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Covering UCLA Football, MBB and WBB for @dailybruin . Live show host of the Locked On Angels Postcast. I don't claim rights to the images or videos I post.
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So uh, I graduated from
#UCLA
this weekend. More on that later, but I finally have time to share some of my final pieces of work for
@dailybruin
if you missed them 🧵⬇️
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Legendary tennis player Novak Djokovic is practicing at
#UCLA
right now in front of a growing crowd of students.
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The Cleveland Browns named QB Joshua Dobbs their backup, then traded Dobbs 30 minutes ago.
What does it all mean?
It means
#UCLA
's all-time leading passer, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, has gone from 5th-round pick to backup in one offseason.
DTR has QUICKLY wowed the Browns...
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Jaime Jaquez Jr tonight:
- 31 points (career high)
- 10 rebounds (career high)
- 11 made FGs (career high)
- 11/15 FGs (73%)
Career-day for the rookie on Christmas Day. The former
#UCLA
star is a legit Rookie of the Year award candidate.
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USC really had Caleb Williams at QB for 2 seasons and their biggest accomplishment will be defeating UCLA at the Rose Bowl in a regular season game by 3 points in 2022. Nothing else. What a missed opportunity for this program.
Questions need to be asked about Lincoln Riley.
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Colorado St. has now lost ALL of the minimal respect anybody had for them before this week's matchup with Colorado.
Go after their coach, get chippy when the Buffs respond, and then this ridiculously late hit on Travis Hunter.
Should've been ejected ⬇️
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If you've never seen it, this is how
#UCLA
MBB players use a blinking touchscreen to warm up their reaction skills ahead of games at Pauley Pavilion. Here's Jaime Jaquez Jr. performing one of the tests ahead of tonight's game vs. Stanford.⬇️
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Dawn Staley feeling herself after South Carolina clinches a trip to the Final Four 🎥
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Last night's sell-out crowd of 71,343 at the Rose Bowl was the highest by a Pac-12 team this year.
Critics conveniently forget
#UCLA
's stadium is the largest in the conference and only USC's LA Memorial Coliseum can even house 71k-plus.
(📸:
@GoodyearBlimp
)
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BREAKING: Class of 2024 4-star WR Kwazi Gilmer has committed to
#UCLA
over Washington, Michigan St, and Oklahoma, per
@On3sports
.
Chip Kelly has done it again for the Bruins.
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Can't believe I'm already saying this, but tonight will be my last time at the Rose Bowl as a student at
#UCLA
and a member of
@dailybruin
. It seems silly to get emotional about a stadium, but this place has defined my college life.
One last time 🌹
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#UCLA
WBB has moved up to No. 2 in the AP Poll. That is the highest ranking EVER for the program.
Next up, Cori Close’s team will take on No. 6 UConn on Friday in what might just be the biggest nonconference regular season game in program history.
Historic times in Westwood.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is at
#UCLA
's John Wooden Center right now lifting weights in the main room where all the students lift. Can confirm he is in the middle of a solid chest-back day, he's hit the bench press and lateral pulldowns. He's surrounded by a handful of Bucks staff
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Throwback to Nov. 9, 2013 when Myles Jack had one of the most impressive two-way performances in recent CFB history for
#UCLA
:
- 6 carries, 120 yards rushing, 1 TD
- 8 tackles
- 2 pass breakups
- 1 tackle for loss
- all as a FRESHMAN
This impressive 66-yard TD put Arizona away
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UCLA and USC each wearing its home uniforms in every head to head matchup is one of the best traditions in college football. Change my mind.
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I've defended/given Chip Kelly the benefit of the doubt longer than most, but scoring 10 points in Tucson might be the final straw.
In no world should
#UCLA
football be behind Oregon, Washington, Utah, Oregon State, USC AND Arizona in terms of the state of the program.
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Random observation:
#UCLA
's defense in 2013 was insanely talented:
- Anthony Barr (4 NFL Pro Bowls)
- Eric Kendricks (2019 First Team All Pro)
- Myles Jack (signed a $57 million NFL contract)
- Kenny Clark (2 Pro Bowls)
- Jayon Brown (5 NFL seasons)
- Fabian Moreau (7 NFL
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Chip Kelly just said
#UCLA
AD Martin Jarmond told him this week that recent rumors about his job security were "inaccurate" and "inappropriate"
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With little to no security present, the crowd was able to approach Novak Djokovic after his training session at
#UCLA
.
Wild scenes.
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BREAKING: 5 seed
#UCLA
erases a 16-point lead for 1 seed Stanford to earn a 69-65 win and earn a trip to the Pac-12 Championship Game. Absolutely UNREAL scenes in Las Vegas. The Bruins have pulled off something of MIRACLE status tonight.
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BREAKING: No. 12 UCLA comes back from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat USC 61-60. Career-high 22 points for freshman guard Londynn Jones.
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After this Dante Moore performance, if
#UCLA
lands former Texas A&M DL and 5⭐️recruit Anthony Lucas and/or Cal WR J. Michael Sturdivant in the transfer portal, Bruin Twitter might (rightfully) lose their minds.
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Chip Kelly must undoubtedly go down as the worst head coach in
#UCLA
history now. To leave like this after that level of mediocrity? Downright disrespectful.
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Dante Moore has been at
#UCLA
for months, but teammates are still amazed by him.
WR Kam Brown: “He’s one of those players that doesn’t come by that often... He’ll make a great throw and just turn around like it was just like a pitch. We’ll just be looking at each other like,
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Jaylen Clark after UCLA moves to 11-0 at home: "We love that all of our fans are coming. This year it’s probably been the most consistent. We played USC over break and it still sold out, that was with students not even here yet. The fans have been great this year."
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Cori Close after
#UCLA
's historic, first-ever win over UConn:
“They have set the bar for women’s basketball in the last 20 years... They’re a lot of why we play the way we play... But that was then, and this is now... This is our team and this is where we’re going.”
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BREAKING: Saturday's historic showdown between No. 2
#UCLA
and No. 6 USC at Pauley Pavilion is sold-out, meaning it will break the attendance record for a Bruin home WBB game.
The current record of 9,530 was set in 1999 when the two rivals faced off. Pauley now holds 13,800.
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#UCLA
WBB is destroying a solid Arkansas team on the road by 25+ points midway through the fourth quarter. Those Bruins are elite.
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Who are these J.Michael Sturdivant and Kyle Ford guys at WR for
#UCLA
tonight??
Bruins could've used their talents all season. Surely they weren't available all year, right?
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If you didn't already think DeShaun Foster was a Dan Campbell type of hire for
#UCLA
, this press conference should confirm it.
Feels like Foster's passion and emotion was just too hard for Jarmond and Co. to pass up. Still a huge risk, but this type of hire has worked before.
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#UCLA
football is expected to hire D-Anton Lynn, the current safeties coach for the Baltimore Ravens, as it's next Defensive Coordinator. Lynn has the unique combination of NFL experience and young energy (just 33 years old) that should be intriguing for Bruin fans. Thoughts?
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Crazy to think that
#UCLA
beating Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams might be the thing that sets the Bruins' program, not USC's, back a decade...
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Incredibly excited to share that I will be an intern at FOX Sports this spring in Los Angeles!
I'd like to thank everyone at the
@dailybruin
and a lot of you on here for helping my journalism career grow this past college football season. 💙
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Brazilian soccer superstars including Vini Jr., Endrick, Militão, Marquinhos, Raphinha, Bruno Guimarães, Martinelli, Gabriel and more all at
#UCLA
. Here's a vid of some of them here 🇧🇷🎥
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CBS Sports ranked all 14 debuts by rookie quarterbacks in Week 1 of the NFL preseason, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson was ranked No. 1 on the list.
#UCLA
's all-time leader passer introduced himself to the league with a strong Hall of Fame Game performance, then followed that by
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I said on "Out of Bounds" that Chip Kelly should've been fired after
#UCLA
's loss to Arizona State two weeks ago.
Then the USC win fooled some, but I stood my ground on the following week's episode.
This loss to Cal confirms it...
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Just watched the 1999 Rose Bowl and at one point the announcer really says UCLA under-sold tickets because the fan base was disappointed the Bruins fell short of the national title game. To say my generation doesn't know how good
#UCLAFootball
used to be is a HUGE understatement.
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BREAKING: No. 2
#UCLA
hands No. 6 USC its first loss of the season in a 71-64 win in front of a program-record sell-out crowd of 13,800 people at Pauley Pavilion. Londynn Jones with 21 points and 5 threes to lead the victory. Story to come.
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Love the news that
@DeShaunFoster26
has been promoted to associate head coach for
@UCLAFootball
. RB has consistently been one of the top positions for the Bruins for years under his leadership. Not to mention he's a legend at the position himself for
#UCLA
. Great move Mr. Kelly.
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I think Pauley is the loudest it's been in years. I was courtside for Arizona, Villanova, and USC last year, but
#UCLA
fans are louder tonight. Unbelievable energy.
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson on
#UCLA
's all-time stats lists:
- 12,536 total yards (1st)
- 10,710 passing yards (1st)
- 116 total TDs (1st)
- 88 passing TDs (1st)
- 860 completions (1st)
- 69.6 single-season completion percentage in 2022 (1st)
Who's going to replace DTR?
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WR J.Michael Sturdivant in his first game for
#UCLA
:
- 10 targets
- 5 receptions
- 136 yards
- 1 TD (62-yard catch)
The former Cal WR appears to have great chemistry with 5-star freshman QB Dante Moore already.
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The NC Central marching band is here at the Rose Bowl ahead of
#UCLA
vs NC Central.
Props to UCLA AD Martin Jarmond for bringing HBCU's to UCLA in football and basketball 👏🏾 Excited to see the band at halftime.
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Gotta give Chip Kelly credit for not mailing it in given all the conversations about his job.
#UCLA
dominated USC in every aspect of this game, so the head coach deservers credit.
What this means for his job going forward, I have no idea
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Russell Westbrook and Monty Williams outside on
#UCLA
's campus after today's Rico Hines NBA player scrimmages. Inside, Monty was as nice as he appears, gave me a nice handshake when I told him I was a fan since his New Orleans Hornets days with Chris Paul.
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Early review of the Deshaun Foster era continues to be an A+.
Why? The media was invited to a Wooden Athletic Fund tailgate thingy ahead of the Spring Showcase. Music, food, etc.
#UCLA
is pampering the media and I'm all for it 😂
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Lauren Betts got emotional when discussing the impact of
#UCLA
's seniors, including their ability to help her through a challenging year personally for herself ⬇️🎥
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Bruins fans on their feet in Pauley Pavilion as No. 2
#UCLA
WBB moves to 14-0 with a 65-54 win over a very good Oregon State team.
Cori Close has built a SERIOUS National Championship contender this year. Serious.
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It's officially August 4th, announcement day for Class of 2024, 4⭐️ RB/WR Derrick McFall. The Texas playmaker is expected to choose
#UCLA
over powerhouse schools like Alabama, Texas, Florida, Penn State, Miami, TCU, Auburn, Washington, etc. Would be a HUGE get for Chip and the
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Now that
#UCLA
MBB have officially signed Berke Buyuktuncel, the 6-foot-9 forward from Turkey, are Mick Cronin's Bruins the favorite in the Pac-12?
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Today in College Football:
- Jimbo Fisher FIRED (45-25 at Texas A&M, $70+ million buyout)
- Andy Avalos FIRED (22-14 at Boise State)
- Mike Yurcich FIRED (OC at Penn State)
Chip Kelly is 33-33 with a buyout of around $8 million...
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Dante Moore would rather be an undisputed backup at Oregon than stay at
#UCLA
.
It wasn't to move closer to home. It wasn't playing time. It probably wasn't even NIL. Dante Moore simply didn't want his future tied to Chip Kelly and the Bruins.
What a difference a year makes.
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Former
#UCLA
star LB Anthony Barr will sign with the New Orleans Saints today once he passes his physical with the team, per
@diannaESPN
. Barr worked out with the team yesterday along with Kareem Hunt, and the team is signing both players.
Barr last played with the Dallas
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BREAKING: Per ESPN's
@PeteThamel
,
#UCLA
DC D'Anton Lynn is joining crosstown rival USC as their next DC. Lynn led a complete turnaround for the defense after years of sub-par play.
Chip Kelly is staying and D'Anton Lynn is leaving. Disastrous past few days for Bruin fans...
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.
@DeShaunFoster26
honestly deserves an A+ for his work as
#UCLA
's head football coach so far.
Of course, it's a ridiculously small amount of time that doesn't include actual competition, but in terms of staff hires, roster construction, and changing the program's image, A+.
🗣️ Bruin nation! Where you at?!
Come out to
@RoseBowlStadium
this Saturday and support coach
@DeShaunFoster26
and the squad at the 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲! 🏈🏟️
Claim your 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 tickets
🎟️:
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It's difficult to watch a Rose Bowl game without remembering
#UCLA
is still so far away from playing in this historic postseason game in its own stadium.
I don't think it's unreasonable to say we may never see the Bruins play in this game ever again.
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Just submitted a final essay at Pauley ahead of
#UCLA
WBB vs Oklahoma, and will go straight to the library after to study for two exams in the next 2 days. *Friendly reminder to support student journalists that provide coverage all season long while being full-time students!*🙏🏾
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🚨 Breaking:
#UCLA
WBB has picked up a transfer commitment from former Washington St. guard Charlisse Leger-Walker. The 5-foot-10 senior is a career 16.6 PPG scorer who the Bruins are very familiar with. She will immediately come in and help replace Charisma Osborne. Big news...
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Genuine chills at the standing ovation
#UCLA
WBB just received running out onto the floor. I think it's the loudest ovation I've ever heard in Pauley Pavilion for this program (yes, even louder than after the Oklahoma win last year).
Westwood is behind this team more than ever.
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In its first few seasons in the Big Ten, there is a realistic chance
#UCLA
could:
1) Lose to its fans' dream Chip Kelly replacement, Pasadena native Jonathan Smith at Michigan St.
2) Lose to former DC D'Anton Lynn at USC
3) Lose to Dante Moore at Michigan or Michigan St.
Yikes
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Don't agree with the decision to start Ethan Garbers tonight at QB for
#UCLA
.
If Chip Kelly really felt a change was necessary, it should've happened at halftime last week.
Now Garbers gets to flourish against an awful defense instead of your developing QB in Dante Moore.
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After the ASU loss I said this:
#UCLA
came into 2023 with a 5-star QB in Dante Moore and a weak schedule. Chip Kelly had 1 of 2 options:
1) Compete for a title-game berth
2) Be respectable while preparing for Big Ten with Moore in 2024.
Instead, 4-5 in Pac-12 + Moore gone 🎥
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Coastal Carolina QB Grayson McCall had never thrown 2 interceptions in a game in his first 35 games of his career.
He just threw his second INT of the game tonight against
#UCLA
.
New Bruins DC D'Anton Lynn making a difference already.
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson putting his body on the line blocking for his
#UCLA
and now Browns teammate Demetric Felton.
Feels like DTR does at least 1 thing per game that wows NFL Twitter
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BREAKING:
@UCLASoftball
's
@_aaliyahjordan
suffered a torn ACL earlier this year and it is season ending, but today the Pac-12 granted her a medical hardship waiver so she can play a seventh season in Westwood in 2023. 197 RBIs in 211 career games. She'll add to that total in 2023
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BREAKING:
@CharismaOsborne
has announced she's returning to
@UCLAWBB
for her final season in 2023-24. Many expected the guard to go to the WNBA Draft and be a potential top-10 pick, but she'll return to Westwood to give the Bruins a legitimate chance at winning the Pac-12. HUGE.
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As bad as Chip Kelly was for most of his time at
#UCLA
, this is a dark day for the football program.
1) a head coach would rather demote himself than coach here
2) the team is likely going to be awful in its inaugural year in the Big Ten, and there could be lasting consequences
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Breaking per team official: Legendary
@UCLAWBB
player, Ann Meyers Drysdale, has been named the 2022 recipient of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, which is presented annually to an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for college sports.
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BREAKING: No. 2
#UCLA
WBB defeats No. 6 UConn 78-67 in the Cayman Islands Classic.
Kiki Rice with a 24 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in a statement win for the Bruins.
Story to come...
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#UCLA
men's volleyball captures its second consecutive national championship to earn the school its 21st. UCLA athletics as a whole now has 122 NCAA Championships. 🏆⬇️
Congrats to the UCLA BRUINS! 2024 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Champions!
That’s a wrap for your tweeters … see ya next year! 👋🏻
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Cori Close on the
#UCLA
vs USC top 10 WBB matchup later this month:
"There's not that many times where you're going to have this level of basketball. Pauley Pavilion should be sold out on Dec. 30. If you claim to love basketball, which all of southern CA claims to do, be here."
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WR Josiah Norwood is a redshirt senior who walked on to the roster in 2018.
DB Alex Johnson is a redshirt senior who walked on to the roster in 2018.
The pair excelled in the Bruins' win over SDSU on Saturday.
Patience rewarded at
#UCLA
Story on the duo coming tomorrow!
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Breaking: No. 5 UCLA WBB beats No. 3 Colorado 76-68 in Boulder.
The Bruins bounce back from Sunday's loss at USC with huge performances from Charisma Osborne and Lauren Betts to return to the top of the Pac-12.
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#UCLA
WBB officially signed a pair of five-star recruits from the Class of 2024 today. Forwards Kendall Dudley (No. 14) and Zania Socka (No. 26) are both top-30 recruits according to ESPN, and are now both officially Bruins.
Cori Close continues to dominate recruiting.
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Five-star QB Dante Moore becomes UCLA's first 5-star recruit from outside the state of California since RB Soso Jamabo in 2015. Moore is just the Bruins' third-ever 5-star recruit to come from outside of CA. DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa (2010) is the third. Huge day for
#UCLA
football.
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We are going to learn A TON about the seriousness of
#UCLA
's football program and the competency of the athletic department in the next 12 hours.
Chip Kelly had be interviewing for other jobs for far too long for Martin Jarmond to not already have serious replacements ready.
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Someone show this to
@SethDavisHoops
since the LA native who doesn't go to any
#UCLA
games himself wants to criticize Bruin attendance at Pauley Pavilion so much.
If anyone’s wondering if students are showing up tonight…the line starts at Acosta, goes up Bruinwalk, around the Tennis Center, around Mo Ostin and Wasserman, and now we’re behind Pauley. The Den will be out in FULL FORCE TONIGHT
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.
@PFF_College
ranks
#UCLA
pass rusher Laiatu Latu the No. 2 player in all of college football for the 2023 season.
Only the Heisman trophy winner, LSU QB Jayden Daniels, ranks higher.
Worthy praise.
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Final time covering
@UCLAWBB
in Pauley Pavilion 🥲 4 years ago I started in my bedroom during the pandemic. Now we're here.
While I can't root for the team, I can thank
@CoachCoriClose
and the players for treating the media so well. Now, hoping a trip to Albany is possible 💙
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Sienna Betts – a Class of 2025 5-star center and sister of Lauren Betts – has committed to
#UCLA
.
Lauren narrowly chose Stanford over UCLA out of high school, but after transferring and enjoying her time in Westwood thus far, her sister has chosen UCLA.
Cori Close doesn't miss
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Lauren Betts in No. 2
#UCLA
's win at No. 13 Ohio State tonight:
- 17 Points
- 8-11 FGs (72.7%)
- 11 Rebounds
- 5 Blocks (career-high)
She's averaging 17 points on 76.8% shooting, 9.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks and has yet to shoot below 60% in a game this year.
Superstar ⭐️
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Ethan Garbers' career stats:
- 18 games played
- 57 completions on 88 attempts (64.8%)
- 599 passing yards
- 4 passing TDs, 2 rushing TDs
- 4 INTs
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound redshirt junior is now the starting QB for
#UCLA
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Stanford's comeback tonight is a friendly reminder that
#UCLA
has the two largest comebacks in Pac-12 football history ⬇️
(via ESPN)
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Per
@JFowlerESPN
,
#UCLA
's Chip Kelly is rumored to be a leading candidate for the Washington Commanders' OC position after the team hired Dan Quinn as its head coach today.
The news comes after several reports confirmed Kelly interviewed to be the Raiders' OC. BIG news...
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BREAKING:
#UCLA
football has hired former Chiefs and Commanders OC Eric Bieniemy as its next OC, per
@PeteThamel
.
The Bruins have a new leader of its offense following the departure of playcalling head coach Chip Kelly and the hire of DeShaun Foster.
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BREAKING:
#UCLA
MBB officially signs Aday Mara, the 7-foot-3 center from Zaragoza, Spain. Mara is a potential NBA lottery pick.
HUGE pickup for the Bruins.
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I truly pray for the lungs of the musicians in the USC band. They NEVER stop playing the same two songs endlessly
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#UCLA
QB Ethan Garbers on beating USC for Chip Kelly:
"This entire performance was for him. It shows a lot about our team and a lot about his culture."
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