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For the last few weeks, the Los Angeles Football Club has been all tied up. Last Saturday they played to a 2-2 tie against Vancouver and last Wednesday Minnesota tied LAFC in the last minute of overtime, 2-2. Against Vancouver Whitecaps LAFC fell behind 2-0 in the first half. Vancouver jolted to a 2-0 lead after a Deiber Caicedo and Cristian Dajome tickled the net that pushed the Whitecaps ahead in the first half. Los Angeles struggled in the first half playing with pace and energy. "It didn't...
After a pandemic abbreviated 2020 football season that felt incomplete, Pac-12 football schools are ready to roar back into action and show the nation the strength of west coast college football. Washington Huskies head coach Jimmy Lake said it best when he stated that, "There's really a sense of unfinished business with our football team." After his Huskies team went 3-1 in 2020, it is easy to see why he feels that way. That seemed to be a view shared by everyone in the Pac-12 conference. The o...
Los Angeles Football Club was suddenly taking form, but they ran into a roadblock last Wednesday night when they played the Portland Timbers at Provident Park. They lost the game 2-1 in the final minutes of overtime. LAFC was riding a three-match winning streak, its longest since the summer of 2019. LAFC knew the Portland game was going to be a fight to the finish. "They're (Portland) a team that has experience and you know that when you play them, guys like (Diego) Valeri and Diego Chara will...
BY ERIC LAMBKINS II Special to the Culver City Observer Fans of UCLA football want nothing more than to see the Bruins compete for a National Championship. After the team's "Spring Showcase," last week they should expect UCLA football to look like it always does -- an average team with a few bright spots. With Bruin coach Chip Kelly opting for a cautious approach towards the spring work outs, the team has focused on remaining healthy. After last Thursday's practice, they were able to accomplish...
The past college football season was challenging for many schools due to the pandemic and Pac-12 schools were no exception. The Pac-12 conference played an abbreviated football schedule last season due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it showed in the 2021 NFL draft. The Conference had 28 players drafted, the lowest number for the conference since the 2013 NFL draft. From 2014 through 2020, the Pac-12 has averaged 34 players per year in the NFL draft. The USC Trojans, Oregon Ducks, and Stanford...
UCLA has added home games against Alabama State University and North Carolina Central University to its future football schedule, marking the first time the Bruins will face a historically black college or university (HBCU). UCLA will host Alabama State on September 10, 2022 and North Carolina Central on September 16, 2023 at the Rose Bowl. Each team's world-renowned band, Alabama State's "The Mighty Marching Hornets" and North Carolina Central's "The Sound Machine Marching Band", will perform at the game. "Adding two HBCUs to our football...
The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announced today five Finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award. The Award is presented annually to the most outstanding college football player of Polynesian ancestry that epitomizes great ability and integrity. Former University of Oregon, and current Las Vegas Raiders Quarterback, Marcus Mariota was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Award in 2014; former University of Notre Dame, and current Baltimore Ravens Offensive...
By Bill Seals The Pac-12 conference is back. Five-star defensive end Korey Foreman has decided to take his talents to USC and become a Trojan. Foreman, the top ranked player in the nation according to the 247sports.com football recruiting rankings, played his high school football at Centennial High School in Corona. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound prospect will enroll in the fall at USC. The signing of Foreman and the addition of Ceyair Wright of Loyola, the top ranked cornerback in the state of...
USC junior safety Talanoa Hufanga was named to the 2020 All-American first team by The Athletic, AP, Sporting News, ESPN.com, USA Today and by CBSSports.com. He becomes USC's 169th All-American first teamer. Earlier this week, he was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Pac-12 first team. Hufanga led USC in tackles (62), interceptions (4) and forced fumbles (2) in 2020 and had 3 sacks. He ranks third nationally in interceptions (0.7), 16th in forced fumbles (0.3) and...
So close, yet so far away. The UCLA Bruins football team is clearly improving, and they are competitive with every team in the Pac-12. But they still have areas of improvement needed, and they need to eliminate the mistakes that inevitably have cost them in games this season. The final game against the Stanford Cardinal was no exception, with Stanford coming from behind to defeat the Bruins on double overtime, 48-47, at the Rose Bowl last Saturday Night. The loss dripped the Bruins to 3-4 for th...
In a sudden reversal, the Pac-12 Conference has decided to cancel all sports competitions through the end of the calendar year. The football season, which was scheduled to begin on September 26th, has been moved to the spring. The cancellation is due to the Covid-19 national pandemic that all of America is currently dealing with. The decision follows on the heels of a similar decision by the Big Ten Conference to cancel all fall sports, including football. Two other conferences at the FBS level,...
The UCLA Bruin’s football team is about two months away from opening the season and they still have a lot of unanswered questions on their roster. The cancellation of spring practice and the spring football game due to the coronavirus outbreak probably did not help, either. Chip Kelly is entering into his third season as UCLA head football coach and he needs to win. The Bruins are 7-17 under Kelly in two seasons. The Bruins have not been good on the defensive side of the ball over the past t...
The coronavirus outbreak has canceled all springs sports around the country and may even cancel the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which are scheduled to start on July 24th. UCLA football has been affected by this shutdown of athletics, with spring football being canceled. But with the hope that the UCLA football season will go on as scheduled, we decided to look at UCLA football and their hopes for a winning season in 2020. UCLA football is currently going through their roughest stretch...
In college football, the top teams recruit well. In the 2020 football recruiting class, the top five teams were Georgia, Clemson, Alabama, LSU and Ohio State. Four of those five schools have won national championships in the past six years, with Georgia being the lone exception. The lone school from the Pac-12 conference in the top ten this year was Oregon, who finished 9th in the 247sports.com team recruiting rankings. Missing from the top ten for the second straight year was USC. In 2019, USC...
Talented players and good coaching creates a winning combination most of the time. In the case of the USC men's basketball team it appears that combination is putting the Trojans in a position to stay near the top of a very talented Pac-12 league. At press time (Tuesday)10 of the 12 Pac-12 teams had winning records and the other two teams, UCLA and California were 8-8. USC was 13-3 at press time and they have the talent to continue to battle the best teams in the Pac-12. Stanford, Oregon, Colora...
Culver City high school's football program has been successful for many years and especially the last few years. The football team has reached three consecutive CIF semifinal games and they won the CIF championship last year. During that time many great players have played inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City campus. One of those players is Alex Smith. Last Wednesday Smith played for the University of Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. "It feels great," said Smith at the Lawry's Beef...
It can be a flag football game between the Daily Bruin and Daily Trojan student newspapers or a chess match between two students from UCLA and USC the passion level will intensify. When the two schools lock horns to play a football game the whole city of Los Angeles is divided. On Saturday the annual football game will be played at the Coliseum at 12:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on Channel 7. Although the game is not the big, big game because of the team's records, it still is the...
Some habits are hard to break and for the UCLA Bruins, falling behind in football games has been a consistent habit. On Saturday night, the Bruins took this habit to new heights, falling behind the Oregon State Beavers, 21-0, in the first six minutes of the game. They were never able to recover and lost 48-31 at the Rose Bowl, dropping to 1-5 for the season. Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton had a night to remember, throwing for five touchdown passes, three to wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins....
Although it's still early in the season the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans are facing some must win games during the next few weeks. Both teams were defeated last Saturday. The Bruins fell to 0-3 when they were beaten by an outstanding Oklahoma team 48-14 and the 2-1 Trojans fell to BYU in overtime 30-27. Both teams have tough schedules and that's why the next few weeks will make or break their seasons. The Pac-12 appears to better this year because six teams are ranked in the top 25 in the...
UCLA and USC football teams go into their respective games on Saturday with a lot of questions marks. The main questions are can USC win with a backup quarterback and can UCLA get their first win after looking like the same team that won only three games last year? UCLA will face San Diego State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. and USC will open their Pac-12 season when they play Stanford at 7:30 p.m. at the United Airlines Field at the Memorial Coliseum. UCLA 's 24-14 loss to...
College football started this week for UCLA and USC and everyone is waiting to see if both teams will be competitive. Last year was a down year for both teams but this year we will have to wait and see. Both teams have tough schedules in 2019 and both coaches are on the hot seat. UCLA opened their season last Thursday against a very good Cincinnati team and USC will face a solid Fresno State team on Saturday at the newly renovated United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at...
The UCLA Bruins travel to play the University of California on Saturday at 4 p.m. in a very important game. The game is significant because if the Bruins win it will be their first win of the season. UCLA is 0-5 going into Saturday’s game. It’s the first time since 1943 that UCLA has loss their first five games. Last week against the 10th ranked University of Washington the Bruins played their best game of the season. UCLA ran for passed for 272 yards and ran for 150 on 27 carries. Bruin running back Joshua Kelley accounted for 125 of tho...
The two major college football teams in Los Angeles have only one victory going into the fourth week of the season and may need to make changes if they hope to get a bowl berth. The UCLA Bruins are winless in their first three games, and the Trojans have won only one of three contests. The Trojans play their next four out of five games at home. Home-field advantage may be what the Trojans need to get back on the winning track. If the Trojans lose on Friday, they may need to change quarterbacks....
Bruins, Trojans both Open at HThe Bruins and Trojans both kick-off their 2018 football seasons Sept. 1 at home, when USC plays UNLV at 1 p.m. at the Coliseum and UCLA facing University of Cincinnati at the Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. Both teams will have new quarterbacks and UCLA will have a new head coach, Chip Kelly. The Bruins, who are coming off a disappointing 6-7 season, are facing another major hurdle. They recently suspended six players for the game against Cincinnati for “unspecified v...
The rejuvenation at Exposition Park continues in preparation for the upcoming football season. This year will be the third of four consecutive years the USC Trojans will be sharing the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with the Los Angeles Rams. The latest renovation on the iconic stadium began last year. Much-needed upgrades are the order of the day for the next two years. This will also be the final year the landmark will be called the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Beginning in 2019 it will be...
