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Sierra Canyon DE Richard Wesley was just offered a little while ago

Things get going at 9:15 a.m. We’ll talk to DeShaun afterward and possibly someone else.

Just a heads up that tomorrow I’ll be at men’s basketball practice and if the football team’s viewing period is still live I’ll be there afterward.

Cronin and select players will be addressing the media prior to practice to look ahead to the Wednesday exhibition against Cal State Los Angeles.

Coming off the week without a game, the team decided on a morning practice today after a string of recent Monday evening practices.

So we’ll talk to DeShaun before things get going around 9 a.m.

Basketball ran right up to the football viewing window, but here are the post-practice interviews from linebacker Carson Schwesinger and cornerback Kaylin Moore. (Pesky helicopter overhead near the end of Schwesinger that even made it impossible for us standing right in front of him to hear):

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The latest this evening from the Inglewood (Calif.) three-star edge rusher and 2025 Boise State commit:

Kobe Johnson has the more clearly defined role, while Eric Dailey Jr. and Lazar Stefanovic present their own strengths depending on which lineup is on the floor.

We’re expected to speak with QB Ethan Garbers after today’s practice

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Studio City (Calif.) Harvard-Westlake four-star small forward Nikolas Khamenia, the 36th-ranked overall player in the 2025 class, took an official visit to UCLA in early October.

He will decide between Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, North Carolina and UCLA. The Bruins were his last official visit.

A review of what he’s said about UCLA and some of his other finalists heading into the decision:

UCLA



North Carolina


Arizona ‘de facto leader’ in September, according to Rivals recruiting director Rob Cassidy

Got stuck in traffic and missed DeShaun Foster’s press conference before practice.

But I’ll share UCLA’s video once it goes up and I’ll be here to film TE Moliki Matavao and whichever second player they make available afterward.

Sierra Canyon kicker Ashton Zamani making a difference off the field with his on-field performance:

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They announced their offers about an hour apart Monday

A heads up: Since they are idle again this week, we are only having media availability Tuesday and Thursday morning

Just wanted to give a big middle finger to all the san franscisco giant fans.

HERE WE GO DODGERS, HERE WE GO..

Just have a family obligation first, so by Sunday evening I should have those

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He visited for UCLA’s home opener against Indiana

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For the life of me, I can't understand why the Raiders kicked a field goal, down 8, on the Rams' 10 yard line with just a few minutes left. Sure, the Raiders got the ball back, buried on their side of the field with very, very little time left, and virtually no hope.

Then, I saw that the point spread was Raiders +7.

Raiders covered because they kicked a stupid field goal.

Someone please tell me why I am wrong; why it made sense to kick the field goal rather than go for the TD and 2pt conversion.

It looks like Riley won’t survive this season.

Quite a few new names on the UCLA availability report this week

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Those that have been following in the other threads this week are aware of these updates.

They’re just now all formally in one place.

Maryland rallied from 14 points to beat Suc, 29-28 with TD in final minute.
Suc had a chance to win the game earlier but 41-yard FG attempt was blocked.

Audio was provided by Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times (still waiting on players).

DeShaun Foster

OPENING STATEMENT:

"We put together somewhat of a four-quarter game. That fourth quarter might not have gone the way that we wanted to go, but the first half really did. Thrid quarter, we were in there. We kind of stopped and they scored a touchdown also, but my players are resilient and they continue to show that each game. Ethan came out, played a really well game. I think these are all career highs for him, completions, attempts, touchdowns and yards [passing]. So that was really huge. All three running backs scored a touchdown – and they were all receiving, actually. So, I was just fired up for the way that they played. Schwes got his, what, 10 tackles in a game. So what is that, five in a row? Yeah, five in a row for him. So, I'm just fired up for the way that this team played, you know. We were up more than the score shows, but that was a good team. They kept fighting and I'm just glad that we were able to execute toward the end of the fourth quarter and pull this victory out."

HOW HAPPY ARE YOU FOR ETHAN? OBVIOUSLY HE'S BEEN FIGHTING IT THIS YEAR AND TO HAVE A CAREER DAY, TO GET THE FIRST BIG TEN WIN.

"Well, he was trending last week, too. You know, he just had three picks that were very unfortunate, but I think he threw for the most yards against that defense. It was ranked pretty high in pass defense. So, you know, he just did it again the same week and was able to, what, he threw for 383? Yeah, he threw for 383 so that was huge for him. He played a great game and just proud of the guy. You know, the team really rallies behind him and he's a true team player and a real captain and a leader on this offense."

HIS ABILITY TO HIT THE PASSES IN THE BACKFIELD, WAS THAT PART OF THE GAME PLAN OR SOMETHING AS THE GAME PROGRESSED?

"Just probably going through his reads and seeing who's – you know, they were kind of dropping out of their one wheel route to Keegan, they just, nobody covered him so that's why he hit him on that. But, you know, he was just getting through his progressions and if he didn't see anything he was either tucking it or getting it to the backs. So, it was just good that our backs were able to make a couple people miss and, you know, get to the end zone."

YARDS AFTER CATCH WERE CRITICAL FOR YOU GUYS, TOO, TODAY. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT GETTING INTO THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL?

"That was really huge because we hadn't seen a lot of that this year. So, just we wanted to get our YAC up, you know, and just our yards after catch, it was really good. But, you know, I'm just glad guys were getting successful, playing hard. They just didn't quit, you know, and they didn't get complacent after having a big lead like we did in the third quarter. So, I'm just proud of these guys and, you know, I'm going to enjoy this plane ride home."

RUN GAME HAD OVER 100 YARDS UNTIL THE VICTORY FORMATION. A STEP FORWARD?

"Yeah, most definitely. You still want to be able to run the ball with your backs. I know Ethan might've had the longest run of the season, but it was still huge for us to be able to get somewhat of a run game going and establish the run game."

ON CARSON SCHWESINGER LOGGING 10 TACKLES FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE GAME?

"We see it every day, so the way that he plays this game and the way that he approaches it, you know, it’s all in his training – like, everything that he does, he trains like that, every special team he’s on, and he’s a guy that wants to be on it – we’re not forcing him, he doesn’t like to miss reps, so when you have players like that and he’s truly a captain on his team, people respond to him and he might not say much but actions speak way louder than words and they try to follow the way that he leads."

WHAT DOES FIRST BIG TEN WIN MEAN FOR YOU?

"It’s more about the guys, so I’m excited to get a Big Ten win but we’ve got a few more games and I would like to get bowl-eligible so we’re going to continue to play and hopefully we can get there."

BEST OFFENSIVE GAME ALL SEASON, WAS THAT YOU OR RUTGERS?

"I think you could kind of see that this offense can be explosive, but we just weren’t able to do it repetitively in games. You know, we might do it in one quarter and slow down in the second and come back in the third and get nothing in the fourth, so we were able to just put together a few drives and back-to-back points and the defense played off the offense, the offense played off the defense, special teams came in and played, so we were to just do some good stuff, but like I’ve been telling our guys, it’s all about us, you know? It’s more of what we’re doing out there, let alone what the defense or the opponent is doing to us, so I’m just excited that we’re able to execute and make some plays."

HOW IMPORTANT TO STOP TWO TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS?

"That’s huge, you know, it was something that I know coach Ikaika (Malloe) was really fired up about, to really make sure that if they got in a situation where they were going for two that we were able to stop them and we did that twice, so they really reflected in the score at the end of the game, so that was pretty huge that we were able to do that."

BLEMISH WAS DBS WITH THREE PENALTIES IN A ROW AND GETTING BEATEN SEVERAL TIMES?

"Yeah, a couple of those penalties are just off the eye and what they see, so one of them, yeah, he did hit him out of bounds and that probably shouldn’t have happened with Ramon (Henderson), but those pass interferences, we can work on that, but we have a whole week to get better, so I’m excited that we have a bye week coming this week and we’ve got a few things that we can clean up and when you get a bye week, you get to get back healthy and get ready for this next opponent.

RUTGERS’ ATTACK OF VICTORY FORMATION, YOU WERE READY FOR THAT?

"Yeah, we watch film, so we saw. [Laughs] Yeah, he’s been doing that for a while but it’s football, you know, so if that’s what they want to do, we’re going to – the fact that we got into victory formation just says enough, so that’s what we wanted to get to and that’s the best play in football, so that’s what we wanted to do.

SO YOU DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT?

"I mean, it is what it is, you know? It is what it is."

WHAT SEE ON ONSIDE KICK AND WOULD YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED THE RETURN?

"No, because I would have took the knee so then the defense doesn’t have to go back and out and play, you know, so it was huge that Logan did fair-catch that and it got called back, but we didn’t want to put our defense back on the field and they have to play more when we can end the game offensively. We just wanted to get to under two minutes and then we knew we’d have the victory."

My high school freelance schedule lined up with getting to also see a few recent UCLA targets.

I’ll be in Inglewood for its contest against Mira Costa.

Three Inglewood players have recent UCLA offers including 2025 DE Lucien Holland (Boise State commit), 2027 safety Jailen Hill and 2027 DT Elija Harmon.

This morning, Hill was one of the new four-star prospects bumped up by Rivals.

I’ll see if anything is new with Holland after already doing a recent update after his visit for the Minnesota game, while Harmon and Hill were both in attendance for the Oregon game.