Watching UCLA on TV is one thing, but seeing them in person is another. I don't think I've ever seen a football team appear more unprepared to play than UCLA on Saturday. Before my hot dog was done, it was 21-0 OSU. OSU, seeing that the Bruins' minds were elsewhere, successfully executed a drop kick kickoff--which they recovered--in the first quarter. That was when the boos started to come. All this against the perennial patsy of the Pac-12. Has UCLA become Rutgers?
What was most apparent to me was the amount of space the OSU receivers were able to put between themselves and the UCLA defensive backs. An anemic UCLA pass rush certainly doesn't help, but my takeaway was that UCLA just doesn't have the athletes to keep up with even average receivers. Horrible tackling is another item added to the defensive dumpster fire.
I don't think I've ever seen a program with the heritage of UCLA fail this badly in front of a home crowd and against a team that is probably the easiest on the schedule. I just don't see how the UCLA administration can allow this to go on any longer without taking a drastic step. How else will they communicate to the fan base that they are seeing the same thing we all see?
What was most apparent to me was the amount of space the OSU receivers were able to put between themselves and the UCLA defensive backs. An anemic UCLA pass rush certainly doesn't help, but my takeaway was that UCLA just doesn't have the athletes to keep up with even average receivers. Horrible tackling is another item added to the defensive dumpster fire.
I don't think I've ever seen a program with the heritage of UCLA fail this badly in front of a home crowd and against a team that is probably the easiest on the schedule. I just don't see how the UCLA administration can allow this to go on any longer without taking a drastic step. How else will they communicate to the fan base that they are seeing the same thing we all see?