In UCLA’s 26-16 win over visiting Rice on Saturday night, the Bruins’ erratic offensive play overshadowed the fact that their defense became a third-down stalwart for the second time in two weeks. Read more...

The Bruins talked all week of not overlooking the lowly Owls, whom they drubbed in their last match a season ago at the Rose Bowl. After Saturday’s contest, they will likely redouble their efforts not to take anyone lightly for the remainder of the season. Read more...

The Bruins showed against Utah and Rice that their offense can do it all. It can move the ball through the air and on the ground. Read more...

What was a forgettable day for the UCLA football team as a whole was a career day for junior running back Chris Markey. In the Bruins’ 26-16 victory over Rice on Saturday, Markey rushed for a career-high 208 yards on 23 carries. Read more...

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If you look at UCLA�s 2006 football schedule there is one name that requires a double take. It�s not Notre Dame, the perennial football powerhouse, but Rice, the small university in Houston with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,988 students, making it the smallest university in Division 1-A competition. Read more...

Sophomore linebacker John Hale went into fall camp as one of the starting outside linebackers. Because of a suspension from the first game of the season, Hale lost his starting spot to Aaron Whittington. Read more...