Category Archives: Football

Bo Knows: Despite Bruins’ miscues, this season is still salvageable

I had a bit of a weird feeling after the conclusion of UCLA’s 36-34 win over Cal Saturday, an uncertainty over how to feel about the game. I was left wondering if I should be impressed UCLA held on to win, despite its three costly turnovers, bailed out by a late interception by redshirt sophomore […]

Marcus Rios makes comeback with game-clinching play against Cal

BERKELEY — As expected, UCLA v. Cal evolved into a shootout. Unfortunately for the Bruins, they aimed most of their ammo at their own foot. But fortunately for UCLA, Cal took one shot too many. Redshirt sophomore cornerback Marcus Rios intercepted a deep pass by Cal quarterback Jared Goff on the Bears’ final drive to […]

After drought, 3 sacks mark huge leap for UCLA football

BERKELEY — Coming into Saturday’s game, the story lines for UCLA centered on ending losing streaks – both its two straight losses to Utah and Oregon and its seven consecutive losses at Cal’s Memorial Stadium. But just minutes into the first quarter, long before the Bruins snapped those streaks, they ended a different drought. They […]

UCLA defeats Cal 36-34, snaps losing streaks

BERKELEY — After back-to-back losses to Utah and Oregon and seven consecutive losses to Cal in Berkeley, UCLA finally broke the streaks. UCLA got ahead early, then held off a second-half push by Cal to win 36-34. The Bruins jumped out to an early 7-0 lead until fumbles by redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley and redshirt […]

UCLA leads Cal 24-14 at halftime

BERKELEY — Through two quarters of play, the only ones stopping the UCLA offense are the Bruins themselves, as Cal has converted twice off of two UCLA first-half turnovers, with UCLA leading 24-14 at the break. The two high-flying offenses were grounded to begin the game however, as both squads were forced to punt on […]

Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Cal

Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their prediction. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual […]