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October 23, 2013 | By Chris Foster
UCLA Coach Jim Mora has a strong opinion about Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota . "I had a couple NFL guys ask me if he can play at the next level and I told them, 'Have you not watched him?' " Mora said. "He's going to rip it up at the next level. He's ripping it up at this level. He's special. " Mora will get to watch up close Saturday when the 12th-ranked Bruins face the second-ranked Ducks in Eugene, Ore., and he admitted that "I don't know how excited I am about watching him Saturday night.
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September 23, 2013 | Helene Elliott
Returning a punt for 70 yards against New Mexico State? No problem for UCLA running back Steven Manfro. "I just saw a little crease and I hit it," the 5-foot-9, 189-pound redshirt sophomore said. Catching a pass for the Bruins' second touchdown Saturday and making the tackle on the Aggies' ensuing kickoff? No big deal. "Always, scoring just adds confidence to your play. It makes you want to get out there and just continue to help the team and play to the best of your abilities," Manfro said, his tone very matter-of-fact.
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August 27, 2013 | By Chris Foster
People never tire of making the comparison. Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo accepts it. It's Colin Kaepernick this and Colin Kaepernick that. Even Fajardo can get caught up in stories about the former Wolf Pack star. Hours before Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers took the field for last season's Super Bowl, Fajardo fired off a text message to his predecessor. "I just said, 'Congrats, good luck,' " Fajardo said. "A few minutes later, he sent back, 'Thanks, Cody.' This was one of the biggest days in his life and he took the time to respond.
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August 19, 2013 | By Chris Foster
UCLA got a little thinner at quarterback Monday. T.J. Millweard met with Coach Jim Mora and asked to be released from his scholarship so he could transfer. The request was granted. The Bruins now have three quarterbacks on scholarship: starter Brett Hundley , redshirt freshman Jerry Neuheisel and freshman Asiantii Woulard . "They are the right three," Mora said. "I'd rather have the right three than the wrong five. " Millweard said he decided to leave because "I grew up in the Midwest and the South.
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August 11, 2013 | By Gary Klein
Though it was obvious to most observers since the start of training camp, USC's quarterback competition officially became a two-man race when Coach Lane Kiffin announced Sunday that freshman Max Browne was behind Max Wittek and Cody Kessler . "It's going from three to two," Kiffin said. The 6-foot-5 Browne, who enrolled in January and participated in spring practice, gained strength during the summer and has demonstrated uncommon maturity and poise since arriving on campus.
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July 25, 2013 | By Chris Foster
Brett Hundley, UCLA's do-it-all quarterback, has noticed changes. Some were subtle, like the stirring of a breeze. "There are people I'll see on campus who go, 'Oh, that's Brett Hundley,' but they won't come talk with me," Hundley said, chuckling between bites of pasta at a campus cafeteria. "I'm a regular person. I'm going to talk with you. " Some hit like a wind gust. "When I first got here, USC was huge," said Hundley, who attended high school in Arizona. "They were running the town for a minute.