What happened to our defense?
I wasn’t able to watch any of it, but I did listen to it.
Why weren’t we able to put pressure on Nix?
Why was Oregon able to move be down the field so easily?
Was it our schemes?
Did Oregon’s offense just manhandled us?
How did Latin look?
The Murphy twins?
Our Dbs?
Has nothing changed — great offense, so-so defense?
We’re we lulled (I was) into a false sense of greatness by a weak pre-conference schedule and wins the ver Washington and Utah?
I have always felt — and still do — we had a good chance to win two of our past three games and could beat up on the rest of our schedule to set up a great game with Sc.
But now I am wondering if we had better not take anything for granted.
Our D just has to step up.
DTR and Charbonnet are doing all they can.
I need a win to start feeling good again.

Dropping three spots isn’t that bad, all things considered. Having some other previously unbeaten teams take their first loss lessened some of the blow in terms of how the rankings shake out.

Full poll:

Courtesy of our friends from the Oregon site, here is Chip Kelly (the audio is pumped up, so beware if you’re using headphones to not have it at full blast to start):


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Uploading Dorian and Blaylock’s media availability and will have that shortly.

Looking at the most up-to-date forecast at this second: It says it should be clear and sunny by kickoff, with a 60 percent chance of rain in the area at 2 p.m. and throughout the rest of the game.

So, UCLA’s passing attack basically has the entire first half to get going before a wet football comes into play.

The defense was hard to watch, but UCLA will have to digest it in the next film session. What the Bruins can learn from Oregon as it bridges the gap between now and the next big test against USC in mid-November:

DTR and Charbonnet sat down with ESPN’s Jen Lada:

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$25 Amazon gift card to whoever guesses closest to the final score for UCLA-Oregon. The way we'll tabulate it is -- points off the actual score for UCLA + points off the actual score for Oregon.

So if you guess UCLA 40-36 and it ends up UCLA 50-32, then you were off 10 on UCLA and 4 on Oregon, equaling 14. Like golf, the low score wins!

Get your picks in!

Our Tajwar Khandaker does a good job breaking down the matchup today:

Should be a great one. Wanna make some money? Listen here:

UCLA’s Chip Kelly is among the 20 names in contention for national coach of the year

Statistically, it’s Oregon’s rush defense that stands out most and it may be a game of running and ball security if rain plays a factor.

FYI, wasn’t able to make it out to practice this morning but I will catch up on Chip’s presser and have a story like usual later today.

Already have something in the works from the previous two days of availability.

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UCLA has decided it's time to get involved with one of the top quarterbacks in the 2023 class. Pierce Clarkson plays at nearby St. John Bosco, and tonight the Bruins have officially offered the four-star prospect. Clarkson is currently committed to Louisville and has been since January, but he now has a couple current teammates committed to the Bruins with RJ Jones and Ty Lee both headed to Westwood next year. Clarkson, whose father Steve is a major QB guru and has strong ties to adidas, has been leading the charge for Louisville with recruits from Southern California. Five of Louisville's current 15 commits are from SoCal, which includes three of its four highest-rated commits. Four of those California commits play at St. John Bosco.

So, it will not be an easy flip for the Bruins to make happen, but UCLA getting involved this late means the staff believes it has a shot. He is a strong runner in addition to what he can do with his arm, and seeing the success DTR has had under Chip Kelly has to be intriguing to someone like Clarkson. He'll be someone to track moving forward, but this is a strong offer for the Bruins.

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Today’s story

He isn’t quite as fast in a straight line but he’s got similar size, strength, vision. James gutted me as a fan, but I came to love him in the NFL.

Checking in from today’s practice

UCLA will host Stanford at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. Game is Oct. 29.

For the first time in a number of years my BBS (Battered Bruins Syndrome) is flaring up. This bye week has been great. Moving into the Top 10 without playing a game. All the positive national media. Talk of two players potentially being in the conference POW race and one or two in the Heisman race. Being an outside candidate for the CFP. It's just been great! It's been awesome to talk trash to all my friends from other Pac 12 schools. Even my Notre Dame friends have reached out to talk about how great our season has been so far. This is especially surprising because they tend to live in their own shamrock-shaped bubble.

But now that we are in game week, reality is starting to set in. What if we've been built up for a tragic fall? What if we get embarrassed on national tv...again? What if it was all a mirage?

Now my head looks at the stats. We are a top offense in the country and a decent defense with some positive key metrics. We do have some good college players although I don't think we have many NFL draft picks. This feels more "real" than 97-98 and the Mora years. Our offense compliments our defense. Our special teams have been pretty strong after the first game debacle. Our defense has created turnovers and gotten pressure on the QB. We are passing the "eye test". I predicted we would be 5-1 at this point so we are one win better. I also predicted a win this week. I have watched the Ducks and I STILL feel we will win based on the "eye test".

But, then my heart kicks in. And the memories of the Miami game. The beatdown in Arizona in 2005. The Stanford losses. I could go on but why bother? You get the point. We've been here before. Right on the verge of doing something historic and then....BAM! The rug gets pulled from under us. I feel like Lucy is waiting to pull the football from Charlie Brown (UCLA). The crowd at Autzen is going to be electric. They are saying this is the biggest game at Autzen since the Andrew Luck/Stanford years. And then of course the rain and cold is coming on Saturday. Even though it has been unseasonably warm all fall NOW, THIS WEEK, the weather changes. It was 86 degrees in Portland yesterday! Why does the weather have to change NOW of all weeks?! Is it a sign?

No, no. I can't allow myself to succumb to negativity and past failures. This is our time and our year...finally! We will run into Autzen, play our butts off, quiet their crowd and come out greater than we started. I'm going to BELIEVE! This is it! Eight Claps all week.👏 Go Bruins!!!

Thanks for helping me in self guided therapy of BBS.

Penn State lost to Michigan

Tracy's story from today:

Chip meets with the media in about 40 mins

UCLA checks in at No. 8 this morning

The Dodgers have won 100+!games 10 times but never won the World Series when doing so.