College football storylines we’re watching ahead of 2025 season
The Before The Snap crew shares the top storylines they’re watching going into the college football season.
UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster took center stage Thursday on the final day of Big Ten Media Days.
The second-year head coach was looking forward to a better result on the podium.
Foster made his Big Ten Media Days debut last year, but the moment did not go over well. He came across as nervous.
With a full season at the helm, Foster came across as well prepared and embraced how his performance at last year’s event turned into a lesson. The coach used part of his time during his opening remarks joking about his media day mishap the year prior and how it worked to the team’s benefit.
“That moment taught me a valuable lesson,” Foster said. “Authenticity resonates more deeply than perfection. Our players saw me being human and it brought us closer together.”
Foster and the team have spent the past year joking about the moment on stage. When the coach took to the field at the Wasserman Football Center for training camp, he was wearing a shirt that read “We’re in LA” — a phrase he had said at 2024’s Media Days — and had a UCLA helmet logo that pinpointed Los Angeles in an outline of the state of California.
“Last year, I stood up here and reminded everyone that UCLA is in L.A., which, looking back, might have been the most obvious geography lesson in Big Ten history,” Foster said. “But we are in L.A. and we’re proud to be in L.A.
“And this year we are ready to show the Big Ten what L.A. football looks like when it’s firing on all cylinders.”
Foster shuffled his coaching staff but the program is aiming to keep up its momentum in recruiting and bringing in talent via the transfer portal.
The Bruins brought in 31 transfers,…
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