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On Tuesday night around 9, UCLA tight end Logan Paulsen took a leisurely stroll down Bruin Square, passing by the Bruin Bear, the formidable metal statue dedicated in 1984 by the UCLA Alumni Association.

UCLA is working on a full-house backfield. The Bruins have young legs in sophomore Derrick Coleman and freshmen Johnathan Franklin , Milton Knox and Damien Thigpen .

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel has joined the Twitterverse. Neuheisel has been tweeting for about three weeks, and he's still trying to get the hang of it.

UCLA at Washington State, 2 p.m., 850-AM PULLMAN Washington State running back Dwight Tardy gamely played on a bad knee last season, and for what? He finished with career lows for rushing yards and touchdowns, and the Cougars lost a school-record 11 games.

UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel said Monday he wasn't giving up on running back Johnathan Franklin.

College football bowls are blowout extravaganzas that offer a team nationwide visibility, a boon in the recruiting game and, in UCLA's case, three important weeks.

UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince practiced on Tuesday looking as alert as ever but regardless of what he's able to accomplish on the practice field this week, he won't get to play Saturday at Washington State without permission from the team's doctors.

UCLA is headed in a different, bigger direction with its running game this week.

Good thing the air got a bit chillier as UCLA's Wednesday practice wore on. It's about to get a whole lot colder for the Bruins as they head north to play Washington State on Saturday.

As redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Prince's confidence grows by the play, something else is growing around him: the pocket.

UCLA freshman guard Stan Hasiak will not be with the team for an indefinite period, as he is "dealing with issues," Coach Rick Neuheisel said.

Focus doesn't get any simpler than this. "We've talked about going 9-3, which is good; 8-4, which is all right; 7-5, which is not bad.

Looking exclusively at the numbers, one would think that UCLA has discovered a running game.

Even the relentlessly positive around the UCLA football program were tested Wednesday.

The news of Colorado running back Darrell Scott's possible transfer to UCLA sent Bruin message boards and chat rooms into a tizzy Tuesday.

Oregon State coach Mike Riley was a lifetime 0-10 against UCLA in his coaching career until the Beavers broke through last season and beat the Bruins 34-6 at the Rose Bowl.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller UCLA started 3-0. It won at Tennessee, which beat Georgia by 26 points and lost to No.

UCLA defensive tackle Jerzy Siewierski is out indefinitely with plantar fasciitis -- irritation and swelling of the thick tissue on the bottom of his right foot.

After three consecutive weeks against hot running backs, UCLA finally got a bit of a reprieve in the ground game last week against Arizona.

The frustration oozed from UCLA senior quarterback Kevin Craft's voice, not that he was trying to mask it.