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Taylor Embree is not listed as a starter. Shaq Evans is the new starting receiver opposite Rosario. Lucien will play behind Rosario and Embree. Damien Thigpen is not on the depth chart. The new depth chart still has an OR between Prince and Brehaut. [UPDATE] - Neuheisel to announce QB decision at 6 pm PST. HT- Chris09

UCLA opens its 93rd season of football with a Sept. 3 game at Houston. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT/ 12:30 PT and the game will be televised nationally by FSN with Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt in the booth and Petros Papadakis on the sideline. AM 570 (KLAC) and the Bruin IMG Radio Network (Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will radio broadcast the contest. The game will also be broadcast nationally on SIRIUS XM (Ch. 92). It will be the season-opening contest for each team. UCLA leads the series with Houston 3-2, having the last three meetings, including a 31-13 victory last season in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins, ranked #4 in the nation at the time, won the last contest played in Houston, 42-24, in the 1998 season. Houston captured the only other battle contested in the state of Texas, 17-13, in 1977. The Bruins are 60-27-5 overall in season-opening games. UCLA had a five-game season-opening game win streak snapped a year ago at Kansas State in a 31-22 setback. In 2009, it scored a 33-14 victory over San Diego State in the Rose Bowl. In 2008, it knocked off Tennessee in overtime, 27-24, in Pasadena. (2007, won 45-17 at Stanford; 2006, won 31-10 over Utah in Rose Bowl; 2005, won 44-21 at San Diego State). UCLA is 3-2 in its last five road openers (2010 loss at Kansas State, 2007 win at Stanford, 45-17; 2005 win at San Diego State, 44-21). The last season-opening road loss came at Colorado in 2003 (14-16). The Bruins posted a 20-17 win at Alabama in the 2000 season-opener.

Highlights from the 2011 Spring Game. Just another click to get us pumped up for the season to begin! Go Bruins

Won't be the same game as 2010, but it shouldn't hinge on the heat factor.

"University of Houston quarterback Case Keenum has been granted a sixth season of eligibility after being injured last season, according to several media reports. Keenum tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a game at UCLA during the third week of last season. Keenum is fith on the FBS career passing yardage list with 13,586 yards -- about 3,500 behind the all-time record held by Hawaii's Timmy Chang." UH fans are already whispering about an undefeated season. UCLA opens its season in Houston on September 9. I'm sure our DC isn't happy about game-planning for such a potent offense with Keenum back. Oh wait, what DC?