But it’s the lack of detail and effort to be better than 9 wins that sets me in the direction that Chip is the wrong guy.

If we had lost to Utah, OSU, Arizona even in the frustrating fashion with big mistakes…I would grumble but be OK. When you add in the total disaster that was ASU, the season suddenly all seems mailed in.

If we beat Cal, we end up 5-4 in the PAC, but with no quality wins and losses to three teams we could have beaten and one we definitely should have.

With a couple better OL, some better QB evaluation, and decent kicking and returns, this team could have easily been 11-1.

I think the players can feel the vibes that this may be CCK last game at UCLA. Maybe some would thinking about the NFL or how much NIL money their next team will pay them. Maybe they’re feeling that they won’t be on the roster next season and are planning their move?

I wonder if he found all those receipts. It’s amazing all the hype from the media and the nacho eaters clamoring over the guy wishing we hired him as well as the media ranking him in the top 20. I said it was fools gold then and yep it is. Love seeing braggers get their due. Something to be said about being humble

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Wasn’t able to get around to a game preview with all the football/Chip Kelly madness and other HS freelance work, but I am here tonight.

No official word yet on the NCAA clearance status of Berke Buyuktuncel.

Getting the start this week. Watson done for year!!

I still have trouble believing we lost to a team that lost 55-3 the previous week, a 2-7 team that was running Pop Warner formations with receivers throwing passes, a team that had no run defense but was able to stop us four times on 4th down, once inside the 10, twice on the 1-yard line.
ASU was shuttling different quarterbacks in and out because of injuries yet our tough defense still let them drive 99 yards for a touchdown.
Chip Kelly blamed himself and his coaching staff and for that reason alone he is likely to lose his job and I won’t shed a single tear when it happens.
Should it happen now or wait til after the season to save about $4 million in buyout money. Either way, Chip leaves as a multi millionaire and that’s fine.
But would it hurt our chances to beat sc if he was fired tomorrow?
I still want to beat sc badly (don’t feel too good about our chances right now because our offense can’t seem to do anything in the Red Zone and our defense looks like it’s tired of trying to keep us in games) but I don’t want us to do anything that would hurt our chances.
Is Chip even capable of getting the job done this week?
It’s pretty clear most of UCLA’s fan base wants him gone now.
Wonder what Martin Jarmond in thinking right now?

Chip Kelly on rivalry games, status of his QBs (Collin Schlee expected to participate today), his usage of transfer receivers Kyle Ford and J.Michael Sturdivant, and more:

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A look back at the scene last night and a tenure in Year 6 that has produced more lows than highs with a move to the Big Ten upcoming:

The women's basketball team is currently ranked #3 in the country which I believe is the highest they've ever been ranked. They have a great team and most of them are underclassmen. Cory Close has done a great job with recruiting. But, they aren't alone on the west coast. The Pac 12 has 5 of the top 10 teams in the country. If you haven't been watching women's basketball, especially in the final year of the Pac 12, its really good! High level basketball is being played all over the country. I actually find it more interesting than the guys.

Things get going in about 30 mins

Rather than plan the demise of a coach and likely most of his staff, I thought it might be nice to discuss something a little more fun and interesting (at least for me). Though I am sure the posts about firing and replacing the coach will get more attention, like a car crash on the side of highway generates morbid interest.

I think college football is down to 8 teams with at least some chance of making the playoffs.
Georgia
Michigan
Ohio State
Florida State
Washington
Texas
Oregon
Alabama

Spot #1: Florida State
FSU may not end up the #1 seed but I think based on their remaining schedule they are the team with the highest probability of making the playoffs. They should soundly beat both North Alabama and Florida even though Florida is a rivalry game. Then they will most likely play Louisville in the ACC title game which is a game they should win on paper. Louisville actually only has one loss and did beat Notre Dame. There are some scenarios under which Louisville actually makes the playoffs if they win out and beat Florida State in the title game but those scenarios have a very low probability.

Spot #2: Ohio State or Michigan
I do not think either team will lose the next game and either will beat what is likely to be Iowa in the title game. So, it comes down the the match up at the Big House on November 25. I think Michigan is the more complete team and they are at home, so normally I would pick them but Harbaugh may not be on the sideline for that game. If the injunction sticks and Harbaugh gets to coach, then I think Michigan likely wins the game but without Harbaugh I got a feeling Ohio State will pull it out.

Spot #3: Georgia or Alabama
Both teams have one tough game left before the title game. Georgia plays at Tennessee and Alabama plays at Auburn. Tennessee is a tough team and Auburn has had a mediocre season but the Iron Bowl tends to be a close game regardless of records. I will assume they win those games and will play for a spot in the playoffs on Dec 2. Georgia is in for sure if they win out. If Alabama wins, I think they get a spot even though they lost to Texas.

Spot #4: Washington or Oregon or Texas or Georgia or Alabama
Both Washington and Oregon have to play Oregon State before they make the title game. If either lose against OSU, I think they are out. If both win out, the regular season and WA wins the Pac 12 title game I think they are in the playoffs. If Oregon wins then I think they will need Texas to lose a game and Georgia to beat Alabama. Texas has to play at Iowa State and then win the title game which could be against K State, Oklahoma or Oklahoma State. They may luck out and play Oklahoma State who beat Oklahoma and K State this year and just lost at UCF 45-3. I think they will need Oregon to beat Washington and Georgia to beat Alabama to get in. Then there is the scenario that will drive Oregon and especially Texas fans mad. If Alabama beats Georgia in a close game and Oregon beats Washington, then I can see the NCAA committee putting both Alabama and Georgia in the playoffs as the #3 and #4 seeds. People will yell favoritism and East Coast bias but then we will all watch Georgia beat either Ohio State or Michigan and Alabama beat Florida State. Then there will be silence as the SEC takes home another title. Not saying it will happen but it very well might.

Anyone else interested in talking about something other than the horror show that has been UCLA football over the last 2 weeks and 20 years?

Assuming we fire Chip as soon as the regular season ends and the buyout goes down, who are candidates to replace Chip?

Unfortunately we probably can’t afford DeBoer. We also don’t know who thinks UCLA is an upgrade from where they currently are. So who can we get?

Chip begins speaking at 8:55 a.m. You can expect a question or two about his job security…

IMO...I believe that UCLA will let him do the honorable thing and let him quit after the Cal game. He makes a public statement about wanting to move on and rides into the sunset.

I hope that the search for a new HC does not take too long. I'm hoping that MJ is quietly making a list of certain candidates that would be interested in the UCLA job.

Forgot to pass this along earlier:

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This is the biggest buyout in the history of college football for a public school. The fact that Fisher even got a $95M contract is crazy to begin with. But, there is no question that A&M is all in when it comes to fueling a football team.

Here’s the question. Would you be comfortable with that type of “commitment” at Ucla? It comes with a lot of cons as well.

I’m hoping we loose every game the rest of the season, much like I did, when Alford was coaching. It’s the only way we can ensure that Chip gets fired and we have an opportunity to have a successful football program.

Head coach Chip Kelly:

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We were actually 9 points down to Lafayette with about 16 minutes to play last night.
Then Mick went with a four out one in lineup and we suffocated their offense which was basically a drive and kick it out to a three-point shooter.
Our two bigs lineup couldn’t effectively defend that and it also hampered our offense because there were so many bodies around our bigs, it clogged up the lane.
Aday Mara looks like he will be a good scorer down low and even from the high post but he just gets lost trying to switch on defense. He’s also so thin, he gets pushed around too easily.
Once we stayed with Bona as our loner post player in the second half, our defensive rotations were much smoother and our offensive opportunities opened up as well.
It’ll be interesting to see where and how we go from here.
Some other observations:
Illane Fibleuil is going to play a lot of minutes because of his defense.
Stefanovic is by far our best 3-point shooter and needs to take more of them.
Mack is also going to play a lot because he can get to the line.
Andrews is a point guard who likes to shoot and can knock down some 3s.
Bona is a force on defense but still needs to quit committing unnecessary fouls. We need him on the floor.
Mick and his staff have a lot of work to do but they have a lot to work with.

We entered the Pac 12 season cautiously optiimistic. No one really knew what kind of team UCLA had with three easy preseason games. The team never faced a quality team on the road. Well, now we found out last night and it was a disppointment.

Overall, the team is very mediocre. Chip Kelly was outcoached AGAIN! All season lon our offense line has been very poor...Drevno pulls out a rabbit out of the hat in past season but the magic was missing this season, a result of poor HS recruiting and missing or misevaluating on players in the Portal. Carson Steele was okay but he is not Charbonnet or Brown and Harden has been hot and cold. What happened to Sturdivant...is he injured? What happened to Loya and our TEs...MIA? Why isn't Keegan Jones having a bigger role in the offense?

Our QBs were a question mark going into the season and they're a question mark now. Dante Moore thus far has not shown the talents that made him a 5-star HS play. Garber is a decent manager but he was clearly overmatched and Schlee was ineffective.

Our defense which is was the best unit in years had a off day last night and our Special Teams, which all season long, has proved an embarrassment and last night was no exception.

This is Chip Kelly's sixth season, and he is on record as saying this season's team is the best since he's been here. This begs the question...is this the best that Bruin fans can expect? What happens next year when UCLA plays Big Boy football...can they compete?? And biggest question of them all...where do we go from here?

Five things to watch in today’s game is headlined by the injuries both teams are dealing with: