Nelson Rosario News

UCLA junior defensive tackle Brian Price has been named Pac-10 Pat Tillman defensive player of the year by the conference coaches.

This is not a surprise but still worthy of a huge celebration on Bruin Nation. Here is our Pac-10 Defensive Player: The official announcement came out earlier this afternoon which included lot of good news for the football team.

Defensive tackle Brian Price, safety Rahim Moore and running back Chane Moline were named winners of UCLA's Henry R. "Red" Sanders Award for most valuable player at the annual football awards banquet Monday at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel.

As most of the 'SC faithful here pay little attention to UCLA football until the game rolls around, I thought it might help you all to Know Yer Enemy a little bit better.

USC finally found an offense more inept than itself Saturday night as the crosstown rivalry game with UCLA provided more pitfalls than performances worth remembering at the Coliseum.

USC 14, UCLA 7 The Bruins have a pulse. Tailback Chane Moline took a direct snap and scored from two yards to pull UCLA within a score of USC.

For many football fans in America's second largest city, this is the only game that matters.

At first glance, USC and UCLA might be heading in opposite directions going into Saturday's annual crosstown rivalry game.

Happen to catch the team as they arrived at the Rose Bowl. Only got a couple of shots off.

Redshirt freshman Kevin Prince passed for 161 yards, UCLA's defense accounted for two touchdowns and set up a field goal, and the Bruins beat Arizona State 23-13 Saturday to become bowl eligible with their sixth win.

UCLA defensive back Aaron Hester locked down wide receiver Nelson Rosario in practice Wednesday, then let the world know.

FACTS & STATS: Site: Martin Stadium -- Pullman, Washington. Television: FSN. Home Record: UCLA 3-2, Washington St.

As the regular season draws to a close and only two games standing between UCLA and a December date with destiny, head coach Rick Neuheisel has one eye on Arizona State, one eye on USC and one eye on the Pacific-10 Conference standings.

UCLA is headed in a different, bigger direction with its running game this week.

There is supposed to be beauty in patience, the willingness to wait for dividends, long after the work has been put in.

LOOKING GOOD: UCLA has new hope of having a big-play receiver on the outside. That would be 6-foot-5 sophomore Nelson Rosario, who had seven catches for 111 yards against Washington.

For so long, UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel saw what no one else did. He saw J.J. Stokes stretch his pterodactyl arms and haul in a pass meant for another receiver somewhere in South Dakota.

Kevin Craft sure didn't have this much room to throw last season. The offensive line played their best game in the CRN era.

On UCLA's first drive against Washington on Saturday at the Rose Bowl, redshirt freshman Kevin Prince just couldn't make up his mind.

The Pac-10 title is out of reach, and a bowl game is still an iffy proposition. The only concrete goal that UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel can set for his team is to win back-to-back games for the first time in two months.