PASADENA — It seemed as if the air had been punched out of the Bruins, out of the Rose Bowl and out of UCLA’s season.As time expired, junior kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 50-yard field goal went just right, and gone with it was the No. 8 Bruins’ undefeated season.“I thought (it) was a makable kick. We got […]
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Utah leads UCLA 17-7 at halftime
As hot as UCLA finished its 62-27 win over ASU last Thursday, its start to Saturday’s game against Utah was equal and opposite in its sluggishness, as the Bruins trail the Utes 17-7 at halftime.
Q&A: Daily Utah Chronicle gives new insight into Saturday’s football game
As No. 8 UCLA football (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) faces Utah (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, one of the Daily Bruin’s football beat writers, Chris Kalra, spoke with his counterpart, Ryan Miller from Utah’s student newspaper, the Daily Utah Chronicle, about Saturday’s game to get the vantage point from Salt Lake City. […]
Three keys to a UCLA win: Oct. 4 v. Utah
1) Containing Utah’s Pass Rush Three keys might not even be necessary if UCLA’s offensive line can hammer home this one point: protect redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley, and do it consistently. Utah’s defense ranks second in the Pac-12 in sacks (18 in four games), and over that same span, UCLA has allowed the most […]
Reviewing ‘The Drive’: Episode 6
After a thoroughly disappointing fifth episode, “The Drive” would need to respond with a strong sixth iteration. Did it? The answer is a resounding … kind of? The episode of course focuses on UCLA’s first Pac-12 game of the year as the Bruins squared off against Arizona State. As “The Drive” will now be covering […]
Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Utah
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 […]
UCLA looks to repeat past success against Utah at Rose Bowl
A lot can change in one week in college football. Just over a week ago, UCLA was shrouded in doubt, with uncertainty about redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley’s health matching the uncertainty surrounding whether the team deserving its then-No. 11 ranking. Meanwhile, Utah was coming off its third straight double-digit win, this time on the […]