GARDENA — Rewind to 2013, and no one had ever heard of Oluwole Betiku. A tall and bulky teen who was too large for soccer but not tall enough for basketball, the Nigerian native settled on football. Read more...
Photo: No one knew UCLA recruit Oluwole Betiku in 2013. That was before he attended the Xtreme Procision International Sports Camp and impressed Ricardo Davidson, who runs sports camps in Africa, and initiated the process that brought Betiku to the United States (Rivals.com)
When Arizona State stunned UCLA two weeks ago in the Bruins’ first loss of the season, coach Jim Mora pointed to injuries as a factor in the defeat. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore receiver Mossi Johnson is out for the season with ACL, MCL and PCL injuries. (Owen Emerson/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 38-23 loss to Arizona State. Read more...
Photo: Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen faced the blitz on 27 of his 42 dropbacks against Arizona State. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA backup punter Adam Searl was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping another student. Searl met the student at an off-campus party last October, police said. Searl accompanied her to a residence, where she fell asleep and woke up to him sexually assaulting her. Read more...
Photo: UCLA redshirt sophomore backup punter Adam Searl was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping another student. (UCLA Athletics)
UCLA’s struggles on third down were well-documented against Arizona State. The Bruins went three for 14 on third down, and went three-and-out on eight of their 17 offensive drives. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins and the UCLA offense lacked efficiency on first downs in their loss to Arizona State – a trend that has been plaguing the Bruins as of late. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Myles Jack never picked up his textbooks. There they were, sitting in the campus store, the unenrolled linebacker’s name attached to books he’ll never read, things he’ll never learn. Read more...
Photo: Junior linebacker Myles Jack runs to the perimeter to stop BYU running back Adam Hine in the third game of the season. That would turn out to be Jack’s final game as a Bruin, as he tore his meniscus the following week and recently withdrew from school. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Football is a game where the stats aren’t foolproof. There aren’t ways to quantify how well an offensive lineman or defensive lineman controls the line of scrimmage, and there aren’t ways to truly measure how well a defensive back plays in man coverage. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Aaron Wallace (left) and junior Deon Hollins brought down Arizona State quarterback Mike Bercovici last Saturday. The linebackers were part of a Bruin defense that was strong for much of the UCLA loss. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
