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...
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November 25, 2:57 am
Football Monday – Nov. 25, 2013
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November 25, 2:55 am
Taxing season for Bruins to culminate with rivalry game
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.
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November 25, 2:53 am
UCLA still fired up for USC game despite elimination from Pac-12 race
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.
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November 25, 2:50 am
Special bond with sister keeps Brett Hundley grounded
In trying to figure out what Brett Hundley values most, his wrists are a good place to start. During many of the redshirt sophomore quarterback’s stand-up interviews with reporters, three wristbands fit snug just above a right hand that has flung the football more than 6,000 yards in two seasons at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore quarterback Brett Hundley supported his sister Paris Hundley at the Walk to End Epilepsy event on Nov. 17. Although Paris Hundley suffers from epilepsy, she and her family manage to attend all of UCLA football’s games to support her brother.
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November 25, 2:43 am
End of an era: UCLA alumni cheerleader Geof Strand retires
Short white socks with blue and gold stripes. Royal blue shorts cut just above the knee. A blue and gold V-neck sweater reveals the collar of a gold undershirt. Read more...
Photo: Alumni cheerleader Geoffrey Strand was known for asking “every man, woman and child” to cheer for UCLA.
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November 25, 2:28 am
Victory Bell resonates with Bruins past and present
Three days after UCLA defeated USC last year, a contagious energy and buzz filled the J.D. Morgan Center, the likes of which the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame hadn’t seen in almost six years. 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.
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November 25, 1:18 am
Recalling UCLA-USC rivalry heading into 2013 game
Steve Shilstone, 1966 alumnus Nov. 20, 1965. Bruins trail 16-6 with about four minutes to go. Sophomore quarterback Gary Beban hits Dick Witcher with a bomb to make the score 16-14. Read more...