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After falling to Wisconsin 80-72, it has become clear that the Bruins have a lot of work, and it starts with the players. While the Bruins did show flashes thr
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The Wisconsin Badgers earned their second Big Ten win of the season with an 80-72 victory over the UCLA Bruins. Like the Purdue game, Wisconsin got off to a solid start, this time holding a 16-4 lead by staying engaged on defense and moving the ball effectively on offense.
Here are five fixes designed to get a UCLA team that began the season ranked No. 12 playing closer to expectations.
All-American running back Wayne Knight becomes the seventh James Madison player to join Bob Chesney with the Bruins, who also add four wide receivers on Wednesday.
Over 4,000 Division I football players have entered the transfer portal. With the window officially opening Jan. 2 and closing Jan. 16, many new faces will join the Bob Chesney train in Westwood and several will depart the Bruin program for good.
Knight, who will be a redshirt senior next season in his final year of college eligibility, becomes the seventh player from James Madison to accompany Chesney to UCLA, joining wide receiver Landon Ellis, defensive back DJ Barksdale, tight end Josh Phifer, edge rusher Aiden Gobaira, right guard Riley Robell and offensive lineman JD Rayner.
UCLA football received commitments from Cal linebacker Ryan McCulloch, James Madison offensive lineman JD Rayner and Virginia tech defensive back Dante Lovett across the last 48 hours, with the latter two transfer commits becoming public on Monday morning.
Nebraska added another key piece to its defensive rebuild as former UCLA edge rusher Anthony Jones committed to the Huskers, giving Matt Rhule’s staff an experi