Mick Cronin was not the most heated coach Monday in Las Vegas.
For the first time, possibly ever, I think he actually got beat in that department.

Be at your best when your best is needed.
Coach John Wooden’s sentiments continue to echo through Pauley Pavilion and Westwood more than three decades after the Bruins’ most recent title and more than four decades since the last one with the historic coach.

The sound of USC’s fight song bounced around Rawlinson Stadium like a ball in a pinball machine.
It’s like the Trojan band, crowd and stadium speakers were all fighting to be the loudest sound on campus.

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 9:07 p.m.
Luke Duncan’s Halloween costume left the Wolf Pack terrified in his Saturday return to the Rose Bowl.

This post was updated Oct. 29 at 10:08 p.m.
Mick Cronin, ever the dog-loving clairvoyant, knew what it was going to take to beat the Toreros – defense.

No. 9 UCLA football (6-0, 4-0 Big Ten) enters its second consecutive home game Saturday against Michigan State (2-5, 0-4). The Bruins clinched a bowl game for the first time since 2023 after beating the Wisconsin Badgers 17-7 last weekend at the Rose Bowl.

Chip Kelly infamously proclaimed the best part about football is football.
Of course, that probably didn’t sound the best coming from a coach who went 3-9 in his first campaign leading UCLA football and had a record of 10-21 after two full seasons and the shortened, seven-game 2020 season.

This post was updated Oct. 18 at 8:57 p.m.
Saturday had the makings of a childhood dream. 
Two Southern California locals playing backyard football in Pasadena – with a rainbow gracing the San Gabriel Mountains at golden hour and a pack of corgis racing in the Rose Bowl at halftime. 
However, football doesn’t afford a storybook ending to everyone. 
Calabasas, California, local and senior quarterback Ty Dieffenbach led No.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 10:33 p.m.
No. 12 UCLA football (5-0, 3-0 Big Ten) took down Oregon (3-2, 1-1) 17-15 on Saturday afternoon at Autzen Stadium for the first time since 2004.

No. 21 UCLA football (4-0, 2-0 Big Ten) is coming out of a bye week and will enter a match ranked for the first time since 2023 when it faces No.