Wednesday, February 18

After drought, 3 sacks mark huge leap for UCLA football

BERKELEY — Coming into Saturday’s game, the story lines for UCLA centered on ending losing streaks – both its two straight losses to Utah and Oregon and its seven consecutive losses at Cal’s Memorial Stadium. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa sacks Cal sophomore quarterback Jared Goff (left) early in the first quarter of UCLA’s 36-34 victory over Cal. The Bruins finished the day with three sacks – just four shy of their season total heading into Saturday. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA leads Cal 24-14 at halftime

BERKELEY — Through two quarters of play, the only ones stopping the UCLA offense are the Bruins themselves, as Cal has converted twice off of two UCLA first-half turnovers, with UCLA leading 24-14 at the break. Read more...


Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Cal

Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their prediction. 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...



Bruins aim to end losing streak at Berkeley

At some point during the fall of every other year, a trip up the I-5 to Berkeley brings a football clash of two of the state’s most prestigious public schools – UCLA and Cal. Read more...

Photo: This weekend, junior wide receiver Jordan Payton (left) will return to play at Cal for the first time since his freshman season, when the Bruins were walloped by the Bears 43-17. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA defense looking to buck trends against explosive Cal offense

For the past two weeks, UCLA’s defense has been beaten – and at times into – the ground. Though the Bruins figure to get a reprieve from that this week, they have little time to relax, as the possibility of a three-game losing streak and a quickly unraveling season stares them straight in the face. Read more...

Photo: Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said that UCLA will try to diversify its defensive formations against Cal, which has one of the best passing offenses in the nation. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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