The announcement every UCLA football fan has been waiting for has finally come (despite the fact that it is two days before kickoff)… Wilton Speight has been named the starting quarterback for the Bruins’ game against Cincinnati.
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Since spring we have known that it would be a five-man race for the starting QB spot. Speight, Modster, DTR as well as Austin Burton and Matt Lynch were all in the running at the beginning of fall camp.
At the end of last week, Kelly announced that the race was down to the first three.