SAN ANTONIO — Amid the hectic schedule of bowl festivities and game preparation, UCLA may not have had time to watch many bowl games the 36 hours before its matchup against Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl Friday. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA football team celebrates their 40-35 victory over No. 11 Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl. The bowl game victory brought UCLA to the 10-win mark for the second straight season. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SAN ANTONIO — Though UCLA’s season is now done, the Bruins showed they were anything but in their season finale. After racing out to a 31-6 lead, Brett Hundley, Eric Kendricks, Paul Perkins and the UCLA football team saved their best for last, and held on for a 40-35 win over Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl. Read more...
SAN ANTONIO — UCLA wasted little time in answering whether it would show up for Friday’s Valero Alamo Bowl. After a demoralizing loss to Stanford to end their regular season, the Bruins had some reason to lack motivation for their bowl game. Read more...
Quarterback Kansas State: Two-year starter Jake Waters improved upon his 2013 campaign with a solid senior season this year. Waters completed 66.2 percent of his passes, throwing for 3,163 yards and 20 touchdowns to just six interceptions en route to earning second-team All-Big 12 honors. Read more...
Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their predictions. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual margin of victory in each game. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three hats and a future were laid out before Jordan Payton. The then-high school senior stood in front of cameras at the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, behind a table on which three hats were placed, each bearing the logo of the three schools to which Payton had narrowed his selection down. Read more...
Photo: This season marks the first time junior Jordon Payton has truly asserted himself on the field, becoming redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley’s go-to receiver while scoring seven touchdowns on the season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Time supposedly heals all wounds, but for the UCLA football team, there may not be enough time in the world for the scabs to form over its most recent gash. Read more...
Photo: Coach Jim Mora was disappointed when his team “couldn’t get it done” against Stanford on Nov. 28. UCLA looks to redeem itself and assert itself as a top football program when it faces No. 11 Kansas State at the Alamo Bowl. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
