A day after nine UCLA football players earned all-conference recognition, two more Bruins were named finalists for national awards Wednesday. Redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks, who was passed over for the All-Pac-12 first team, was named as one of four finalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. Kendricks’ 11.6 total tackles per game ranks fifth […]
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Nine UCLA football players earn all-conference honors
Nine UCLA football players were named to the All-Pac-12 first and second teams Tuesday night. Junior cornerback Ishmael Adams was the lone Bruin selected to the first team. The most noticeable absence from the first team was redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks, who tied with Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III for the Pac-12’s leading […]
UCLA loses ground in latest College Football Playoff rankings
The penultimate rankings of the College Football Playoff were released Tuesday, and with the final poll slated to be announced Sunday, exactly which teams will face off in the inaugural playoff is still very much in a state of flux heading into conference championship weekend. After climbing the rankings from No. 22 to No. 8, […]
Bo Knows: Despite Stanford loss, UCLA football shows signs of promising future
I had this whole column thought out a week ago. UCLA was going to beat Stanford, reach the Pac-12 title game and have a legitimate shot at reaching the College Football Playoff. Sure, UCLA would still have to get past Oregon, but given the way the Bruins had been playing in the past few weeks, […]
Football Monday: UCLA v. Stanford
Every UCLA football weekend has so much more to it than a win or a loss. That’s why each postgame Monday, the Daily Bruin will break down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the verdict for their performance. This week, we take a closer look at UCLA’s 31-10 loss to […]
Stanford outplays UCLA with strong offensive, defensive performances
PASADENA — UCLA dominated the first four minutes of its game against Stanford Friday. It got dominated the final 56. In UCLA’s 31-10 loss to Stanford, UCLA’s offense struggled to gain consistent yardage against a vaunted Stanford defense ranked No. 7 in the nation in points allowed coming into the game. That was expected. What […]
Quarterback Hundley struggles as UCLA drops out of Pac-12 contention
PASADENA — It was all there for UCLA. A Pac-12 South title. A rematch with Oregon in the conference championship game. A path to the College Football Playoff. And then it wasn’t. In what was likely redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley’s final game at the Rose Bowl, it was the opposing quarterback – Stanford’s Kevin […]