Word Around Westwood: A UCLA Bruins Podcast

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage discuss UCLA's 4-0 start to the season, look ahead to next week's showdown at Oregon and answer subscriber questions.  (1:48) - Looking ahead to Oregon matchup (14:18) - Listener Q&A

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Kris Johnson are talking hoops! Practice has started for both the men's and women's teams at UCLA, and Connor and Kris give their thoughts on the outlooks for Mick Cronin and Cori Close's teams. What have Connor and Kris  heard about the transfer portal additions for both teams? Are the teams he...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage react to UCLA's dominant 54-3 Week 4 road win over Maryland. (0:15) - Initial game thoughts (12:20) - Thoughts on UCLA's quarterback play (18:43) - Injury updates

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage preview UCLA's Week 4 road matchup at Maryland. What are the biggest storylines heading into the action? Who will be the key players to watch? How can the Bruins win and continue to build momentum? The duo answers those questions, responds to listener questions, gives their game predictio...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage continue to discuss their takeaways from UCLA's Week 3 win over Purdue and begin to look ahead to the Bruins' Week 4 game at Maryland. As always on Tuesdays, the show wraps up with listener questions. (1:29) - How will Mike Locksley being on the hot seat affect Week 4? (13:36) - List...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage react to UCLA's 52-38 Week 3 win over Purdue on the Bruin247 Postgame Show.

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage preview UCLA's Week 3 matchup against Purdue inside the Rose Bowl. What are the biggest storylines heading into the action? Who will be the key players to watch? How can the Bruins continue to build momentum? The duo will answer those questions, respond to listener questions, give th...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage continue to discuss their takeaways from UCLA's Week 2 win over San Diego State and begin to look ahead to the Bruins' Week 3 game against Purdue. The duo also discusses what they saw at Tuesday's practice, which includes an update on injuries. As always on Tuesdays, the show wraps up wit...

Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage react to UCLA's 28-10 win over San Diego State. (0:15) - Initial thoughts on UCLA's win and why we were impressed with the defense (16:30) - Thoughts on UCLA's offensive performance (33:55) - Listener Q&A

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage preview UCLA's Week 2 matchup against San Diego State inside the Rose Bowl. What are the biggest storylines heading into the action? Who will be the key players to watch? How can the Bruins continue to build momentum? The duo will answer those questions, respond to listener questions, giv...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage discuss if the Bruins' Week 1 win over Cal changes their season outlooks. The duo also begins to look ahead to Saturday's Week 2 game against San Diego State at the Rose Bowl. The show wraps up with questions from listeners. (3:56) - Is UCLA football better than we thought? (15:00) Initia...

Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage react to UCLA's Week 1 win over Cal.  (00:30) Initial thoughts on UCLA's win (11:28) Position group breakdowns (43:20) Concerns and looking ahead to the rest of the year

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage preview UCLA's fascinating Week 1 matchup at Cal. What are the biggest storylines heading into the action? Who will be the key players to watch on both sides? Which new coaching staff will have an advantage? The duo will answer those questions, respond to listener questions, give their ga...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage give their UCLA football record prediction, their team MVP prediction and one bold opinion for the Bruins' 2026 campaign. In the second half of the episode, Connor speaks with UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close about her journey to becoming a national championship winning coach...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage begin to preview UCLA's Week 1 matchup on the road against Cal. How will the Bruins attack the Bears and what are the key matchups to know? Connor and Jack also break down their recent UCLA football practice observations and linebacker Trent Hendrick's eligibility win from Tuesday. As alw...

UCLA is the defending National Champion, and every player who started the title game is now in the WNBA. Kris Johnson sits down with head coach Cori Close to find out what's actually left in Westwood. What did she see when she took a brand new roster to Canada to play Canada's senior national team? Close tells the show that she thought the Bruins might get waxed by 20. They didn't. She also breaks...

Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage react to UCLA football  adding James Madison linebacker transfer Trent Hendrick , the reigning Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage discuss UCLA's pursuit of linebacker Trent Hendrick, who received an additional year of college eligibility thanks to a court order Wednesday. Connor and Jack then recap everything they learned about UCLA   football at the team's Media Day that took place Wednesday. Connor and J...

Russell Westbrook has called it a career after 18 seasons, retiring as the NBA's all-time triple-double leader, a former MVP, and a nine-time All-Star. On this emergency episode of Word Around Westwood, Kris Johnson talks with the man who found Westbrook before he was Westbrook: former UCLA assistant coach Kerry Keating, who identified and recruited him to Westwood when almost no one else saw it c...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage give their thoughts on what they've seen at UCLA football's fall camp through six practices. The duo plays a game of 'Buy or Sell' by choosing players they're buying stock in (2:15) and three players they're selling stock of (35:52) based on fall camp observations. The show ends with Conn...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and  Jack Savage  recap everything they learned about  UCLA  football at Big Ten football media day in Chicago. Head coach  Bob Chesney  and players  Nico Iamaleava ,  Sammy Omosigho  and  Cole Martin  represented the Bruins at media day. (0:30) Morr...

In the latest edition of the Word Around Westwood Podcast, Bruin247 writers Connor Morrissette and Jack Savage preview UCLA football's fall camp and the Big Ten Media Day in Chicago. The duo breaks down their top three biggest storylines heading into fall camp (0:00) in addition to digging into some questions they hope get answered at media day. After that, Jack provides a recruiting update (38:05...

In the latest edition of The Word Around Westwood Podcast, Connor Morrissette and Kris Johnson continue to discuss the Nikola Kusturica addition for UCLA men's basketball and how it affects the ceiling for next year's team (0:00). The duo then hits on the potential strengths and weaknesses of next year's roster as well as if the program will look to add any more players for next season (6:14). Aft...

In the latest edition of The Word Around Westwood Podcast, Connor Morrissette and Kris Johnson discuss the biggest offseason storylines facing Mick Cronin and the UCLA men's basketball program. The show begins with UCLA's recruitment of Nikola Kusturica (0:00). The duo then pivots to discussing what a successful season will look like for Cronin (26:29) and continues with looking closer at the role...

In this edition of the Word Around Westwood, host Connor Morrissette begins the show speaking with Bruin247 writer Jack Savage about where things stand with UCLA football's 2027 recruiting class in the wake of the program's final official visit weekend. Who is still in play? What positions do UCLA need to prioritize moving forward? The duo answers those questions and many more. The show continues...