Michigan assistant Jedd Fisch is expected to become UCLA’s new offensive coordinator per FOX Sports. Fisch will be the third offensive coordinator in as many years after Noel Mazzone left for Texas A&M and Kennedy Polamalu’s contract was not renewed. Read more...
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January 2, 12:24 pm
Michigan assistant reported as UCLA football’s new offensive coordinator
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December 6, 6:23 pm
Den survey results show student support for moving Rose Bowl section
The results are in, and UCLA students seem to largely support a change to their seating arrangements at the Rose Bowl. The Den, UCLA’s student section, sent out a survey last month to gauge opinion about a potential change that would move the student section out of the sun, while also bringing the home team’s bench into the shade. Read more...
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December 1, 1:08 am
UCLA football’s season of misfortune and disappointment
Flash back to Oct. 8, when UCLA football suffered a tight 23-20 loss at Arizona State in a game that, at the time, seemed meaningful for its effect on the Pac-12 South division race. Read more...
Photo: 2016 will go down as the worst season for UCLA football under coach Jim Mora, highlighted by a 1-6 run in the last seven games. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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November 27, 7:18 pm
Football seniors look fondly on careers despite disappointing end
These past few weeks will stand as a complicated memory in the mind of Mike Fafaul, the redshirt senior quarterback whose long-awaited opportunity came amid UCLA’s painful slide to its worst record in coach Jim Mora’s tenure. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Mike Fafaul got a shot at the quarterback job this year. He ended the season with 12 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and was sacked 11 times. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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November 27, 12:26 pm
Football offensive coordinator Kennedy Polamalu’s contract not renewed
Three-year running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu is the first casualty of the Bruins’ underwhelming 2016 season. The offensive coordinator’s contract will not be renewed for the 2017 season, as announced by UCLA Athletics Sunday morning. Read more...
Photo: Kennedy Polamalu’s offense finished second to last in the FBS in average rushing yards per game. The offensive coordinator’s contract will not be renewed for the 2017 football season as announced by UCLA Athletics. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 26, 8:35 pm
UCLA football ends disappointing season with 36-10 loss to Cal
This post was updated Nov. 27 at 12.50 p.m. Perhaps it was a fitting end to a season that’s seemed to serve up greater depths of disappointment each week. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore running back Soso Jamabo and the Bruins fell flat in their season finale against the Golden Bears, losing 36-10. The team’s eighth loss of the season ends its chances of a bowl invitation, the first time since 2010 UCLA won’t play in the postseason. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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November 26, 5:45 pm
UCLA’s offense falters to Cal, trails 12-0 at halftime
Thanks to stout defense in the red zone, UCLA survived a poor first half and entered halftime of Saturday night’s road game at California down just 12-0. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Mike Fafaul struggled out of the gates in the Bruins’ last game of the regular season. The quarterback, who was sacked twice, had only two completions for 23 yards. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)