OFFENSE: Quarterback Travis Wilson (No. 7, Jr.) Last year, in UCLA’s 34-27 win over Utah, junior quarterback Travis Wilson threw six interceptions. A couple of interceptions less, and maybe the Bruins wouldn’t have left Salt Lake City with a victory. Now, four games into Utah’s (3-1) season, the 6-foot-7-inch Wilson has yet to throw […]
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UCLA football adjusts to new schedule as quarter kicks in
It’s a division that amounts to 38 days for the Bruin football team. UCLA, on the quarter system, starts school on Thursday Oct. 2. Utah, on the semester system, started school way back on Aug. 25. From one perspective, consider it the luck of the draw for UCLA. For schools on the quarter system, much […]
LB Eric Kendricks named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week
Redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley and junior cornerback Ishmael Adams made the headlines for their performances against Arizona State last Thursday, and redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks earned some recognition of his own on Tuesday. Kendricks was named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week after recording 10 tackles, two tackles for loss, a […]
UCLA football’s 62-27 win against ASU exposes weakness in defense
In the wake of a 62-27 drubbing of a bitter conference foe, the Bruins had little to complain about. Unfortunately for UCLA, over the first four games, neither have opposing quarterbacks. UCLA allowed a season-high 488 yards through the air to Arizona State backup quarterback Mike Bercovici as the Sun Devils converted 55 percent of […]
Coach Jim Mora speaks about UCLA football’s defense after 62-27 win
Jim Mora didn’t seem to want to give anything away during Sunday’s weekly conference call with UCLA’s beat writers. The UCLA football coach avoided detailed explanations about any concerns he had with his defense and gave an unspecified “all of the above” response for which areas the unit needed to improve in. But there was […]
UCLA football ranked No. 8, returns to top ten in AP poll
UCLA started its season with three wins but saw itself drop from its starting spot in the polls at No. 7 to as low as No. 12. But the Bruins’ 62-27 trouncing of the Arizona State Sun Devils Thursday seemed to convince the voters that their original assessment wasn’t too far off, as UCLA jumped […]
UCLA football’s Nate Iese shuffles through many positions, finds niche
It was during an early fall camp practice in an 11-on-11 scrimmage play when a Bruin defender had the misfortune of meeting redshirt sophomore fullback Nate Iese in open space. Iese caught the ball in the flat, ran forward and barreled over him, the defender’s body crumpling in Iese’s wake. A spectator, watching the play […]