No Upset Bruin Here: No. 1 Oregon Trounces UCLA 60-13

SB Nation’s Bruins Nation accepts the inevitability of a nasty loss for UCLA tonight, while staying focused on a brighter future:

It’s a little weird to have a “game day” on a week day. It is going to be odd to go through the day knowing Bruins are going to be play later in the day. I know we are all used to this during hoops season, but it still feels odd. The feeling is even more discomforting knowing full well the Bruins are going to get annihilated on national TV, which is further going to send everyone into a deeper funk and bitter about college football (even though we are going to try our very best to keep an eye on the big picture with two big home games on the horizon).

At this point, I think it is unclear at best whether Prince will be ever able to put together an entire season at UCLA without getting hurt. This is not an indictment against Prince in terms of his heart and dedication to our program. He is as good as a student athlete can get at any level in terms of representing our school with class and grace both on and off the field. However, at some point Chow will have to make a decision on which he QB he needs to coach up as the long term bridge to the next QB prospect (Brett Hundley) to UCLA. Now that Prince can’t go due to health issues and seems like will take a while to heal up, Chow needs to commit to fully developing Brehaut over the course of multiple games (not just against Oregon).

UCLA carried a three-game win streak into an October 9th meeting with California. Unfortunately, the Bruins put forth a horrendous effort on both sides of the ball in a 35-7 loss to the Golden Bears. UCLA is just 3-3 overall and 1-2 in league play, not exactly what head coach Rick Neuheisel had in mind when the campaign began.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Neuheisel after the Cal loss. “We have to go back and figure out more answers with our offensive scheme so that we don’t get stymied like this.”