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It was going to happen sooner or later. The UCLA Bruins move to the Big Ten Conference, with eight teams in the eastern time zone and six teams in the central time zone, has forced the Bruins football team to make adjustments to their future schedule in order to reduce east coast trips to conference games only. The Bruins canceled their 2025-2026 home-and-home series with the Georgia Bulldogs and also canceled their 2027-2028 home-and-home series with the Auburn Tigers. That move eliminated...
LOS ANGELES-USC's 2024 home opener against Utah State on Sept. 7 will kick off at 8 p.m. PT in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and air on the Big Ten Network. The Trojans are 6-0 against the Aggies, last facing them in a 45-7 victory in the Coliseum in 2016. USC will play six home games in 2024. Troy will welcome league opponents Wisconsin, Penn State, Rutgers and Nebraska to the Coliseum as well as non-conference foes Utah State and Notre Dame. USC will visit Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland,...
It was not the traditional Big Ten Conference vs. Pac-12 Conference that is usually played on January 1 of each year at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It was even better. In a game that became an instant classic, the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in overtime at the Rose Bowl, 27-20, in a college football semifinal playoff matchup. A crowd of 96,371 fans were in attendance at the beautiful setting that is the Rose...
LOS ANGELES-Greg Brown, an accomplished defensive mind who has coached in the NFL, Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten, has been named a senior defensive analyst, head coach Lincoln Riley announced today (March 22). "We're thrilled to bring Coach Brown onto our staff," said Riley. "With a coaching career that has spanned five decades and experience in both college football and the NFL, he will bring a wealth of knowledge to our program." Throughout his collegiate coaching career, he has been a part of 12...
Ever since the announcement that UCLA and USC were leaving for the Big Ten Conference, the rumors of the possible demise of the Pac-12 have swirled around the conference. Well, it appears that the reports of the death of the Pac-12 have been greatly exaggerated. The Pac-12 conference is very much alive and they are attracting some of the best quarterbacks in the nation. According to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, the Pac-12 ended up with six of the top 30 football schools in...
In a game that matched a Big Ten power, the Penn State Nittany Lions, against the Pac-12 conference champions, the Utah Utes, the Nittany Lions used big plays on offense to defeat the Utes 35-21 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The Rose Bowl game, which is traditionally played on January 1 of each year, was moved to January 2nd to accommodate the NFL and for people who go to church on Sunday. The Nittany Lions used six big plays of 20 yards or more to win the game. On their first scoring drive...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - In their final collegiate game, Jake Haener and Jordan Mims helped Fresno State solidify the most improbable turnaround in NCAA history. Haener threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns, and Mims ran for 209 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs (10-4) to a 29-6 LA Bowl victory last Saturday over Washington State (7-6) before 35,500 fans at Sofi Stadium. Haener connected on 24 of 36 passes for two touchdowns and no interceptions. Fresno State put up 501 yards total and...
The long-awaited official seal of approval finally arrived on Wednesday, with the UC Board of Regents approval of the move of UCLA athletics to the Big Ten Conference in the fall of 2024. The UCLA Bruins athletic teams will spend the 2023-2024 season in the Pac-12 and that will be their last season in the Pac-12. The vote was 11-5 to allow the Bruins to move to the Big Ten. UCLA Athletic Director Martin Jarmond released a statement after the Board’s decision: “We’re excited to join the Big T...
USC quarterback Caleb Williams has been named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, the award presented annually to college football's most outstanding player, today (Dec. 5). Williams hopes to join the impressive fraternity of Trojan greats who have earned the award before him: Mike Garrett (1965), O.J. Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979), Marcus Allen (1981), Carson Palmer (2002), Matt Leinart (2004) and Reggie Bush (2005, later vacated). In addition to USC's six official Heisman winners,...
The UCLA Bruins football team has accepted an invitation to the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The Bruins ended the regular season with a record of 9-3 and ranked 18th in the nation. They will meet the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Panthers were 8-4 on the season and in second place in the ACC Coastal division. The Las Vegas betting line currently has the Bruins favored by 3.5 points. The game will be played on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, at the Sun Bowl...
When Lincoln Riley said he planned to win a championship at Southern California over the summer at the Pac-12 Media Day, many people scoffed at the notion. It turns our Riley was right, whether it was hubris or faith that led him to believe he would impact the culture and success at USC in his first year. As he predicted, the Trojans are primed at a title run after their season's 10-1 start. After USC stormed into the Rose Bowl and etched out a 48-45 win over UCLA Saturday night, they can make...
In a season that fell somewhat short of the team goals, the UCLA Bruins football team finished the season on a high note, beating the California Golden Bears in Berkeley, 35-28. The Bruins finish the season with a 9-3 record, their best regular season finish since the 2014 season, when the Bruins went 9-3 in the regular season and then went on to defeat the Kansas State Wildcats, 40-35, in the Alamo Bowl to end up 10-3 for the 2014 season. In the Cal game, the Bruins ran wild, rushing for 352...
In a game that lived up to the hype, the USC Trojans held on for a 48-45 win over the UCLA Bruins last Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The Trojans win clinches a berth in the Pac-12 Championship Game in Las Vegas on Friday night, December 2 nd . The loss eliminated the Bruins from the conference championship game. The win improved the Trojans record to 10-1 for the season. USC also moved up in the AP Football Poll to No. 5 in the nation. The loss dropped the Bruins to 8-3 for the...
When Lincoln Riley said he planned to win a championship at Southern California over the summer at the Pac-12 Media Day, many people scoffed at the notion. It turns our Riley was right, whether it was hubris or faith that led him to believe he would impact the culture and success at USC in his first year. As he predicted, the Trojans are primed at a title run after their season's 10-1 start. After USC stormed into the Rose Bowl and etched out a 48-45 win over UCLA Saturday night, they can make...
It all comes down to this game. Saturday at the Rose Bowl has finally arrived. The USC Trojans vs. the UCLA Bruins. With a win, the Trojans are in the Pac-12 Conference Championship Game (CCG) in Las Vegas. The Trojans also have a shot at the college football playoffs. If the Bruins win, they are still alive for a berth in the Pac-12 CCG. Both teams have been on a path to a conference championship showdown since the beginning of the 2022 season. The Trojans, with a record of 9-1, started the...
The UCLA Bruins came into Tempe, Arizona last Saturday night needing a victory and they did not disappoint, holding on for a 50-36 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Bruins played the game without star running back Zach Charbonnet, the third leading rusher in the nation, who missed the game to due to an unknown injury. The Bruins were led by quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who threw for two touchdowns and ran for two touchdowns. Thompson-Robinson rushed for 120 yards and passed for...
When it comes to running fast, the UCLA Bruins football team is not lacking for speed. They have high school sprint champions in their backfield and even their quarterback, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, had a best time of 11.14 in the 100 meters in high school. They use the speed to put pressure on the opposing defenses. Then there is running back Zach Charbonnet. Charbonnet is not the fastest player in the Bruins backfield, but he is the best player in the backfield. On Saturday Night at the Rose...
The USC football team and the USC women's volleyball team will host Pac-12 conference games this weekend. The football team will battle the California Bears on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Coliseum and the volleyball team will face Arizona State on Friday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. they take on Arizona. The volleyball team will continue their home stand on Wednesday, November 9, when they face first place Stanford at 7 p.m. All Three games will be played at the Galen Center on the USC...
In the 2022 Pac-12 Preseason Media Poll, the Utah Utes were the pick to win the Pac-12 football title. The defending Pac-12 champion Utes received 26 of the 33 first-place votes. The UCLA Bruins were picked to finish fourth in the conference and received no first-place votes. With the first half of the regular season complete, it would appear that the media got it wrong. On Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl, before a crowd of 42,038 fans and a national television audience on FOX, the Bruins...
USC running back Travis Dye ran for 149 yards and averaged 5.3 yards per carry on 28 rushes in their win over Washington State at the Coliseum last Saturday. Trojans are now 6-0 and they travel to Utah for a 5 p.m. game on Saturday. Photo by George Laase...
Behind an opportunistic defense and the leadership of quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, the UCLA Bruins upset the No. 15 ranked Washington Huskies, 40-32 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena last Friday Night. The high scoring affair produced 909 yards in total offense between the two offensive powers. The victory moved the Bruins to 5-0 for the season, 2-0 in Pac-12 conference play, and is the first time since 2013 that the Bruins have started 5-0. The win was the eighth consecutive regular season...
There is not much that seems to rattle UCLA Bruins head football coach Chip Kelly, the unflappable leader of UCLA football. But even Kelly had to be a little worried about the performance of his Bruins football team on Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins needed a last second field goal from kicker Nicholas Barr-Mira to defeat the South Alabama Jaguars, 32-31. The Bruins came out flat against the Jaguars, and the crowd of 29,344 fans also seemed flat, as the Jaguars played an...
Caleb Williams threw for 284 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more and Austin Jones and Travis Dye both ran for more than 100 yards to lead No. 7 Southern California to a 45-17 nonconference victory last Saturday night over Fresno State before 67,226 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. USC entered week 3 as the #1 ranked offense in the nation and they continued to display abalanced offensive attack by gaining 517 total yards. Although USC has won each of its first three games by 10 or more...
For the first time in UCLA Bruins football history, the Bruins played an FCS school on Saturday, defeating the Alabama State Hornets 45-7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It was also their first game ever in football against an HBCU school (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). UCLA plays football at the FBS level, the highest level of college football. The FCS is the second highest level of collegiate football. With the victory, the Bruins went to 2-0 for the season. The Hornets fell to...
As the late great former Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes once said, "There can be no great victories in life without great adversity." For the UCLA Bruins football team, that is a quote they should embrace. On an incredibly hot day at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the UCLA Bruins overcame the heat and their own mistakes to defeat the Bowling Green State University Falcons, 45-17. The Bruins were 24-point favorites going into the game but trailed the Falcons 17-7 early in the second quarter. A...
