BRUINS SUFFER LOSSES LONG BEFORE OPENER.Byline: - Billy Witz UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , which considered depth one of its strengths this season, won't be quite as deep when it begins fall practice today. Bruins head coach Bob Toledo Bob Toledo (born March 4, 1946, in San Jose, California) is an American football coach, recently hired as head coach at Tulane University. He is best-known as the thirteenth head coach at UCLA. announced the suspension Friday of three reserves and also said backup cornerback Julius Williams had flunked out of school and oft-injured defensive back Lovell Houston has decided to transfer. Linebackers Santi Hall and Asi Faoa were suspended for the season-opener against No. 3-ranked Alabama for violating team policy, Toledo said. Faoa is facing a pre-trial hearing Sept. 18 on felony charges of mayhem mayhem (mā`hĕm, mā`əm), in common law, the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. and assault for his alleged role in an off-campus fight this year. The case, in which Faoa has pleaded not guilty, is not expected to go to trial until after the season. Toledo would not elaborate on Hall's suspension. Also suspended was third-string defensive tackle Saia Makakaufaki, who will miss two games for academic reasons, Toledo said. The suspensions of Hall and Faoa could be significant in that it robs the Bruins of their No. 2 and No. 3 strong-side linebackers against Alabama. True freshman True freshman is a term used in NCAA sports, indicating that an athlete is playing the sport in his first year of college, rather than redshirting for one or more years to protect future college eligibility. Brandon Chillar Brandon O'Neil Chillar (born October 21, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football linebacker currently playing for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. Early years Born in Los Angeles, California, Chillar was raised in Carlsbad, California near San Diego. will likely back up starter Tony White. |
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