Football fans, welcome to the inaugural Daily Bruin Sports fan Q&A. We asked for your questions on the big season opener through our social media. While we’re not too keen on The Den’s plans for the student section, our Sports Editor Ryan Smith answered all of your questions, from the quarterback situation to record predictions.

UCLA football coach Chip Kelly named quarterback Wilton Speight the starter for the Bruins’ season opener against Cincinnati on Saturday.
The program made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

UCLA football announced Monday morning that it will suspend six players for Saturday’s season opener against Cincinnati due to violations of athletic department policies.
No further details were provided regarding the violations.

With the season opener just days away, here is Daily Bruin Sports’ projection for UCLA football’s offensive and defensive starting lineups.
Offense
QB: Wilton Speight
Despite the quarterback competition being a complete mystery, it seems like Speight may be in line to earn the starting gig out of fall camp.

In the more bustling areas of Tokyo, streets and subway stations are lined with gachapon machines and stands where patrons spend a certain amount of money for a chance of obtaining a certain trinket, toy or figurine that they want.

To get some inside information on the Cincinnati football team, the Daily Bruin’s Sam Connon reached out to The News Record – Cincinnati’s school newspaper – and asked a few questions about the Bearcats before their upcoming game against UCLA this Saturday.

Barbecues light up a Pasadena golf course, blue and gold banners line the street and fans file into the Rose Bowl for UCLA’s first football game of the season.

Five schools in the Pac-12 hired new football coaches this offseason, but nobody will have more eyes on them than Chip Kelly and the Bruins.
UCLA will open its 2018 campaign Saturday against Cincinnati at the Rose Bowl, and Kelly said he is not underestimating the Bearcats’ ability to spoil his Bruins coaching debut.