When Jim Mora takes the field Saturday night, he will look across the field to the other sideline and see the man he could’ve been – that is, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Read more...
Photo: On Saturday, the UCLA football team will play against the Texas Longhorns, who tried to sign UCLA’s Jim Mora as their coach in the offseason. (Katie Meyers / Daily Bruin senior staff)
The third episode of “The Drive” begins with what will likely be the most powerful first 15 minutes of any episode this season. Appropriately, the show devoted the first half of the 30-minute episode to the story of Nick Pasquale, a former walk-on wide receiver for UCLA who was struck and killed by a car in the early hours of Sept. Read more...
UCLA football added a new piece to its defense Thursday when defensive end Takkarist McKinley signed with the Bruins, transferring from Contra Costa College, Scout.com’s Greg Biggins reported. Read more...
Nearly 70 minutes after the UCLA-Memphis game ended on Saturday, right tackle Caleb Benenoch’s thoughts had already begun to fast forward. On Twitter, he posted a snippet. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore right tackle Caleb Benenoch (left) paves a path for redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley (right) to run through in Saturday’s game against Memphis. (Katie Meyers/ Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sitting behind a microphone at Saturday’s post-game press conference following UCLA’s narrow win over Memphis, Jim Mora didn’t sugarcoat anything. “I was disappointed in the way we played on defense, especially coming out of last week,” the UCLA coach said. Read more...
Photo: A few Memphis Tigers (right) celebrate an offensive touchdown as UCLA sophomore linebacker Myles Jack (left) walks in the opposite direction. The Bruin defense surrendered five touchdowns and 469 yards to a Tigers offense that ranked 119th out of 124 FBS teams in total yards last season.
Wide receiver Kenny Walker’s nerves were flaring up. He hadn’t caught a live-game pass in over a year-and-a-half – since missing last season with back surgery – but on the sideline during the UCLA-Memphis game, he knew his opportunity was imminent. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Kenny Walker catches the 62-yard-touchdown pass for his first career touchdown. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
During Saturday’s postgame press conference, the reporter could not even finish his question – “What do you have to do to get your team to not overlook (Texas)?” – before Jim Mora interrupted him. Read more...
Photo: UCLA has barely escaped the grasp of defeat in its first two games – winning each contest by eight points or less. The competition will increase this Saturday when UCLA faces Texas, but the Bruins should still enter the game as the favorite. (Katie Meyers / Bruin senior staff)
