Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their prediction. 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...
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October 17, 1:25 am
Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Cal
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October 17, 1:12 am
Football scouting report: Cal
OFFENSE: WR Bryce Treggs (No. 1, Jr.) While quarterback Jared Goff likes to spread the ball around to Cal’s talented and deep receiving corps, Treggs is his most reliable target. Read more...
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October 17, 1:08 am
Bruins aim to end losing streak at Berkeley
At some point during the fall of every other year, a trip up the I-5 to Berkeley brings a football clash of two of the state’s most prestigious public schools – UCLA and Cal. Read more...
Photo: This weekend, junior wide receiver Jordan Payton (left) will return to play at Cal for the first time since his freshman season, when the Bruins were walloped by the Bears 43-17. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 16, 1:56 am
UCLA defense looking to buck trends against explosive Cal offense
For the past two weeks, UCLA’s defense has been beaten – and at times into – the ground. Though the Bruins figure to get a reprieve from that this week, they have little time to relax, as the possibility of a three-game losing streak and a quickly unraveling season stares them straight in the face. Read more...
Photo: Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said that UCLA will try to diversify its defensive formations against Cal, which has one of the best passing offenses in the nation. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 15, 3:13 pm
UCLA linebacker named to midseason All-America second team
Halfway through the season, things haven’t gone quite according to plan for UCLA football. But, in the eyes of Sports Illustrated, blame for that doesn’t rest on the shoulders of redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 15, 3:00 am
Gaps in defense weaken UCLA football’s performance
It’s been the same story for two weeks now. After a strong start to the season by UCLA’s run defense, allowing no more than 164 rushing yards through the first four games, the Bruins have been showing some holes in their defense during the past few weeks. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes said the Bruins lost sight of what’s important about football and have been recently treating it like a job rather than just going out there and trying to have fun. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 14, 1:57 am
UCLA football under heavy pressure after back-to-back losses
UCLA football has thrust itself into a tight situation, prickling at the Bruins from all sides. Off back-to-back losses, the pressure is on the Bruins to win the rest of their games, to salvage some of the fallen rubble of preseason expectations, to capture at the very least a Pac-12 South title. Read more...
Photo: After Saturday’s loss to Oregon, sophomore linebacker Myles Jack said that the media’s lofty preseason expectations for UCLA football did affect the team this year, making the Bruins feel as if they needed to deliver. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)