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 […]
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UCLA men’s basketball’s Jonah Bolden ruled ineligible for season
Already without its top-two players from last season, UCLA men’s basketball’s hopes to defend its Pac-12 tournament title just took a hit, as four-star freshman forward Jonah Bolden was ruled academically ineligible for the season, according to ESPN. Bolden was deemed ineligible because he transferred from his school in Australia to Findlay Prep of the […]
UCLA, Texas head into Saturday’s game with shared story lines
When Jim Mora takes the field Saturday night, he will look across the field to the other sideline and see the man he could’ve been – that is, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Reportedly, Texas offered Mora the job in January, going so far as to promise to send a private jet to […]
Reviewing ‘The Drive’: Episode 3
The third episode of “The Drive” begins with what will likely be the most powerful first 15 minutes of any episode this season. Appropriately, the show devoted the first half of the 30-minute episode to the story of Nick Pasquale, a former walk-on wide receiver for UCLA who was struck and killed by a car […]
Defensive end transfers to UCLA football, is eligible for immediate play
UCLA football added a new piece to its defense Thursday when defensive end Takkarist McKinley signed with the Bruins, transferring from Contra Costa College, Scout.com’s Greg Biggins reported. McKinley is immediately eligible to play for UCLA. McKinley initially signed with Cal out of high school in 2013, but was mistakenly ruled academically ineligible and could […]
RT Caleb Benenoch makes long-anticipated return home to Texas Saturday
Nearly 70 minutes after the UCLA-Memphis game ended on Saturday, right tackle Caleb Benenoch’s thoughts had already begun to fast forward. On Twitter, he posted a snippet. “I’m coming home,” his words read. The tweet referenced to this Saturday in particular – the day UCLA would play Texas in Arlington, TX. As if it were […]
UCLA defense does not view lapse against Memphis as an omen
Sitting behind a microphone at Saturday’s post-game press conference following UCLA’s narrow win over Memphis, Jim Mora didn’t sugarcoat anything. “I was disappointed in the way we played on defense, especially coming out of last week,” the UCLA coach said. While the end result on Saturday was a win for the Bruins, there was no […]