Joseph Crosby
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 35, Utah 31
I watched this matchup two years ago from the Mighty Utah Student Section – also known as the MUSS – and somewhere along the way ended up with nacho cheese in the hood of my jacket.

Football dominates the collegiate sports landscape. It’s not arguable, it’s a fact.
The top programs routinely sell out their home stadiums, with the best of the best pushing six-figure attendance numbers weekly.

A number of Bruin duos excelled in summer tournaments, whether they were representing their school, their country or themselves. The Daily Bruin Sports editors debate which pair of teammates had the best summer performances and what that could mean for them in the season ahead.

No. 22 UCLA football (3-0) picked up the biggest win of the coach Chip Kelly era over North Carolina Central (2-1) on Saturday afternoon, thrashing the Eagles 59-7.

This post was updated Sept. 21 at 9:40 p.m.
Editor’s note: This article mentions football players’ weight strategies and dietary habits.
Anthony Adkins was a virtual unknown when he transferred to UCLA from Army.

Joseph Crosby
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 43, North Carolina Central 7
I have always loved patterns – making them, finding them, whatever it may be.
Growing up, my mom would make patterns out of the sugar packets on tables at restaurants and have me figure out what would come next in the sequence as a way of keeping me occupied while waiting for food – and doing a little bit of learning in the process.

UCLA football is now 2-0 after blowing out San Diego State on the road. The trio is back as Sports staff writer Gavin Carlson sits down with Sports senior staff writer Jack Nelson and Sports editor Joseph Crosby to break down the win and debate the state of the Bruins’ roster heading into Week 3.

UCLA football is now 2-0 after blowing out San Diego State on the road. The trio is back as Sports staff writer Gavin Carlson sits down with Sports senior staff writer Jack Nelson and Sports editor Joseph Crosby to break down the win and debate the state of the Bruins’ roster heading into Week 3.

This post was updated Sept. 16 at 2:10 p.m.
No. 24 UCLA football (2-0) won its first road game of the season against San Diego State (2-1), winning 35-10 in its first nonconference away game since 2019.

Joseph Crosby
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 34, San Diego State 17
UCLA football’s players are students.
They are, after all, called student-athletes.
But last week, the students became the teachers, instructing their first lesson to anyone watching the team.