TEMPE, Ariz. – Start slow. Finish fast. That’s how UCLA football took to its first half against Arizona State. Behind redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley, who did start after doubts about his injured left elbow, UCLA leads Arizona State 27-17 at halftime. In the beginning, UCLA squandered opportunity after opportunity. There was the case of […]
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Q&A: The State Press on UCLA’s upcoming football game with ASU
In advance of No. 11 UCLA football’s showdown with No. 15 Arizona State Thursday night, the Sun Devils’ student newspaper, The State Press, emailed one of the Daily Bruin’s football beat writers Chris Kalra a few questions on the upcoming game. In goodwill, one of the football reporters of The State Press Evan Webeck returned the favor.
Football scouting report: Arizona State
With UCLA facing Arizona State Thursday, here is the scouting report on Arizona State’s top offense and defense players: OFFENSE: RB D.J. Foster (No. 8, Jr.) It’s as simple as this: If ASU is to beat UCLA without redshirt senior quarterback Taylor Kelly, it will be on the legs of D.J. Foster, who was third […]
Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Arizona State
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 […]
Bruins seek to defeat Sun Devils this Thursday in Pac-12 opener
Conference championship races aren’t normally settled until November, when the leaves are dead, the air is cold and the football decidedly more tense. But, if history holds true, the Pac-12 South division may be decided by Thursday night. No. 11 UCLA (3-0, 0-0) opens conference play on the road against arguably its greatest competition out […]
Myles Jack to play pivotal defensive role this year v. ASU
Myles Jack could only stand on the sidelines and watch. In front of him, as UCLA played Arizona State with the 2013 Pac-12 South division title at stake, the then-freshman linebacker’s fellow defensive teammates were getting carved apart on the field, play after play, by the Sun Devils’ offense. With UCLA’s running back depth worn […]
UCLA football looks to redress last year’s loss to ASU
The Bruins have been itching for this week for months. That much was evident from listening to them speak after Sunday’s practice. Pac-12 conference play is back for the Bruins, and there’s no easing into it. UCLA is set to face its biggest pest over the past few years in Pac-12 South defending champion Arizona […]