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PASADENA — You can tell a puppy to lay down, but sometimes it won’t listen.
Especially if it’s not a puppy anymore.
When San Jose State running back Brandon Rutley busted through a box of 11 UCLA defenders on third-and-1 and raced to a 65-yard touchdown late in the third quarter Saturday night, the Bruins and Spartans were deadlocked at 17, and it was hard to tell the big dog and the little one apart.
PASADENA “”mdash; The UCLA defense came into Saturday’s game against San Jose State feeling confident about the way it finished its week-one loss to Houston.
UCLA picked a good year to play San Jose State for the first time.
HOUSTON “”mdash; UCLA’s redshirt freshman kicker Kip Smith knelt on the sideline and stared into the distance as the seconds ticked off the clock during his team’s 38-34 loss to Houston to open the season.
HOUSTON “”mdash; Late Friday night at Houston’s Robertson Stadium, less than 24 hours before kickoff, the scoreboard read Houston-21, UCLA-7.
While the scoreboard operator may have been a few points short with the prediction, the outcome was the same.
The Pac-10 became the Pac-12 this year, assimilating Utah and Colorado and splitting into Northern and Southern divisions. Ryan Eshoff offers his opinion on how the new teams will affect conference power rankings.
He’s just like any other student at UCLA. You may recognize him from a political science class, you may have seen him getting lunch in the dining halls or you may have seen him over at Spaulding Field during UCLA football practices. Meet Dimitri Hajimihalis, a fourth-year political science student from Baltimore, Md.
