Rick Neuheisel quickly broke the ice at Pac-12 Media Day by showing he could take the heat.
“Excited to be here,” Neuheisel said.
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Rick Neuheisel quickly broke the ice at Pac-12 Media Day by showing he could take the heat.
“Excited to be here,” Neuheisel said.
It all started with Tony Jefferson.
Expectations are high for UCLA athletes as they compete for the winningest athletic program in the nation.
It has been a rough decade for UCLA football and it seems like every year the Bruins are a “rising team” according to pundits and analysts, but when the season comes around, injuries to linemen, inconsistent quarterback play and a sheer lack of execution have combined to keep UCLA from breaking past that rising status.
Maurice Jones-Drew isn’t known for throwing the football.
The UCLA alumnus has gone on to have an illustrious career in the NFL as a running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, making countless alumni and fantasy owners proud along the way.
On Wednesday morning, Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott stood at the podium, with representatives from ESPN and Fox on his right and a wide smile on his face.
In a span of six picks, two former Bruins’ decisions to go pro paid off.
When Akeem Ayers and Rahim Moore ““ both would-be UCLA seniors ““ will get paid is another matter, but on Friday the pair went from UCLA standouts to NFL building blocks as second-round picks in the 2011 NFL draft.