Great news. Our WR/TE room is looking pretty good

The Rivals UConn site confirmed he has withdrawn from the transfer portal and is staying at UCLA

Which would also end the Martin Jarmond speculation

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Illness is now completely behind me and I’ll be back at Pauley tonight:

About 20 mins until tip-off

YouTube’s taking longer than usual to process uploads tonight. (Will update this once the Cronin video goes up).

Here’s Adem Bona and Lazar Stefanovic:

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Overall it seems to me like UCLA Football has decided to take a lower-profile 'wait and see'
attitude to the emerging 'Wild West' world of NILs. Martin Jarmond may be very capable but
from what have I seen he has not demonstrated that he is shrewd or clever - or much beyond
a 'cheerleader' AD. This, coupled with Chip Kelly's retention after squandering maybe the best
defensive team in decades with a second-half swoon vs ASU and Cal, may spell out that UCLA
has taken a very lukewarm approach to the NIL Revolution.

Maybe just maybe this is a smart idea. Let the other schools over-bid for players and coaches
in a frenzy and then things will settle down in a year after things cool down and sanity returns.

But more likely it says Jarmond is an average AD with close to zero NIL chops and Chip is an average coach
at this point and competing against younger, hungrier and more aggressive coaches who also recruit.
I have seen nothing recently from Chip to suggest he is either active in recruiting or feels it is even
his job to recruit. Dang what a disappointment.
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and meanwhile UCLA is stuck with a basketball coach and a football coach that no one wants.

Lady Bruins rematch with SUC 2p on Pac-12 Network. Go Bruins whoop em again

With Washington’s expected exodus with the loss of its head coach, safety Asa Turner entered the portal. He’s from Carlsbad.

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Can’t be the long snapper…that was last week

Tony Washington Jr., who spent last season at Oregon as a graduate assistant, is the new UCLA outside linebackers coach.

2025 recruit Weston Port made a post moments ago that has since been deleted (if it resurfaces I’ll pass it along) that tagged him.

Tony Washington Jr.‘s social media bio reflects his new gig as well.

They get the ball to their skilled centers who score easy buckets on us. They also spread the floor well.
We don’t do a good job of spacing. Too much congestion in the paint.
But our defense is keeping it close, for now.

Why is it that we cannot recruit basketball players in Los Angeles or California for that manner? Every time we play against one of these lower division schools that have kids from LA or surrounding areas, they come in to Pauly and check and kick our A$$es. Do we not do a good job on assessing the talent in these kids or what??!
Did we really have to take all these kids from Europe to fill our roster?! I realize they are freshman and they are trying but this team in my opinion looks worse every time they play...
It does not look as if we are running any plays, the point guard brings the ball down slowly and then throws it to a free throw point, while 2 other players JUST stand on the opposite ends of the 3 point line. It is boring basketball and quite inefficient.


On the other hand the women's basketball team is very exciting to watch and follow.

I’m going to say Kiffin.

I sure hope this kid slides firmly into the understudy position next year. he sure has some physical skills that would be nice to have back
there to go along with some roster stability for the next few years. Does anyone have any kind of 411 or view on how he has developed since
stepping on campus?

Included a moment at practice earlier in the week that’s pretty much illustrated the disconnect between a young roster and an impatient Mick Cronin:

Out sick today so wasn’t able to make it to campus

The full release from UCLA:

UCLA's Paul Cameron will be welcomed into the College Football Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Dec. 10, 2024 when the National Football Foundation holds its 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner presented by Las Vegas at the Bellagio Resort & Casino. The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class will be officially inducted in ceremonies held around the dinner.
Cameron played halfback for the Bruins from 1951-53 and twice finished among the top six in the voting for the Heisman Trophy – third in 1953 and sixth in 1952. His UCLA teams posted a combined 21-6-1 record and finished first or second in the Pacific Coast Conference each season. The Bruins were ranked among the nation's top 10 teams in the final AP and UPI polls in the 1952 (sixth in both polls) and 1953 (fourth in UPI and fifth in AP) seasons.

The Burbank High School product earned consensus All-America honors following the 1953 campaign when he led UCLA to the 1954 Rose Bowl Game against Michigan State. He paced UCLA in rushing in 1951 (597 yards) and 1953 (665) from his single-wing halfback position and tied a school record by scoring 13 touchdowns (78 points) in 1953. For three straight seasons, he topped the team in total offense yards – 1951 (1,482 yards), 1952 (707), 1953 (1,143) – and pass completions 1951 (66 with 10 TD passes), 1952 (36 with 8 TD passes) and 1953 (39 with 7 TD passes). Cameron also established a school record with 23 punt returns for a 13.1-yard average in 1953. He was selected Team MVP after the 1951 and 1953 seasons, playing both ways in 1953 when he also led the team in interceptions, with four. After his stellar career, UCLA retired his No. 34 jersey number.
Cameron completed his UCLA gridiron career as the school leader in total offense (3,332 yards), touchdown passes (25) and punting average (41.83). He was second on UCLA's pass completions list with 141 and fourth on the Bruin all-time rushing list (1,451 yards). Cameron was enshrined into UCLA's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984 as a charter member.
Cameron went on to be selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1954 NFL Draft. He played one season in Pittsburgh and picked off seven passes while playing safety. After a two-year stint in the military, he returned to play three more seasons of professional football with the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League. When his football ended, he pursued opportunities in the motion picture business.

In December, Cameron will become UCLA's 17th inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame –
Kenny Washington -- played halfback at UCLA from 1937-39 (Hall of Fame Class of 1956)
Al Sparlis -- played guard at UCLA from 1941-42, 45 (Hall of Fame Class of 1983)
Tom Fears -- played receiver at UCLA from 1946-47 (Hall of Fame Class of 1976)
Henry R. Red Sanders -- head coach at UCLA from 1949-57 (Hall of Fame Class of 1996)
Donn Moomaw -- played linebacker/center at UCLA from 1950-52 (Hall of Fame Class of 1973)
Billy Kilmer -- played single-wing halfback at UCLA from 1958-60 (Hall of Fame Class of 1999)
Gary Beban -- played quarterback at UCLA from 1965-67 (Hall of Fame Class of 1988)
Tommy Prothro -- head coach at UCLA from 1965-70 (Hall of Fame Class of 1991)
John Sciarra -- played quarterback at UCLA from 1972-75 (Hall of Fame Class of 2014)
Randy Cross -- played offensive guard and center at UCLA from 1973-75 (Hall of Fame Class of 2010)
Jerry Robinson -- starter at linebacker at UCLA from 1976-78 (Hall of Fame Class of 1996)
Terry Donahue -- head coach at UCLA from 1976-95 (Hall of Fame Class of 2000)
Kenny Easley -- played safety at UCLA from 1977-80 (Hall of Fame Class of 1991)
Troy Aikman -- starter at UCLA from 1987-88 (Hall of Fame Class of 2008)
Jonathan Ogden -- played offensive tackle at UCLA from 1992-95 (Hall of Fame Class of 2012)
Cade McNown -- starter at quarterback at UCLA from 1995-98 (Hall of Fame Class of 2020)

The school’s first day of classes for winter quarter begins today

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Is the Big Ten now the best college football conference?

Busy week of freelancing kept me from writing a formal preview for tonight’s game. But among the keys: play smarter (cut down TOs) and find a way to get more offensively from Berke Buyuktuncel (starts with his aggressiveness and guards finding him).

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No players were made available, with Mick Cronin still addressing the team as Rod Palmer spoke with the media:

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Even with our struggles, we are better than the Bears.
Looking for Berke to start asserting himself. I believe he’s our best player.
Mack and Andrews have to start sharing the ball more.
We’re 6.5 point favorite.