When Jim Mora looks across town at USC, he sees a team enjoying football. Moreover, Mora sees a squad led by the man with the best coaching performance in the Pac-12 this year. Read more...
Photo: After celebrating last year’s win over USC, senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr and the Bruins will face a Trojan team that is riding a hot streak under interim coach Ed Orgeron.
Following a UCLA football practice in April, a young boy walked up to Anthony Barr, hoping the linebacker would autograph a picture. Receiving the enlarged photograph and a Sharpie, the senior outside linebacker proceeded to sign a still image of himself clobbering then-USC quarterback Matt Barkley for a sack in the fourth quarter of last year’s rivalry game. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr’s hit on then-USC quarterback Matt Barkley last season represented UCLA’s improvement from its recent struggles against USC.
Read stories from our special UCLA-USC game preview insert, including features recounting the history of the rivalry and predictions from our sports columnists about the Nov. 30 game. Read more...
Photo: Given to the winner of the annual UCLA-USC football game, the Victory Bell carries with it a long history and is a symbol of the crosstown rivalry between the two schools.
The fact that this upcoming game against USC doesn’t matter at all could make it actually mean something. The feeling of disappointment, wasted opportunity and squandered potential Saturday as the Bruins lined up on 1st-and-30 on their own 35 with the chance to play in the Pac-12 championship game on the line was undeniable. Read more...
Photo: With painful memories such as UCLA’s 50-0 loss to USC two years ago, the UCLA-USC game remains meaningful because of the pride involved, even if a Pac-12 title isn’t on the line.
Every UCLA football Saturday, whether at the Rose Bowl or on the road, has so much more to it than a win or a loss. That’s why each postgame Monday, the Daily Bruin will break down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the verdict for their performance. Read more...
Members of UCLA’s football team trudged to the locker room moments after falling short in a final, desperate push to extend a shot at a BCS bowl game. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman center Carl Hulick was fired up following one of UCLA’s early-season wins over Nebraska, one of UCLA’s highest moments of the year.
USC had nothing to lose. At the L.A. Memorial Coliseum two years ago, in their last game officially under the lockdown of a two-year bowl ban, the Trojans treated their final home game against the Bruins as an all-in-one national championship and Pac-12 title game. Read more...
Photo: Two years ago, UCLA lost to USC 50-0, as quarterback Kevin Prince was unable to find the end zone all night for the Bruins. But with new coaches for both teams, this year’s matchup figures to be a more tightly contested one. UCLA heads into the game disappointed with its loss to Arizona State but determined to best its crosstown rivals.
