The first weekend of the college football season always seems to be something of an unveiling. After months of roundtable discussions, we are given a couple of arbitrary polls used to project how the balance of power in each conference rests. Read more...

If you look at UCLA�s 2006 football schedule there is one name that requires a double take. It�s not Notre Dame, the perennial football powerhouse, but Rice, the small university in Houston with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,988 students, making it the smallest university in Division 1-A competition. Read more...

Sophomore linebacker John Hale went into fall camp as one of the starting outside linebackers. Because of a suspension from the first game of the season, Hale lost his starting spot to Aaron Whittington. Read more...

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Ben Olson put on a scintillating aerial show at the Rose Bowl last Saturday, guiding the Bruins to a 31-10 victory against Utah as a first-time starter. Read more...

When the slew of UCLA�s experienced wide receivers is mentioned, the last name to come up is redshirt senior Matt Willis. That�s because, despite being older than other seniors Joe Cowan, Andrew Baumgartner and Junior Taylor, and being in his fifth year of school, Willis is only beginning his second year as a member of the football team. Read more...

There are some things in this crazy, messed-up world we live in that just make you wonder. Why does your nose run and your feet smell? Read more...

While the Bruins� pass protection looked up to par last weekend against Utah, the run game stalled, leaving questions about the offensive line�s ability to create space for the team�s running backs. Read more...