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)
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)
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)
Matt Cummings, football beat writer Prediction: UCLA 94, Utah 88 A Friday-night Pac-12 football matchup between two middling teams – one possibly without its starting quarterback and the other having lost four games in a row. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football will take on Utah for the first time since former Utes running back Joe Williams shredded the Bruins for 332 yards and four touchdowns last season. Both teams are 4-4 this season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Bruins only had Josh Rosen for their first six games last season, and they dropped five of their final six games without the junior quarterback. Read more...
Photo: Junior quarterback Josh Rosen’s status for Friday’s game against Utah remains unknown. Rosen ranks sixth in the country in passing yards with 2,713 and eleventh in touchdown passes with 20. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Saturday’s matchup against Utah (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) poses a particularly interesting matchup for UCLA football (4-4, 2-3). Last season, the Bruins fell to head coach Kyle Whittingham’s group in a 52-45 shootout in which then-Utes running back Joe Williams broke their school rushing record with 315 yards on the ground. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
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 44-23 loss to Washington. Read more...
Photo: The inability to keep junior quarterback Josh Rosen off the turf in Washington earned the UCLA offensive line a failing grade in this week’s position group report card. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
