For the first month of UCLA’s season, the storyline was the same: Just wait until the Bruins face a real opponent, then we’ll get a real sense of how good they are. Read more...
Photo: After losing to unranked Utah at home on Saturday, Jim Mora’s UCLA football team will likely have to run the table in order to qualify for the College Football Playoff in January. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Every UCLA football Saturday 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...
After a 30-28 loss to Utah Saturday night, UCLA tumbled down all the way from No. 8 to No. 18 in the AP rankings. The coaches’ poll was not as friendly either, dropping the Bruins (4-1) from No. Read more...
PASADENA — Backup quarterbacks generally aren’t popular guys. Their entrances onto the football field typically indicate either controversy or injury at the game’s most important position. Read more...
Photo: Utah backup quarterback Kendal Thompson, an Oklahoma transfer, invigorated a previously dormant Utes offense that had yet to pick up a first down prior to his insertion into the game late in the first quarter. The UCLA defense struggled to adjust to the nimble Thompson, who finished the game with 83 rushing yards. (Photo by Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If there ever was an opportunity to be distracted from the moment, this was it. UCLA watched its next opponent, then-No. 2 Oregon, lose to Arizona Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley was sacked 10 times against Utah, including this one at the hands of Utah defensive back Andre Godfrey (bottom left) on a 3rd-and-21 play in the fourth quarter. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
PASADENA — It seemed as if the air had been punched out of the Bruins, out of the Rose Bowl and out of UCLA’s season.As time expired, junior kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 50-yard field goal went just right, and gone with it was the No. Read more...
As hot as UCLA finished its 62-27 win over ASU last Thursday, its start to Saturday’s game against Utah was equal and opposite in its sluggishness, as the Bruins trail the Utes 17-7 at halftime. Read more...
