This post was updated Nov. 26 at 3:05 p.m. After four consecutive losses, UCLA football (3-8, 3-5 Big Ten) will conclude its 2025 campaign with a crosstown contest against No. Read more...
Photo: USC quarterback Jayden Maiava (left) and UCLA redshirt sophomore quarterback Nico Iamaleava (right) are pictured. (Photos by Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor. Design by Crystal Tompkins/Design director.)
Interim coaches are often just placeholders to ease the transition from one coaching regime to another. It is rare they earn the chance to keep their jobs after an abbreviated time at the helm. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football interim head coach Tim Skipper talks to the media. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
After four consecutive losses – amassing a -129 point differential down the stretch – UCLA football (3-8, 3-5 Big Ten) will take on No. 19 USC (8-3, 6-2) Saturday evening at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football interim head coach Tim Skipper (left) and USC football head coach Lincoln Riley (right) are pictured. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This piece is a sequel to “Dizon’s Disposition: UCLA football’s home is better suited to be SoFi Stadium, not Rose Bowl,” which was published Nov. 10. Read more...
Photo: The Rose Bowl is pictured. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Many coaches will say, “Every game counts the same” or “We take things one week at a time.” But there is a certain undeniable tension in the Los Angeles air when campus statues in Westwood and University Park are enclosed in wooden structures and layers of bubble wrap in late November. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s offense huddles together on the field at the Rose Bowl in last season’s rivalry matchup. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA football (3-8, 3-5 Big Ten) has been eliminated from bowl game contention, may lose its home stadium of over 40 years and might not have a head honcho or quarterback for next season. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA offense huddles together at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins are 3-8 heading into the crosstown rivalry matchup. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
The hatred was palpable. Houses were divided. The city was separated into blue and yellow and cardinal and gold. Statues were covered in bubble wrap, and wooden boxes enclosed them. Read more...
Photo: Former Bruin running back Maurice Jones-Drew runs on the field at the Coliseum while a Trojan defender tackles him. (Daily Bruin file photo)
