Author Archives: Seth Fast Glass

Linebacker Justin London rated UCLA’s defensive performance Saturday night a two out of 10. Fellow linebacker Spencer Havner gave the unit a B-minus. Aside from the fourth quarter, defensive coordinator Larry Kerr called the defensive effort “really spotty.” Yet while they all acknowledged the Bruin defense was pretty shaky for the majority of Saturday’s game […]

In his three-plus years in Westwood, linebacker Spencer Havner has never felt this good about UCLA football. Neither has quarterback Drew Olson, for that matter. “It’s the best three-game stretch since I’ve been here,” Olson said. But when UCLA, off to its best start in four years, puts its perfect record and a surge of […]

UCLA sophomore men’s basketball player Josh Shipp underwent a successful arthroscopic right hip procedure on Wednesday to repair a torn labrum and remove bone spurs. Shipp, who injured the hip sometime during summer while playing in a local summer league, was originally scheduled to have the surgery on Sept. 23 at UCLA, but opted to […]

Preparing one game at a time. It’s the manner in which the UCLA football team has approached the 2005 season, and the players are intent on not abandoning it after only two games. But though they’re practicing this week the same way they have for their first two opponents, most Bruin players admit the feeling […]

A week ago, only two UCLA wide receivers recorded a reception, and that wasn’t until after halftime. In Saturday’s 63-21 victory over Rice, seemingly every available Bruin receiver walked out of the Rose Bowl with a catch to his stat line. “We do have receivers, as you can see,” UCLA coach Karl Dorrell said. And […]

Correction Appended SAN DIEGO “”mdash; Having game-planned for San Diego State for a little over a week, the UCLA football team came into its season-opener on Saturday night with a long list of instructions. By the middle of the second quarter, it quickly became apparent that all the Bruins needed to adhere to were two […]

Correction appended On Friday, Drew Olson walked off Spaulding Field from yet another football practice, this one a little different from all the others. His red quarterback jersey soaked through with sweat and with mounting frustration and uncertainty written all over his face, Drew Olson, who at the time was still competing with heralded freshman […]