For a UCLA team that has had a high frequency of concussion-like symptoms in players over the last two weeks, the last thing it needed was more of the same from its best defensive player. Read more...
Photo: After injuring USC quarterback Matt Barkley last season, senior linebacker Anthony Barr became a fan favorite.
Competition for the backup spot to Brett Hundley cleared up a little on Monday, as UCLA football granted redshirt freshman TJ Millweard a release to transfer out of Westwood. Read more...
SAN BERNARDINO—In his high school years, Jim Mora once denied himself a thrilling evening, staying home from a Led Zeppelin concert he had tickets to after hearing rumors that the decibel level from the band’s guitarist would be loud enough to crack the roof of the Kingdome, the former home of the Seattle Mariners. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore offensive tackle Simon Goines (70) and the offensive line are maturing during fall camp despite being a young unit.
SAN BERNARDINO—When coach Jim Mora reveals his team’s captain votes upon returning to Westwood on Sunday, the UCLA football team will fail to find a familiar face among the chosen, save for junior offensive guard Xavier Su’a-Filo. Read more...
Photo: After coach Jim Mora vetoed the team’s selection of Brett Hundley as a captain last year, the redshirt sophomore quarterback will again be considered as the Bruins select their team captains on Friday.
Three hundred and twenty five pounds of Brett Hundley's blindside protection came crashing to the grass just four plays into a live goal-line scrimmage Thursday morning. Sophomore Simon Goines slipped off his helmet almost immediately upon hitting the ground, and required the help of two staff members to leave the field. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore offensive tackle Simon Goines (70) suffered a hyperextended knee in practice.
Under the watchful eyes of a full officiating crew, UCLA football answered the call to fix its FBS Division I-worst 130 penalties in 2012. The Bruins, the only team at its level of competition to top 1,000 penalty yards, submitted a performance that coach Jim Mora deemed the best practice, in terms of physicality, of the program's fall camp at Cal State San Bernardino. Read more...
SAN BERNARDINO – From last-second field goals to two-minute drills, the UCLA football team practiced just about every odds and ends play in its walkthrough on Tuesday. One thing this team couldn’t have prepared for, however, is a sudden increase in head injuries that has forced seven UCLA players to sit out while waiting to be evaluated. Read more...
Photo: Freshman wide receiver Eldridge Massington, recovering from a torn ACL, is using fall camp to adjust to the college game.
