What happened to our TEs? CCK used the TE as a key part of his offense. Ezieke had to passed…period.
I’m very happy for Kaz Allen. I was hoping that that he would be another D. Felton and he has made a similar impact. His TD was a thing of beauty…I watched that play over and over a again.
DTR is playing hurt. CCK should hold him out for the ASU and Arizona or at least minimize his PT.
Charbonne is a beast. He looks like a First Round draft choice.
David Shaw made a good run but I think it’s time to step down. I was a bit sad because this is the last time I will see Stanford at the RB. That chapter is closed forever. I think of Stanford I think of Jim Plunkett, Elway, McCaffrey, etc
Your thoughts

The Nov. 5 game at ASU will air on FS1 at 7:30 p.m.

First, UCLA head coach Chip Kelly (will have DTR and Darius Muasau to follow, strangely Charbonnet was not made available):

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The Bruins are still playing, but the team has picked up a commitment during the game. It's been a while since I've seen one of these, but it's an important one for UCLA. Hawaii-based 2023 linebacker Solomon Malafu has announced his commitment to the Bruins during tonight's game. He took an official visit to UCLA back in the spring and the program has been the leader in the clubhouse with him, but Cal had made a strong push plus he had options at other schools as well including Utah, Nebraska, Boise State and his in-state school, Hawaii.

Instead, he's the second 2023 prospect to announce his commitment to the Bruins this weekend.

He could play either linebacker spot, so it will be interesting to see where the UCLA staff ultimately decides to use him.

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Really, coming off last week and some of the injury circumstances surrounding Stanford, this game is all about UCLA taking care of business. Feels like one of those games where you’re almost looking back poorly on it if UCLA doesn’t dominate.

Per SI.com
https://www.si.com/college/ucla/.am...ek-9-2022-cotton-bowl-alamo-bowl-holiday-bowl

This is an excellent read. Times writer Ben Bolch breaks down UCLA’s Books and Ball approach that left me with a greater appreciation of Chip Kelly’s approach to recruiting and coaching.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2022-10-28/books-ball-chip-kelly-ucla-bruins

Los Alamitos three-star ATH Ethan O’Connor committed today.

A more aggressive point guard could be the answer to replacing the scoring void left behind by Johnny Juzang and Jules Bernard

Is it just me or do others also think our high-powered offense would be even better if we were better in the red zone?
We are averaging 39.9 points per game which is the 14th highest in the nation, but our red zone scoring is only 81.82 percent which is 71st nationally.
I have always loved Chip Kelly’s offense and 40 points per game is nothing to nitpick about, but I feel we can do better.

The Roderick Robinson flip to Georgia has sparked an NIL/collective conversation on UCLA Twitter. Chip Kelly was asked about it today.

That and more notes from Tracy ...

Stories to come. ... Really interesting comments from Cronin about Tyger Campbell needing to transform from a pass-first true point guard to a guy hunting his shot.

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Chip will speak at 9 and I’ll have the video up a little after the media observation period ends

UCLA got 26 of the 33 first-place votes. Here's the full poll:


I'm in San Francisco for Pac-12 Media Day and will have content coming later today.

A look at some top prospects who could change their minds:

Anyone know how they did against SDSU yesterday in the scrimmage? How the freshman looked? Points scored etc….?

Afterward we’ll be getting LB Bo Calvert and likely either safety Mo Osling III or LT Raiqwon O’Neal

UCLA freshman Amari Bailey is among 20 players on the award watch list for the best shooting guards in the country.

The coaches, the players, the referees??

I think the defense played their best but clearly, their best wasn't good enough. We could have the best defensive plan but UCLA didn't have the players to win

Checking in early, meeting with Chip around 8:50

No surprise but Tyger Campbell and Jaime Jaquez were named to the 10-man preseason All-Pac-12 first-team.

Amari Bailey and Jaylen Clark were honorable mentions.

Oregon
@ Cal
@ Col
Washington
Utah
@ OSU

Utah
@ WSU
AZ
Stanford
@ Oregon
@ Col

SC
@ AZ
Cal
Colo
@ Ucla
ND

Ucla
Stanford
@ ASU
AZ
USC
@ Cal

I think Oregon loses another game (either Utah or OSU). Utah could lose to Oregon. Toss up with us and SC at the moment.
That would make an interesting set up for the Pac 12 championship.

Announcement, including the network coverage, will come no later than Oct. 30, the league announced this morning.

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