University of California NCAA News Archives

Cal and Washington, voted 1-2 in the media preseason conference poll, were the only ranked Pac-10 teams in the first Associated Press poll.

While negativity seems to surround the UCLA Bruins lately, there is some good in their visit to Oregon State on Halloween.

Talk about a striking contradiction: UCLA has one quarterback who has had plenty of attempts but wants to throw the ball more, and another quarterback who has had scarce opportunities but wants to hand the ball off.

As various Pac-10 head coaches and media members took their seats at the conference media day luncheon, the UCLA table filled up so fast, the Bruins required two.

California was picked on Thursday to win the Pac-10 basketball title, marking the first time in more than 10 years that UCLA or Arizona wasn't the top choice.

UCLA starting defensive tackle Jerzy Siewierski's foot injury appears to be more serious than originally thought.

If Rahim Moore gives you that look - that deep, longing, alluring, penetrating, soul-piercing, heart-tugging look - be afraid.

And he had to show it was about the leg, not the tape. Tiffin came through in the aftermath of "Tapegate," kicking four field goals in a 12-10 win over Tennessee when one miss likely would have cost the Crimson Tide its shot at a perfect season.

After three consecutive weeks against hot running backs, UCLA finally got a bit of a reprieve in the ground game last week against Arizona.

The pain in Aaron Hester's eyes was evident the very first practice after he fractured his leg in UCLA's Week 1 victory over San Diego State.

Rick Neuheisel's rebuilding project appeared to be on a fast track when UCLA won its first three games.

While Rick Neuheisel declared that redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Prince will start at Oregon State on Saturday for the 3-4 Bruins, the UCLA coach also said with conviction that freshman quarterback Richard Brehaut will get playing time.

UCLA could be in danger of losing defensive tackle recruit Willie Mobley, who is spending the semester at Orange Coast Community College after transferring from Ohio State.

Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes to Juron Criner, and Arizona overcame five turnovers to defeat UCLA 27-13 on Saturday and keep pace in the Pac-10 race.

A message sent from the Twitter account of a UCLA freshman football player to a top high school recruit complained about Bruins offensive coordinator Norm Chow and referred to him with the N-word. The post from the account of OCiAM, dated Oct.

Here we go. Back on the road again and against a team in Arizona that will be flying high after a comeback victory over Stanford last week.

In the midst of his record-breaking freshman season for UCLA, sophomore wide receiver Taylor Embree's stat line read like a heart monitor: up, down, up, down.

The statistics tell you that Cal is on its way to eclipsing last season's sack total that placed it in a tie for 14th in the country.

UCLA's poor tackling at times has become the worst-kept secret in the Pac-10. "We knew their secondary had trouble against Oregon wrapping up the runner," Cal running back Shane Vereen said after the Bears' 45-26 win at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

UCLA's offense has become the little engine that stalled just before the top of the mountain.

Vanquished is the curse that brought Cal coach Jeff Tedford seven losses in his first seven visits to Southern California.

We have reached Separation Saturday in the Bay Area. Today's results will shape the remainder of the season for Cal, Stanford and San Jose State, which are in various stages of growth and decline.

The locker room empty but for a few souls, UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel pulled up a chair next to his battered and bruised young quarterback and had a heart-to-heart with Kevin Prince after the Bruins' 45-26 loss to Cal on Saturday.

The Pac-10's leading tackler didn't play much Saturday - only enough to clinch a victory for Cal.

Jahvid Best made a 93-yard touchdown run and caught a 51-yard scoring pass, and Cal got back on track after two tough losses with a dynamic first half in a 45-26 victory over UCLA on Saturday.

Sophomore Jerime Anderson, expected to be UCLA's starting point guard, missed the first official practice because of a strained left groin.

What happened to that familiar feeling around Westwood? That inevitable sense of impending success, borne out of three straight Final Fours and countless NCAA Tournament appearances, seems to have dissipated.

Let's just get this out of the way early. Yes, Christian Yount owns the Playboy magazine in which he is featured.

For weeks, Christian Ramirez stood and watched and waited and stewed and crossed his arms.

UCLA fans will need to check their programs this season. With four starters gone from last season's team that finished 26-9, the Bruins have plenty of new faces.

New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won't be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued Tuesday as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach.

For the UCLA football team, disaster struck suddenly and shockingly. Less than four minutes into the second half, the Bruins saw a 3-0 lead turn into a 21-3 deficit that would result in a 24-10 loss to Oregon Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

Stanford's mashing senior running back piled up 134 yards on 29 carries in the Cardinal's 24-16 win over UCLA in Week 4. Then, LaMichael James.

Despite the ups and downs of the season, we can always count on Kai Forbath. Click the photo to browse through the photo gallery or click the "Slideshow" button once in the gallery for a full screen slideshow.

Scenarios have started to form for UCLA, as the Bruins' quest for a bowl game has reached a critical point five games into the season.

While Oregon certainly had enough injuries to be concerned against UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl, it also showed it had more than enough in reserve in its 24-10 victory.

On a day that was crucial to UCLA's future, head coach Rick Neuheisel was more concerned with the Bruins' present.

Comment: No team has ever started 0-2 in Pacfic-10 Conference play and won the conference title, so the Rose Bowl drought grows.

For as good as UCLA's defense has been this season, the Bruins can't possibly stop 22 players.

UCLA forward James Keefe will miss four to six weeks after injuring his left shoulder.

The Daily Bruin tweeted about an hour ago : HOWARD: Quarterback Kevin Prince has been medically cleared to play on Saturday against Oregon.

In this Oct. 3, 2009, file photo, Stanford running back Toby Gerhart scores a touchdown past UCLA cornerback Alterraun Verner during the first quarter of an NCAA football game in Stanford, Calif.

Can the Ducks beat UCLA with Nate Costa, here running the ball against Washington State? They might have to.

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel is not going to let one loss, the team's first of the season, turn him into Chicken Little.

Going into the UCLA Bruins' game against Stanford in Palo Alto this past Saturday, everyone in blue and gold knew that the main key to success in the contest was to stop the Cardinal's star running back, Toby Gerhart.

When is a 3-0 team not just a 3-0 team? When that team went 4-8 just a season ago.

Stanford has matched its 4-1 start from 2001 in Willingham's final season - the last year the school played in a bowl game, losing to Georgia Tech in the Seattle Bowl.

There is a huge confrontation in the Bay Area on Saturday, and it's on early enough so USC and California players can watch it.

Three years ago, Reggie Carter was a freshman, full of hope, potential and energy.