The running game has been key to UCLA's success in nearly every game coach Rick Neuheisel has won since he changed to the pistol offense before the 2010 season. Read more...

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Joseph Fauria got to enjoy only the dregs of games last season: garbage time. And for someone so tall, that was a quite a small role to play. Read more...

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Redshirt junior tight end Joseph Fauria is a great asset to UCLA’s ever-developing aerial attack. Despite limited playing time last year, he has stepped up this season, running for 110 yards against Houston.

Malcolm Brown "“ Freshman running back The bruising freshman back will look to use his 6-foot, 217-pound frame to the Longhorns' advantage on Saturday. Read more...

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The Texas Longhorns are not the same team UCLA faced last season. Junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert has been replaced by the tandem of sophomore Case McCoy and freshman David Ash, and freshman Malcolm Brown will be the starting running back. Take a closer look at how the team lines up on offense and defense below.

UCLA held on for a 27-17 win over San Jose State on Saturday night, but there was still an empty feeling inside the Rose Bowl. The announced attendance of 42,685, well short of half the stadium's capacity, probably had something to do with that. Read more...

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Rick Neuheisel, pictured here just hours before last year’s victory over Texas, is under pressure to pick up another win at the Rose Bowl.

Hook 'em, Horns. It's one of the most identifiable catch phrases in college football, uttered by thousands of fans in burnt orange every Saturday in Austin, Texas. Read more...

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Datone Jones looks to make up for lost time against Texas on Saturday. Jones was sidelined by a foot injury last year and did not play against Texas, but the redshirt junior linebacker has started both games so far this season.

PASADENA — You can tell a puppy to lay down, but sometimes it won’t listen. Especially if it’s not a puppy anymore. When San Jose State running back Brandon Rutley busted through a box of 11 UCLA defenders on third-and-1 and raced to a 65-yard touchdown late in the third quarter Saturday night, the Bruins and Spartans were deadlocked at 17, and it was hard to tell the big dog and the little one apart. Read more...

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Redshirt junior Johnathan Franklin rushes for 13 yards past two San Jose State University players for a first down during the first quarter of Saturday’s game.