Tuesday, February 10

UCLA football player’s decision to retire sparks Twitter discourse

A barren UCLA linebacker corps just got a little more bare, albeit with some Twitter fireworks. Redshirt freshman Breland Brandt announced his medical retirement from football after suffering four concussions in three years, but his decision wasn’t taken well by everyone on the Bruins’ football staff. Read more...

Photo: Coach Jim Mora has seen the impact of concussions on his team this year. In addition to junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s concussion keeping him from traveling to Utah, Mora saw one of his most highly touted recruits quit because of multiple concussions. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Report Card: UCLA vs. Utah

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 48-17 loss to Utah. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman Matt Lynch got in late on the action in Friday’s game against Utah, though the young quarterback didn’t have a big impact in his position group and earned a C-. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Football unable to overcome offensive deficiencies in loss to Utah

Josh who? Redshirt freshman quarterback Devon Modster was flawless through the first half of his starting debut in place of junior Josh Rosen, completing all seven of his passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman Devon Modster stepped in and played quarterback for injured junior Josh Rosen, and saw some first half success before exiting the game with an injury of his own (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor).



Utah hands UCLA football second-straight blowout loss of 48-17

This post was updated Nov. 5 at 4:12 p.m. UCLA wrote another chapter of its Jekyll-and-Hyde season Friday. UCLA’s defense held Utah to only 44 yards on its first 17 plays of the game, but the Utes (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12) finished the game with 462 yards on their last 55 plays. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior wide receiver Darren Andrews only needed 66 yards to be the Bruins’ leading receiver Friday night. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Without Josh Rosen, UCLA trails 17-10 against Utah at halftime

The good news is, junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s absence wasn’t a huge factor in the first half of UCLA’s game against Utah. His backup, redshirt freshman Devon Modster, completed all seven of his passes for 101 yards and a touchdown, but a costly fumble turnover on special teams and two long, grinding drives by the Utes to end the second quarter led to a 17-10 Bruin deficit at halftime. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman Devon Modster completed all seven of his passes in the first half of his starting debut as UCLA’s quarterback. He connected with redshirt senior receiver Darren Andrews on a 24-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Josh Rosen misses Utah trip due to concussion

It’s Devon Modster time. The redshirt freshman will start at quarterback in UCLA football’s game against Utah on Friday night, as junior Josh Rosen did not travel due to a concussion. Read more...

Photo: Josh Rosen was on the ground a lot in the first three quarters of Saturday’s game against Washington before exiting the game with an unspecified injury. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)



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