To get some inside information on the Arizona football team, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to The Daily Wildcat – Arizona’s school newspaper – and asked a few questions about the Wildcats before their upcoming game against UCLA this Saturday. All of the responses below come from Justin Spears, a senior writer at The Daily […]
Tag Archives: football 2016
UCLA struggles to find starting running back, lacks solid run plays
The Big Three no more. Through its first four games, UCLA (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) regularly rotated between a trio of running backs – junior Nate Starks and sophomores Bolu Olorunfunmi and Soso Jamabo. But after lackluster performances against BYU and Stanford, in which the Bruins had 50 and 77 rushing yards respectively, it was time for a […]
UCLA football coaches confident that victories are around the corner
The game plan is there, the seeds are planted and the wins will come. Eventually. UCLA’s defense (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) has steadily grown since a 31-24 overtime loss to now-No.10 Texas A&M, putting together a historic performance against BYU and then limiting Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey to 151 total yards. Linebackers coach Scott White […]
Report Card: UCLA vs. Stanford
Here’s the unit-by-unit report card for the Bruins’ 22-13 loss to Stanford: Quarterbacks: B Josh Rosen said after the game that he thought he played well, but not perfectly, and a look at the film suggests he was right. Rosen made a couple poor reads throughout the game – the most notable coming in the […]
Hanson’s Hot Take: Stanford game demonstrates The Den lacks sports etiquette
The worst thing Saturday night wasn’t that UCLA lost to Stanford. It was that a horde of students started chanting “I believe that we will win!” with about four minutes left in the game. Come on, man. Rule number one of sports: It’s not over until it’s over. I understand the enthusiasm, but when you’re […]
Football scouting report: Stanford
It has been a long time since UCLA football defeated Stanford. So long that the last time it happened, Barack Obama hadn’t been elected into office yet. The Bruins (2-1) will try to end an eight-year losing streak against the No. 7 Cardinal (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) this Saturday at the Rose Bowl. The past summer, […]
Bruin football ready to set tone for season, upset Stanford
The defending Pac-12 champions, one of the best players in the country and an eight-game losing streak all come into play Saturday when UCLA (2-1) opens conference play at the Rose Bowl against No. 7 Stanford (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12). Although the pressure has been palpable at practice this week, the players and coaches say they […]