Alterraun Verner News

Defensive tackle Brian Price, safety Rahim Moore and running back Chane Moline were named winners of UCLA's Henry R. "Red" Sanders Award for most valuable player at the annual football awards banquet Monday at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel.

For many football fans in America's second largest city, this is the only game that matters.

An edge that UCLA appears to have over USC is on special teams. The Bruins have the top field-goal kicker in the nation and the nation's ninth-ranked punter .

Before the season, UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel repeated his expectations ad nauseam to anyone who would listen: Bowl or Bust.

Even now, Pete Carroll never has lost to UCLA in November. At this point, no straw is thin for USC to grasp.

Defense, specifically some of UCLAa s outstanding playmakers on that side of the ball, are of concern to USC coach Pete Carroll heading into Saturdaya s Trojans-Bruins showdown at the Coliseum.

Remember that 2008 full-page newspaper ad? It was the talker featuring then-first-year UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, fresh from his college football banishment and freed from seven seasons of Pac-10 exile, standing in defiance and pointing beneath the bold pronouncement, "The Football Monopoly in Los Angeles is Official Over!" UCLA coach Rick ...

The USC Trojans have dropped to 24th in the most recent AP poll, and they will attempt to get on track against the UCLA Bruins in Pac-10 action.

As USC is mired in its worst season in recent memory, UCLA could be forgiven for paying more than a little attention to its crosstown rivals.

The defense accounted for two touchdowns and set up a field goal and quarterback Kevin Prince passed for 161 yards as UCLA beat Arizona State 23-13 Saturday at the Rose Bowl to become bowl eligible with their sixth win.

One day, one win, three teammates, three perspectives. Three of UCLA's four senior team captains - linebacker Reggie Carter, cornerback Alterraun Verner and wide receiver Terrence Austin - recall a December day in 2006 when the underdog Bruins took out crosstown rival and then-No. 2 USC, 13-9. As his team prepares to take on the Trojans once more, ...

Chane Moline needed an ice bath - at the very least - after UCLA's 23-13 win over Arizona State on Saturday in front of 46,151 at the Rose Bowl.

UCLA deserves to play in a bowl game. It might be tough to convince bowl representatives - since there wasn't one in attendance at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

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Scouts Inc. is in Southern California this weekend to check out the NFL prospects playing in the Arizona State-UCLA game, and the matchup we'll be keeping the closest eye on is between Sun Devils WR Chris McGaha and Bruins CB Alterraun Verner .

FACTS & STATS: Site: Martin Stadium -- Pullman, Washington. Television: FSN. Home Record: UCLA 3-2, Washington St.

Francis Specker / Associated Press Washington's Jermaine Kearse catches a touchdown pass over UCLA's Alterraun Verner in the first half of the Huskies' 24-23 loss to the Bruins on Saturday.

The defensive back's interception preserved a victory and, perhaps, saved a season.

The Bruins toppled the Huskies 24-23 today for the UW's third straight loss. The close loss dealt a severe blow to the team's postseason hopes.

During happier times, UCLA senior Alterraun Verner was asked about his progress playing cornerback.