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PASADENA “”mdash; The UCLA offensive line walked toward the sideline, raising their arms in an attempt to rally the Rose Bowl’s crowd during a timeout late in the fourth quarter of its game against Arizona State on Saturday.
It was unfamiliar territory for the Bruins and their fans.
It all came rushing back to Johnathan Franklin like a bad dream. When asked to recount the details of last season’s 21-point loss to Arizona State, the redshirt junior running back blurted out every last detail of the loss that effectively ended UCLA’s chances at a bowl game.
The UCLA football team names two scout team players of the week at the conclusion of the week’s practices. Scholarship players sophomore defensive tackle Cassius Marsh and redshirt sophomore Ricky Marvray ran away with the honors as they were serving their respective Pac-12 mandated suspensions by dominating the scout teams, which are largely comprised of walk-ons.
We have entered one of the most important stretches of our calendar, a time that has come to define men’s souls since the first caveman got a morsel of barbecued mammoth stuck in his chin hair.
To the casual channel surfer who flipped to Fox Sports Prime Ticket on Saturday evening, it looked as though redshirt freshman linebacker Aramide Olaniyan had just won the Super Bowl.
Kevin Prince didn’t quite go to the Rose Bowl on Saturday in his Colin Kaepernick costume, but he sure did play the part.
PASADENA “”mdash; The UCLA defense sang one loud redemption song Saturday night on the Rose Bowl field.
The defensive front set the tone with a vastly improved performance from a week ago, accompanied in the background by a secondary that wouldn’t let California’s big-play receivers make their plays.
As for the solo?
