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On paper, the 2022 Los Angeles Chargers look like a very good football team. The offense, which was ranked 4th in the NFL in 2021, is already very good. The defense was the reason that the Chargers were not in the playoffs last season. General Manager Tom Telesco and his staff had the team in good salary cap shape this past spring and the team was aggressive in free agency. The addition of outside linebacker Khalil Mack, cornerback J.C. Jackson, defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day, nose tackle...
When the UCLA Bruins made the surprising decision to leave with USC and head to the Big Ten Conference, a conference located in the Midwest and the Eastern part of the nation, the Bruins had to know that the decision to leave the Pac-12 Conference was not going to be a popular decision. Sending student-athletes on long trips back east and walking away from long-time rivals was not going to go unanswered. Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked about UCLA's impending conference swit...
The Pac-12 recently announced their early season kickoff times for the first three weeks of the college football season and overall, it is a very attractive schedule for the conference. The UCLA Bruins will play three afternoon games in the first three weeks, with all three games being televised on the Pac-12 Network. Eight of the twelve Bruins games this season will be home games at the Rose Bowl. The USC Trojans will open in Week 1 with the Rice Owls at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in...
While it has been fun these first two seasons with Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert flinging the football all over the field with amazing accuracy, the Chargers would be well-advised to find a No. 2 running back to help their star running back, Austin Ekeler and take a little pressure off Herbert. Ekeler is fully aware of his limitations at running back. In 2021, Ekeler had a career high of 206 carries in 16 games, a career high in rushing yardage with 911 yards, a career high in...
With the Pac-12 conference still reeling from the shocking news that the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans are leaving their west coast conference home for The Big Ten Conference in 2024, the result has left the remaining ten schools scrambling to determine what to do next. Expansion is the likely answer and the most logical school to add is the San Diego State University Aztecs. First and foremost, adding SDSU to the conference would get the conference back into Southern California. Losing UCLA...
In a shocking move, the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans announced that they are leaving the Pac-12 Conference and joining the Big Ten Conference. The move will become effective July 1, 2024. Both the Bruins and the Trojans will play the next two seasons in the Pac-12. The Bruins and the Trojans have been members of the Pacific Coast Conference for over 90 years. UCLA Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond sent this message to announce the move: "UCLA has deeply valued our membership in the Pac-12...
To the surprise of many, UCLA Bruins freshman basketball forward Peyton Watson was selected with the No. 30 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. Watson was the last pick of the first round of the NBA draft that was held last Thursday, June 23rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Watson became the Bruins' 42nd all-time former player to get chosen in the NBA Draft's first round. UCLA leads the Pac-12 in total NBA Draft picks (122) and most first-round selections (42). Watson, a 6-foot-8...
Among the many off-season moves the Chargers made this spring, the acquisition of linebacker Khalil Mack from the Chicago Bears may be the single most important addition to the roster. Mack, who was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2016, has continued to play at a high level and at age 31 still has some good years left. The combination of outside defensive player Joey Bosa and Mack is arguably the best rushing duo in the NFL. Pro Football Focus seems to agree with that assessment. PFF...
After adding two cornerbacks, one safety and one defensive tackle through the NFL draft, it would have been easy to assume that the Los Angeles Chargers were done accruing talent on the defensive side of the ball. After all, they had added three free agent starters, including All-Pro cornerback J.C. Jackson, and traded for All-Pro outside linebacker Khalil Mack. The assumption that the Chargers were done would have been wrong. Since the 2022 NFL draft ended on April 30th, the Chargers have...
The 2022 NFL Draft did not go particularly well for the Pac-12 conference during the recent draft, with only 25 players selected from the conference, the lowest number in over a decade. But it did go well for the UCLA Bruin football squad, with a conference leading six players selected in the draft. The six selections were the most since 2016, when the Bruins had eight players selected in the draft. The NFL draft capped a good season for the Bruins, who went 8-4 and were rewarded with a bowl...
After being unable to consistently establish a running game and being unable to stop the run on the defensive side of the ball in 2021, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Brandon Staley and General Manager Tom Telesco were determined to address the issue in both free agency and in the 2022 NFL draft, which started last Thursday, April 28, and ended on Saturday, April 30. The running game was a real concern for Charger management. "What I think that the running game does for a quarterback is it give...
It has not always been easy for UCLA Bruins quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, but he seemingly has arrived in his final season. Thompson-Robinson, a two-time Pac-12 second team All-conference selection, looked sharp during a practice that was held at Drake Stadium last Saturday. Thompson-Robinson looked and sounded comfortable in his fourth and final spring training. "It's been fun, and I've enjoyed every second," said Thompson-Robinson. "Just showing up every day, being grateful and being...
Because of the disappointing and frustrating end to the 2021 season, the Los Angeles Chargers have been very aggressive in NFL free agency and with their off-season acquisitions, they have put themselves in a good position heading into the 2022 NFL draft, which begins on April 28th in Las Vegas. The Chargers have revamped their defense and will have at least four new starters on defense in 2022. The Chargers traded with the Chicago Bears for Pro Bowl linebacker Khalil Mack and signed free agent...
The Los Angeles Chargers have made several improvements in the off-season to their roster, but they are far from finished, especially in the highly competitive AFC West. The Chargers added four new starters on defense in linebacker Khalil Mack, cornerback J.C. Jackson, nose tackle Austin Johnson, and defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day. Those additions will help a Charger defense that was last in the NFL in third down defense. On offense, the Chargers ranked 5th in total offense in the NFL in...
On paper, the UCLA Bruins were a strong favorite to return to the Final Four 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. With all five starters returning from the 2020-2021 team that made it to the Final Four, the 2021-2022 squad seemed to be poised to make a run at a national championship. The Bruins entered the season as the No. 2 ranked team in the nation in the Associated Press Poll. Unfortunately for Bruin fans, the 2021-2022 squad was unable to replicate their NCAA Tournament performance from l...
UCLA Bruins forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. called their final regular season game at home with the USC Trojans, “do or die for us, and we’re going to give it everything we’ve got to try to get that win.” It was a game that would decide tournament seeding for both schools and with the Bruins having lost five straight games to the Trojans, Bruin pride was on the line as well. The losing streak was the longest in men’s basketball versus the Trojans since World War II. For Jaquez Jr., that was all he ne...
In 2021, the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team made it to the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament, their best finish since the 2008 season. In 2021, the USC Trojans men's basketball team had their best finish since the 2001 season, landing in the Elite Eight of the NCAA basketball tournament. Both the Bruins and the Trojans are once again returning to the NCAA basketball tournament in 2022. The Bruins finished the season with a 25-7 record, and they were the runner-up to the Pac-12...
The Los Angeles Chargers started free agency with $57.5 million dollars in salary cap space and a defense that was one of the worst in the NFL in 2021. The Chargers were 31st against the run in 2021 and last in third down defense in the NFL. It was obvious to the Chargers and NFL critics that the Chargers had to fix their defense. The Chargers started free agency off with a trade for a star outside linebacker Khalil Mack from the Chicago Bears. The Chargers traded a second- roundpick in the...
As expected, the Los Angeles Chargers have reached a contractual agreement with wide receiver Mike Williams, one of their key unrestricted free agents in NFL free agency. Williams is coming off his best season, with career highs in receptions with 76 and in receiving yardage with 1,146. Williams was a first-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the seventh pick overall in the 2017 NFL draft. The contract that the two sides agreed to is a three-year, $60 million dollar deal, with $40 million guarante...
The Los Angeles Chargers started free agency with $57.5 million dollars in salary cap space and a defense that was one of the worst in the NFL in 2021. The Chargers were 31st against the run in 2021 and last in third down defense in the NFL. It was obvious to the Chargers and NFL critics that the Chargers had to fix their defense. The Chargers started free agency off with a trade for a star outside linebacker Khalil Mack from the Chicago Bears. The Chargers traded a second-round pick in the...
UCLA Bruins forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. called their final regular season game at home with the USC Trojans, “do or die for us, and we’re going to give it everything we’ve got to try to get that win.” It was a game that would decide tournament seeding for both schools and with the Bruins having lost five straight games to the Trojans, Bruin pride was on the line as well. The losing streak was the longest in men’s basketball versus the Trojans since World War II. For Jaquez Jr., that was all he ne...
As expected, the Los Angeles Chargers have reached a contractual agreement with wide receiver Mike Williams, one of their key unrestricted free agents in NFL free agency. Williams is coming off his best season, with career highs in receptions with 76 and in receiving yardage with 1,146. Williams was a first-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the seventh pick overall in the 2017 NFL draft. The contract that the two sides agreed to is a three-year, $60 million dollar deal, with $40 million guarante...
After a long season of injuries and Covid cancellations, with some impressive performances and some less than impressive performances, the 2021-2022 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team is down to one regular season basketball game. It does not get much better than the USC Trojans playing the Bruins at Pauley Pavilion in Westwood to end the regular season on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Bruins are 22-6 for the season and tied for second place in the Pac-12 with the Trojans with a conference record of...
After a tough 67-64 loss to the Trojans at USC on February 12, the UCLA Bruins returned to the Westwood campus last week, struggling with nagging injuries and inconsistent play on both ends of the floor. Bruin head coach Mick Cronin has said in the past that his team will "pout on defense" when they are struggling on offense and that appeared to be the case in a 67-64 loss to the Trojans. Due to injuries and the struggles on defense, Cronin needed to make some changes to his starting lineup and...
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in Super Bowl LVI, 23-20 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. It was the second Super Bowl Championship for the Rams organization, the other coming from the 1999 St. Louis Rams. It was also the second Super Bowl Championship for the City of Los Angeles. The 1983 Los Angeles Raiders won Super Bowl XVIII, beating the Washington Redskins. The Bengals earned their place in the Super Bowl by upsetting the Kansas City Chiefs three week ago on the...
