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. […]
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 […]
Football scouting report: BYU
UCLA football (1-1) will wrap up its two-year home-and-home series with BYU this Saturday, as the Bruins travel to Provo, Utah, to face the Cougars (1-1). Last year, then-No. 19 BYU gave then-No. 10 UCLA a serious scare in the Rose Bowl, taking a 10-point fourth-quarter lead before the Bruins came back and won 24-23. […]
Report Card: UCLA vs. UNLV
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’ 42-21 win over UNLV. Quarterbacks: B The expectations for sophomore Josh Rosen are so high that it’s tempting to give him a lower […]
UCLA football overcomes UNLV’s unfamiliar offensive tactics
Tom Bradley hadn’t seen anything like it in 30 years. The UCLA defensive coordinator watched as University of Nevada, Las Vegas scored its first touchdown with a tactic the Bruins didn’t see on tape when preparing for the Rebels. Redshirt senior defensive lineman Eli Ankou lined up as a nose guard, his right hand planted […]