After an 9-2 start to the regular season, the No. 17 UCLA Bruins ended their first year under coach Jim Mora with a three-game losing streak capped off by a 49-26 drubbing by the Baylor Bears in the Holiday Bowl. UCLA was supposed to be the home team, as the game was played just two hours from Westwood, […]
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UCLA football seniors go out on top
In 2007, a core group of five high school seniors set out on a journey to play under coach Karl Dorrell. Their mission: to help solidify a program that had shown glimpses of greatness, from a 10-2 season in 2005 to an upset win over USC in 2006.
UCLA warms up to face Baylor in Holiday Bowl
UCLA was just a field goal away from extending the Pac-12 Championship game to overtime, and possibly heading home to play in the Rose Bowl.
Strong Side: _UCLA just fine staying close to home_
Christmas in San Diego is never a bad thing.
Any amount of time spent in San Diego is preferable to San Antonio.
Franklin delivers tremendous effort against Stanford
The redshirt senior running back had what was arguably his best performance of the season, gashing the nation’s best-run defense for 194 yards and two touchdowns.
UCLA heads to San Diego for Holiday Bowl as Rose Bowl berth slips through fingers
STANFORD, Calif.”“ UCLA could almost smell the roses.
They could almost feel the Pac-12 Championship trophy in their hands.
They could almost hear their soaked contingent of fans screaming in victorious jubilation as they walked off of Foster Field.
Strong Side: _Mora may be light at end of the tunnel_
STANFORD, Calif. “”mdash; The first game of UCLA’s 2012 season may have been on Aug. 30, but the season officially started on April 18 at 11:11 p.m.