teoh have been playing in individual […]