Lincoln Riley, one of college football’s most successful young coaches who won 85 percent of his games in five seasons at Oklahoma and led the Sooners to four Big 12 titles and four New Year’s Six bowls with three College Football Playoff appearances, has been named the head coach at …continue reading
Already qualified for a post-season Bowl game, UCLA closed its regular season with a win against Cal Berkeley, 42-14. California ran up 14 points before running out of gas, leaving the UCLA Bruins to catch up and then leave them eating dust from the second quarter through the end of …continue reading
The ending of this year’s USC football season is hard to watch. Derailed by the postponment of a game against Cal Berkeley, kicked around mercilessly by the UCLA Bruins, the USC Trojans this week tried to stop a skid towards a cliff but failed, losing to BYU, 35-31. The acting …continue reading
The Trojan roller coaster fell earthward again this week despite two interceptions by Xavion Alford. The gulf in yards gained between the two teams (passing – USC: 220, ASU 145; rushing – USC: 92 yards; ASU 282 yards) — especially rushing — goes a long way to explain the game’s …continue reading
Top Ten Stories for October 31 through November 06 includes new shopping in Long Beach, trash in Garden grove, and school board turmoil in Los Alamitos. Top Ten Stories for October 31 through November 06 are the most-read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts …continue reading
Unhappy Arizona bore the weight of the Trojans sending their roller coast skyward once more, in a 41-34 loss for the Wildcats that brought some Homecoming happiness to the Trojans. Arizona trailed in all the stats except for penalties and third down conversions, accruing 130 penalty yards for 12 penalties …continue reading
The statistics were strangely balance in this week’s loss to Utah by the Bruins, with the glaring exception of rushing yardage. UCLA gained 146 on the ground, but Utah romped doubled that with 290 rushing yards. The first quarter saw both teams score — a touchdown on a 10-yard run …continue reading
The Bruins gave fans a strong first quarter, skunking Oregon while racking up 14 points themselves. The second quarter found the cleats on the other foot, with Oregon putting up 14 points and the Bruins only a field goal. The score at halftime was 14-17 with the Bruins in the …continue reading
Up until yesterday, the USC Trojans had been on a roller coaster, winning one week and losing the next. Yesterday’s game proved that the Boys from Troy could take a week off, then come back to frustration. The Trojans failed to show up to play during the first three quarters …continue reading
Although UCLA and Washington had similar times of possession, the Bruins dominated the Huskies in rushing yards and converted 3 fourth downs to come out on top at Husky Stadium, 24-17. Washington was first on the scoreboard with a 25-yard field goal by Peyton Henry in the first quarter. UCLA …continue reading
A win against the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday put the UCLA Bruins ahead in the crosstown rivalry with USC — the Trojans lost against the Utah Utes the same day. Arizona led in passing yardage, notching three times as much as UCLA. The stats for rushing yards were flipped, with …continue reading
Fans of the USC Trojans should have bought out local supplies of dramamine before this season started — the team continues on a weekly roller coast of wins and losses. This week, they lost a home game to the Utah Utes by a score of 42 to 26. Although USC …continue reading
According to USC’s record books, the win yesterday over Colorado maintains the Trojan’s winning streak against the Buffaloes at 15-0. The win also maintained the up-and-down nature of this season, with a win followed by a loss followed by a win… Trojan QB Kedon Slovis appears recovered injury sustained two …continue reading