Football scouting report: Arizona

This time last year, UCLA (2-2, 0-1, Pac-12) and Arizona were featured on College Game Day. Both teams were undefeated and ranked No. 9 and No. 16 respectively. Now they’re struggling to string together wins over quality opponents. Both the Bruins and the Wildcats are looking for their first Pac-12 win after dropping close home […]

Gameday predictions: UCLA vs. Arizona

UCLA football (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) will play Arizona (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) on Saturday night. Last year, the Bruins dominated the game 56-30, the first big road win of then-freshman quarterback Josh Rosen’s career and their fourth in a row. The current point spread for this game – according to Westgate, SportsBetting.ag and BETONLINE.ag – is […]

Q&A: Daily Wildcat writer discusses Arizona football’s current position

To get some inside information on the Arizona football team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to The Daily Wildcat – Arizona’s school newspaper – and asked a few questions about the Wildcats before their upcoming game against UCLA this Saturday. All of the responses below come from Justin Spears, a senior writer at The Daily […]

UCLA struggles to find starting running back, lacks solid run plays

The Big Three no more. Through its first four games, UCLA (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) regularly rotated between a trio of running backs – junior Nate Starks and sophomores Bolu Olorunfunmi and Soso Jamabo. But after lackluster performances against BYU and Stanford, in which the Bruins had 50 and 77 rushing yards respectively, it was time for a […]

The Dam Truth: Coaches should not be defined only by their losses

For 58 minutes, Jim Mora was giving UCLA fans what they wanted – a physical football game that came down to the wire against a Pac-12 rival. The raucous cheering was deafening, but it quickly changed the moment Stanford scored the go-ahead touchdown with seconds left on the clock. The “I believe that we will […]

UCLA football coaches confident that victories are around the corner

The game plan is there, the seeds are planted and the wins will come. Eventually. UCLA’s defense (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) has steadily grown since a 31-24 overtime loss to now-No.10 Texas A&M, putting together a historic performance against BYU and then limiting Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey to 151 total yards. Linebackers coach Scott White […]

Olympians share how UCLA experiences paved their way

Kevin Love was back for one more eight-clap. Russell Westbrook led a 8 clap at Pauley when he donated. Kevin Love wanted his chance to lead one with @uclatheden. pic.twitter.com/NtXOcgzY6X — Derrek Li (@DerrekLi) September 25, 2016 Not as a basketball player, but as one of the UCLA Olympians honored this past weekend during the […]