Bruin Report Online: A UCLA Athletics podcast

In this edition of the BROCast, we talked about UCLA football's team-wide level of belief, the men's basketball team looking like an elite team, and more. We recapped the Minnesota game, which had the Golden Gophers uglying the game up the way only they know how before Ty Dieffenbach tossed two deep bombs over the defense to Aidan Mizell to break the game open. We talked about the number of people who have stepped up for this team, and the obvious team-wide belief that they're going to win every game, and how that's been actually contagious. We then previewed Illinois, which we anticipate to be a tougher game. The Illini have a very good offense, and project to be sort of similar to early season Purdue, which UCLA struggled with for stretches. We also touched on what the world looks like with a win over Illinois. Finally, we talked a lot of UCLA basketball, with the men's team looking like it has some elite upside after two non-conference annihilations of cupcakes. You can't always take much from a cupcake game, but you can certainly take something from the Bruins setting a record for margin of victory in a non-conference win. #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #UCLABasketball #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Rivals recruiting analysts Brandon Huffman and Greg Biggins joined the BRO Recruiting Podcast this week in the stretch run to the early signing period. With the Bruins playing on Friday night, it will be a smaller group of visitors but there will still be some key recruits coming with most of the efforts focused on the USC game on November 28. They also talk how the stretch run to the early signing period might look, if any flip candidates are in play and talk about allocating resources for high school recruits compared to the portal. #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #UCLABasketball #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this edition of the postgame BROCast, Dave recaps the 34-20 win for UCLA football over Minnesota, with the Bruins showing mental toughness and resolve to put this one away. I talked about UCLA dealing with Minnesota uglying up the game in only the way they know how, and how the Bruins were able to respond even with everything going against them -- penalties, turnovers, special teams blunders. I touched on the explosive passing game, particularly Ty Dieffenbach's two 75-yard touchdowns to Aidan Mizell, but also noting that only one of UCLA's eight completed passes went for fewer than 13 yards. UCLA's offense wasn't super efficient Saturday, but it was wildly explosive. I then talked about the surreality of being 9-0 here in Bob Chesney's first year, and how this game should, even if it doesn't, impact the committee's thinking about UCLA's quality, given how good Minnesota looked recently against Indiana and Iowa. #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #UCLABasketball #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this edition of the BROCast, Dave and Tracy break down where UCLA fell in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, preview Minnesota, and break down basketball's season-opening win over Arizona. We talked about UCLA coming in at No. 8 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, and how that sets up a tough road for the remainder of the season, with the Bruins likely able to afford no more than one loss the rest of the season. We also previewed the Minnesota game, where a closer inspection of the Golden Gophers revealed that perhaps the way they've won games is not particularly sustainable. We both talked about growing more confident about UCLA's chances the more we looked at Minnesota. Finally, we discussed UCLA basketball's big win over No. 5 Arizona on Monday in Las Vegas to open the season. We talked at length about Nikola Kusturica, Jaylan Petty, and overall physicality and toughness shown by the Bruins in winning that game. #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #UCLABasketball #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Rivals recruiting analysts Brandon Huffman and Greg Biggins touch on some recent list trims by 2028 recruits. UCLA is in play for several of those 2028's plus, the Bruins could be in play for a recent Big Ten 2027 quarterback decommit. And Biggins breaks down where UCLA stands with the No. 2 JC prospect in the country Hayden Lowe. #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #UCLABasketball #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.