To get some inside information on the Stanford football team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to The Stanford Daily and asked a few questions about the Cardinal before their upcoming game against UCLA this Saturday. All of the responses below come from Vihan Lakshman, a football writer at The Stanford Daily. Daily Bruin Sports: It […]
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Gameday predictions: UCLA vs. Stanford
UCLA football (2-1) will play Stanford (2-0) on Saturday night. Last year, the Cardinal dominated the game 56-35, their eighth straight win over the Bruins since 2008. UCLA opened as 1 point favorites, but the current point spread for this game – according to Westgate, SportsBetting.ag and BETONLINE.ag – is 3 points, in favor of […]
Report Card: UCLA vs. BYU
School is still not in session for UCLA, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to hand out some grades. Terribly cheesy intro aside, here’s the unit-by-unit report card for the Bruins’ 17-14 win over BYU. Quarterbacks: C+ Josh Rosen said himself after the BYU game that the performance was a “step back” for him. […]
Bruin defense prepares to stifle Stanford star Christian McCaffrey
Craig Myers had a turn. Then Damian Alloway stepped up. Christian Pabico took a stab at it, so did Brad Sochowski. Stephen Johnson III and Theo Howard each had a shot, but none of the speedy scout-team players could quite capture the elusiveness and versatility of “slippery” Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey. “No disrespect to […]
Bruins look to maintain a disciplined defense against the Cardinal
The headliner of UCLA’s (2-1) Saturday showdown with No. 7 Stanford (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) is undoubtedly running back Christian McCaffrey. He set the NCAA record as a sophomore with 3,864 all-purpose yards and finished as Associated Press Player of the Year and Heisman runner-up behind Alabama’s Derrick Henry. The Bruins’ defensive plan will center on […]
After dominant defensive display, UCLA moves on to Christian McCaffrey
In holding BYU to just 23 rushing yards on 25 carries Saturday, the UCLA defense finally looked the part of a unit that spent the offseason devoted to stopping the run. “We wanted to prove to the nation and to ourselves that we’re the defense that we want to be,” said junior defensive lineman Matt […]
Josh Rosen reflects on misses despite contributions to victory over BYU
PROVO, Utah — Josh Rosen threw 26-of-40 for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Yet, the sophomore quarterback minced little words to criticize his own performance. “Taking a step back like this is frustrating,” Rosen said. “Absolutely a step back. I’m not just going off stats – yards, touchdowns, picks, whatever – it’s just going on […]