Bruin Report Online: A UCLA Athletics podcast

Bruin Report Online
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The writers for Bruin Report Online discuss everything related to UCLA football, UCLA basketball, and UCLA recruiting with experts from On3.

  1. 1d ago

    Biggins joins Huffman to Talk UCLA Football Recruiting

    In this edition of the BRO recruiting podcast, Greg Biggins joined Brandon Huffman to beak down last weekend’s UCLA football official visitors, preview this upcoming visit slate, and recap the Elite 11, including two UCLA commits who caught passes at the event. Plus, with two UCLA targets at the Elite 11, could a third potential quarterback emerge from that group? Biggins and Huff discuss. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    46 min

  2. 5d ago

    Mailbag on Tounde Fallout, Basketball Program, and UCLA Footbal

    In this edition of the BROCast Mailbag, Dave goes deep, answering all your questions about Tounde Yessoufou, the basketball program, and where things go from here, with some occasional palate-cleansing football and Star Wars questions. I answered all your questions to the best of my ability about Tounde Yessoufou, what went wrong for UCLA in the recruitment, why the Bruins were unable to close on their priority targets in the portal, how all of that portends for this season, what it means for Mick Cronin's job status, and every single permutation of those situations that you all, exhaustively, asked about. I also answered questions about football recruiting, the offense, Nico Iamaleava, Bob Chesney at UCLA, which were all a nice palate cleanser after discussing basketball for an absurd amount of time. This thing ran two hours, but I somehow found time for a 10-minute soliloquy about Star Wars content and why more things in that universe should be made by people who have apathy or disdain for Star Wars, and fewer things made by fanboys. You can listen to the whole thing here. If anything doesn't make sense, blame my brain liquefying at the 45 minute mark. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 57m

  3. May 26

    UCLA Football Recruiting Pod: Official Visit Weekend, 2028 Recruiting

    In this edition of BRO's UCLA Football recruiting podcast, Brandon Huffman and Tracy McDannald previewed the Elite 11 and UCLA's upcoming official visit weekend, and then also talked about the UCLA staff's energy on the recruiting trail in 2028. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    21 min

  4. May 22

    UCLA Football Recruiting, Basketball Transfer Class

    In this edition of the BROCast, Dave and Tracy talk about the basketball transfer class as it's currently constituted and then discuss the final missing pieces in UCLA's football recruiting class. We led off with a discussion of the basketball transfer recruiting class as it is presently constituted. While UCLA still had irons in the fire with a few prospects -- including NBA Draft hopeful Tounde Yessoufou -- the program did announce its four transfers who have already signed this week, so we thought it would be a good time to take a larger look at the roster. As it stands right now, there are still two key missing pieces on the roster -- the three and the five -- and filling at least one of the two is going to be critical for fielding a roster capable of making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. We then shifted gears to football recruiting, where the Bruins have obviously been very successful in Bob Chesney's first full cycle. Tracy talked about some of the missing pieces on the roster, including offensive tackle, and how UCLA might go about filling those holes. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    56 min

  5. May 20

    Recruiting Podcast Talking First Official Visit Weekend

    In this edition of the BRO recruiting podcast, Tracy McDannald and Brandon Huffman talked about UCLA football's first official visit recruiting weekend and much more. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    29 min

  6. May 15

    UCLA Football Depth Chart Adjustments Post-Spring

    In this edition of the BROCast, Dave and Tracy talk about how their thinking on the UCLA football depth chart has changed since the end of spring, give their thoughts on the upcoming official visit weekend, and then discuss a little about Tounde Yessoufou's decision between the NBA Draft and returning to college. We go position-by-position through the UCLA football depth chart now that we've had a little distance from the spring, breaking down the adjustments we've made from our mid-spring depth chart and why those adjustments have been made. We then talked about Tracy's story on the massive transformation Bob Chesney has already put together with UCLA football, and then talked a bit about where we stand on UCLA's over/under win total projection for 2026. We discussed the upcoming official visit weekend as well, with multiple key commitments as well as a few quality targets arriving on campus Friday. Finally, we touched on Tounde Yessoufou, the Baylor transfer that UCLA has targeted, and what his thinking might be on NBA Draft vs. returning to college. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 17m

  7. May 12

    New Recruiting Pod Previewing UCLA's Visit Weekend

    In this new podcast, BRO's Tracy McDannald and Rivals' Brandon Huffman talked about UCLA's upcoming visit weekend, the recent developments in UCLA football recruiting, and much more. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    32 min

  8. May 8

    Recapping UCLA Football Spring Game and Recruiting Surge

    In this edition of the BROCast, Dave and Tracy talk about last Saturday's UCLA football spring game and then go deep on the current state of the football recruiting class. We discussed the format of the spring game, and then talked about some of our key takeaways, including receiver Brian Rowe being just as impressive as we saw during the majority of practices. We also talked about our remaining uncertainty at left tackle and on the interior of the defensive line, and how the format for the game, while more fun for the fans, actually made it a bit harder to assess depth because of the way they mixed and matched offensive lines. We then talked about the big recruiting weekend last weekend, and then discussed what's to come later today a bit as well. For the first time in a long time, we were able to go position-by-position through the recruiting class, because UCLA is actually going for a full high school recruiting class and filling needs at every spot out of the high school ranks. We talked about the position groups we're most excited about, including a defensive back group that already projects as an A-level recruiting job -- and the Bruins aren't yet done with defensive back recruiting. Bruin Report Online is now at On3! Join BRO today and get 5 months for ONLY $1! Check it out here.  #UCLA #UCLAFootball #UCLABruins #On3 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    55 min
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