I had this whole column thought out a week ago. UCLA was going to beat Stanford, reach the Pac-12 title game and have a legitimate shot at reaching the College Football Playoff. Read more...
Photo: After finishing 9-3 yet again, UCLA has not found the improvements on the field as it wants. However, the program as a whole has progressed, evidenced by the national hype the team received in the preseason and leading up to the last game against Stanford. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Every UCLA football weekend has so much more to it than a win or a loss. That’s why each postgame Monday, the Daily Bruin will break down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the verdict for their performance. Read more...
PASADENA — UCLA dominated the first four minutes of its game against Stanford Friday. It got dominated the final 56. In UCLA’s 31-10 loss to Stanford, UCLA’s offense struggled to gain consistent yardage against a vaunted Stanford defense ranked No. Read more...
PASADENA — It was all there for UCLA. A Pac-12 South title. A rematch with Oregon in the conference championship game. A path to the College Football Playoff. Read more...
Photo: Stanford defeats UCLA 31-10. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
PASADENA—Needing a win over a 6-5 Stanford team playing without its best offensive player to clinch the Pac-12 South title, No. 8 UCLA was widely picked by experts to cruise to a win. Read more...
PASADENA — UCLA has struggled to slow down an uncharacteristic Stanford squad through two quarters and trails 21-10 at the break. The Cardinal committed five penalties in the first quarter for 55 yards – a total above its per game average – and averaged just 3.4 yards per carry in the first half. Read more...
Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their predictions. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual margin of victory in each game. Read more...
