After they beat USC last week to win the Pac-12 South Division and a berth to the conference championship, UCLA was riding higher than it had in years. Maybe too high. Read more...
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Hundley scrambles Saturday against the Stanford Cardinal.
With No. 15 UCLA (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12) already secured in the Pac-12 Championship game in two weeks, the Bruins now have several "˜what-if' scenarios that could lead to UCLA playing anywhere from Eugene, Ore. to the Rose Bowl against No. 11 Stanford (9-2, 7-1) for the second consecutive week. Read more...
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Redshirt senior guard Jeff Baca, seen here against USC, hopes that the UCLA football team can play its best game when it faces Stanford this weekend.
The Oregon Ducks offense was supposed to be unstoppable. Read more...
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Hundley was sacked a total of five times in UCLA’s 38-28 win over USC on Saturday afternoon.
If you listen to UCLA coach Jim Mora (and why wouldn’t you? The guy just beat USC for the first time in forever), one win does not make a football monopoly. “I understand what this rivalry is all about,” Mora said. Read more...
Aaron Hester looked to the sky, screaming at the top of his lungs as he ran alone across the field. It was a good scream "“ the best of screams. Read more...
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Redshirt senior running back Johnathan Franklin splits defenders to run for a 29-yard touchdown to put UCLA up 37-28 with only 4:02 left in the fourth quarter. This was Franklin’s second touchdown of the game.
Midway through the fourth quarter, USC’s senior quarterback Matt Barkley drove the Trojan offense down the field and found sophomore wide receiver Marqise Lee for a 39-yard completion, before finishing off the drive with a touchdown to bring USC within three points. UCLA junior outside linebacker Anthony Barr wasn't about to let that happen again. Read more...
Imagine UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin regularly walking around the USC campus and donning the cardinal and gold. No, this isn't that nightmare Bruin fans get when they try to envision not having Franklin in their backfield. It’s a true story. Read more...
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Franklin celebrates on the field after beating UCLA’s all-time record for rushing yards early in the game during the win over Arizona in mid-October.
