Matt Cummings Football beat writer Prediction: UCLA 41, Hawai’i 20 Yes, Hawai’i has won five straight games, but those wins have come against programs like Massachusetts, Middle Tennessee and West Carolina. Read more...
Photo: Last week was a game that no one could have predicted. This week, the Daily Bruin football writers think they have an idea. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA’s defense had a good idea of what to expect last Sunday. That won’t be the case Saturday. Spread-happy former UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone and Texas A&M started a redshirt freshman at quarterback and returned the team’s top-two rushers from last season, but the Bruins’ next opponent won’t have such a one-sided offense. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s defense will have to deal with a team that has shown it can score both in the air and on the ground. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Each week, Daily Bruin Sports takes a look at the game film for UCLA football and grades each position group on its performance. This week, we grade UCLA’s 45-44 comeback win against Texas A&M. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore tight end Caleb Wilson and the rest of the receiving corps made up one of three position groups who cracked an A- or better in this week’s report card. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA football completed the largest comeback in program history Sunday night in its 45-44 win over Texas A&M. Junior quarterback Josh Rosen led the comeback by going 35-for-59 for 491 yards and four touchdowns, with each of those coming in the fourth quarter. Read more...
Photo: UCLA started its season with a dramatic, one-point victory over Texas A&M. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo Editor)
It didn’t take a genius to know it was time for a change. The UCLA defense had been gashed for 38 points and 286 rushing yards in the first half of Sunday’s season-opener against Texas A&M. Read more...
Photo: Freshman defensive end Jaelan Phillips and the UCLA defense held Texas A&M to just six second-half points in the Bruins’ 45-44 comeback victory Sunday night at the Rose Bowl. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
To say the Jedd Fisch era at UCLA started poorly would be an understatement. Under the Bruins’ new offensive coordinator, their offense opened the game with a field goal but followed that with fumbles on back-to-back drives and four consecutive three-and-outs. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen’s first half wasn’t the start UCLA fans were looking for, but the junior quarterback’s fortunate second half gave the Bruins their biggest comeback in school history. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo Editor)
This post was updated Sept. 3 at 10:59 p.m. Jedd Fisch calls himself a Patriots fan, but when the first-year offensive coordinator looked up at the scoreboard that showed UCLA football trailing Texas A&M by 34 points, he couldn’t even dream of a Super Bowl-like comeback – not when the Bruins were down by almost twice as much as New England was against the Atlanta Falcons. Read more...
Photo: UCLA narrowly defeated Texas A&M, scoring 28 points during the last quarter of the game. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo Editor)
