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Jim Mora raised some eyebrows with a curious comment he made during a conference call with reporters on Thursday. Mora was on a conference call to introduce his latest hire — Jedd Fisch, who will serve as UCLA’s offensive coordinator and …
Jim Mora and his wife Shannon announced back in June that they had separated, and the UCLA football coach has officially filed for divorce. According to court documents obtained by TMZ this week, Mora is citing irreconcilable differences in the …
David Shaw continued his run of dominance against UCLA as his Cardinal came back to beat the Bruins 22-13 on Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Though Shaw has never lost to UCLA since taking over the Stanford job from Jim Harbaugh ahead of the …
UCLA head coach Jim Mora sees a ton of potential in Josh Rosen, and he doesn’t want to see the sophomore quarterback blow that by making bad decisions. In an appearance on “The Rich Eisen Show” Friday, Mora predicted that Rosen …
Jim Mora thinks so highly of Josh Rosen that he thinks his quarterback would have been the top overall pick in the draft if he were eligible. No, not the 2017 draft or the 2018 draft, but the 2016 draft that just took place. “In my opinion, he …
UCLA players and coaches have blamed Oregon State’s defense for seven false start penalties they collected Saturday, claiming that the Beavers’ defense was calling out offensive line cadences. Oregon State coach Gary Andersen has defended …
Jim Mora weighed-in on the big controversy over the weekend involving Jim McElwain’s sideline tirade against one of his players. McElwain, the first-year Florida coach, ripped running back Kelvin Taylor for committing a penalty by doing a …
Jim Mora responded to media criticism of his treatment of true freshman quarterback Josh Rosen by acknowledging that he is a jerk when coaching, however, he says it is all part of his tactics. As the LA Times reported, Mora lit into Rosen Wednesday …
UCLA opens its season in two and a half weeks and still has not named a starting quarterback. It’s been widely believed that highly-touted true freshman Josh Rosen would get the job, but either last year’s backup Jerry Neuheisel is giving …
Jim Mora is not just a great football coach. He is also a master spin doctor. To that end, Mora was able to turn the P. Diddy kettle bell incident into a positive recruiting pitch. Mora joined “The Dan Patrick Show” Monday and was asked …
Four-star linebacker Roquan Smith verbally committed to UCLA on National Signing Day last week, but he never sent in his paperwork. Since then, Smith has maintained that he was torn between UCLA and his hometown Georgia Bulldogs. He committed to …
UCLA head coach Jim Mora has had an up-and-down relationship with Twitter, and it abruptly ended once again on Thursday evening. As Bruins Nation noted, Mora tweeted a photo of five-star offensive guard Maea Teuhema wearing a UCLA jersey. It appeared …
Some have wondered if Marcus Mariota is simply a product of a phenomenal offensive system at Oregon and will struggle at the NFL level. Jim Mora thinks those people are insane. During an appearance on “The Rich Eisen Show” on Tuesday, …
Jim Mora cut short his postgame handshake with Bill Snyder following UCLA’s 40-35 win over Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl on Friday night, leading to widespread backlash. Mora could be seen barely extending a hand to the longtime Wildcats coach …
The New York Jets are narrowing their list of potential head coaching candidates in the wake of firing Rex Ryan. Is UCLA head coach Jim Mora on that list? According to Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News, the Jets have reached out to Mora’s camp …
UCLA was unable to hold its annual bonfire on campus Thursday night in advance of this weekend’s rivalry game against USC. According to the Daily Bruin, the school canceled the bonfire portion of the “Beat ‘SC Bonfire and …
