It’s Devon Modster time. The redshirt freshman will start at quarterback in UCLA football’s game against Utah on Friday night, as junior Josh Rosen did not travel due to a concussion. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen was on the ground a lot in the first three quarters of Saturday’s game against Washington before exiting the game with an unspecified injury. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Matt Cummings, football beat writer Prediction: UCLA 94, Utah 88 A Friday-night Pac-12 football matchup between two middling teams – one possibly without its starting quarterback and the other having lost four games in a row. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football will take on Utah for the first time since former Utes running back Joe Williams shredded the Bruins for 332 yards and four touchdowns last season. Both teams are 4-4 this season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Bruins only had Josh Rosen for their first six games last season, and they dropped five of their final six games without the junior quarterback. Read more...
Photo: Junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s status for Friday’s game against Utah remains unknown. Rosen ranks sixth in the country in passing yards with 2,713 and eleventh in touchdown passes with 20. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Saturday’s matchup against Utah (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) poses a particularly interesting matchup for UCLA football (4-4, 2-3). Last season, the Bruins fell to head coach Kyle Whittingham’s group in a 52-45 shootout in which then-Utes running back Joe Williams broke their school rushing record with 315 yards on the ground. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
Each week, Daily Bruin Sports takes a look at the game film for UCLA football and grades each position group on its performance. This week, we grade UCLA’s 44-23 loss to Washington. Read more...
Photo: The inability to keep junior quarterback Josh Rosen off the turf in Washington earned the UCLA offensive line a failing grade in this week’s position group report card. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Jim Mora didn’t have much to say about junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s injury status after Monday night’s practice. “Nothing really to report. He did not practice today,” coach Mora said. Read more...
Photo: Coach Jim Mora said that he has known ESPN commentator Brock Huard since he was in college at the University of Washington, and indicated that Huard was not a friend of his. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Chris Petersen didn’t come into Saturday’s game expecting to run the ball 58 times, but the Washington coach did want to test UCLA’s run defense. “The plan was to run the ball to see how that would go,” Petersen said It went well for Washington, as it has for nearly all of UCLA’s opponents this season. Read more...
Photo: Running back Lavon Coleman and the Huskies ran the ball 58 times Saturday for 333 yards against the Bruins, who are allowing the most rushing yards per game in the country. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
