PASADENA – Washington State’s Gabe Marks wears the same number, 9, as childhood friend and UCLA senior Jordan Payton. Both receivers duked it out Saturday at the Rose Bowl, leading their teams’ offenses with an average of 7.7 and 10.9 yards per catch, respectively. Read more...
Photo: Junior offensive linemen Caleb Benenoch and freshman quarterback Josh Rosen huddle together moments after Washington State nabbed the 31-27 win at the Rose Bowl. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
PASADENA — UCLA’s first-half performance tonight was sterling on many accounts. The Bruins advanced the ball inside the Washington State 25-yard line on four of their five offensive drives. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore running back Nate Starks celebrates his 14-yard touchdown run. Starks’s score was the only touchdown by the Bruins in the first half. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
No one saw the Washington State Cougars coming, but here they are. Unranked to start the season, Wazzu remains outside of the national top 25 but is surging up the ranks of the Pac-12. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins helped UCLA speed past Oregon State last weekend, winning its third game in a row. The Bruins host the Washington State Cougars on Saturday evening at the Rose Bowl. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
On Saturday, No. 19 UCLA (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) will face a Washington State team that has shown significant improvement this year. After a 3-9 season in 2014, the Cougars (6-3, 4-2) have made their way to second place in the Pac-12 North this season, even putting themselves in position to defeat then-No. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Washington State football team charge out of the tunnel before their game against UCLA in November 2012 – the last time the two teams faced off. The Bruins would go on to win 44-36. (Daily Bruin file photo)
No. 19 UCLA will host unranked Washington State on Saturday evening in its final home game of the 2015 season. The Bruins are on a three-game winning streak, following last weekend’s 41-0 victory over the Oregon State Beavers. Read more...
Photo: No. 19 UCLA enters its showdown with Washington State on a three-game win streak. The Bruins have three regular season games remaining in their 2015 schedule, and still control their destiny in the Pac-12 South. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA has controlled its own destiny for two weeks, ever since Utah lost to USC back on Oct. 24. Those two rival teams will largely define the second half of the Bruins’ conference schedule, as the Utes and Trojans sit at the very end of conference play. Read more...
Photo: Senior receiver Jordan Payton leads the Bruins with 50 catches and 752 yards on the season. Growing up in the L.A. area, Payton played football when he was younger with Washington State’s leading receiver, Gabe Marks. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Every postgame, Daily Bruin Sports breaks down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the final verdict of their performance. This week, we take a closer look at UCLA’s 41-0 shutout win over Oregon State on Saturday at Reser Stadium. Read more...
Photo: (Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
