Sunday, February 8

Jason Harris tackles new domains with leadership learned from father and football

Jason Harris lived in one state for the first 22 years of his life. But his father, Al Harris, lived in seven before he even graduated high school. Read more...

Photo: Graduate transfer linebacker Jason Harris spent his entire life living in Illinois before transferring to UCLA in June. Harris was previously a three-year starter at Illinois State, where he racked up 105 tackles and 5.5 sacks across 32 career games. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Smith Says: Saturday’s game against USC may be Chip Kelly’s chance at redemption

Make no mistake, the Bruins’ matchup with the Trojans on Saturday is the most important game in Chip Kelly’s UCLA football coaching tenure. It has nothing to do with Kelly being on the hot seat – because he isn’t – but rather because he has a chance to prove himself in front of not only a fan base starved of success, but also a national audience that has placed him and his career on the back burner. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly has a 7-15 record since coming to Westwood, well below his 46-7 mark across four seasons with Oregon. One of Kelly’s seven wins as a Bruin came against crosstown rival USC on Nov. 17, 2018. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


Q&A: Daily Trojan Sports managing editor talks expectations for UCLA-USC football game

UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) and USC (7-4, 6-2) will face off Saturday with the Victory Bell on the line. In honor of the crosstown clash, Daily Bruin Sports editor Sam Connon took some time to talk with the Sports managing editor at the Daily Trojan, Aidan Berg. Read more...

Photo: USC is two games ahead of UCLA football in the Pac-12 South standings and will finish ahead of the Bruins for the fifth-consecutive season with a victory Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Neither rain nor rivalry can keep UCLA football off its game

There may have been rain clouds lingering over Wasserman Football Center on Wednesday, but that didn’t stop the Bruins from putting together a full practice. UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) held its first rain-soaked practice of the season Wednesday morning, just three days before its matchup with crosstown rival USC (7-4, 6-2). Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman wide receiver Kyle Philips leads UCLA football in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns this season. Philips broke the 80-yard threshold for the second time this season against No. 7 Utah on Saturday. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


Defensive lineman Atonio Mafi reminisces on childhood memories of Bruin-Trojan rivalry

Atonio Mafi said he always knew he would grow up to be a Bruin. The sophomore defensive lineman for UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) grew up in the Bay Area, but said the Stanford-California rivalry wasn’t the historic matchup he was most concerned with. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore defensive lineman Atonio Mafi has started in all of the UCLA football’s 10 games in 2019, racking up 27 total tackles, four of them being for a loss. Mafi will participate in his second crosstown rivalry game Saturday, after earning the start at the Rose Bowl in 2018. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)


Football hopes impending USC rivalry game will spur improvement following loss

The Bruins got caught looking too far ahead. But UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) coach Chip Kelly said he has confidence in his group and that he thought Saturday’s 49-3 loss to Utah was a humbling experience for a young roster that got excited about the potential prospect of a Pac-12 South title – one that is no longer in reach. Read more...

Photo: Senior linebacker Krys Barnes is on pace to set career highs in tackles for loss, sacks, interceptions, pass deflections and forced fumbles in his final season with UCLA football. Barnes recorded his lone interception of the season against Colorado on Nov. 2. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


Five Things: UCLA vs. Utah

UCLA football (4-6, 4-3 Pac-12) had the longest winning streak of the Chip Kelly era cut short Saturday night with a 49-3 loss to No. 7 Utah (9-1, 6-1). Read more...

Photo: UCLA football turned the ball over three times in the red zone Saturday. The Bruins’ final red zone giveaway came on a fumble by redshirt junior running back Demetric Felton. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)



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