UCLA-UNLV preview

[spudreb]

Gojoebruin.com takes a look at Bruins vs. Rebels. I've noticed a prevailing pattern in all the previews I've seen. Nobody knows anything about the Rebels but they all agree that they'll be bad. Man, I hope we shock the sh!t outta some people this year!


http://gojoebruin.com/2015/06/18/ucla-football-2015-schedule-preview-unlv-rebels/

 

[LasVegasReb]

Gojoebruin.com takes a look at Bruins vs. Rebels. I've noticed a prevailing pattern in all the previews I've seen. Nobody knows anything about the Rebels but they all agree that they'll be bad. Man, I hope we shock the sh!t outta some people this year!


http://gojoebruin.com/2015/06/18/ucla-football-2015-schedule-preview-unlv-rebels/

I have us at -31 versus UCLA. Not quite the 42-0 these guys are predicting but UCLA is going to be very good this year. My spread is a little lower because I think most people expect this to be the same ol' Rebel team from the past. It is not. Plus I think that having a stronger X and O's staff is going to go much further than the Hauck era.

 

[Rebel1986]

Losing by 31 would be bad. This game is at home which means on the road it would be a 40 plus point loss. Usually a team backs off a lot when they are up by 35 or more points. Even when we played top 5 teams like TCU they would back off late after blowing us out early. I would hope we could either be competitive or keep the loss under 3 TD's/

 

[LasVegasReb]

Losing by 31 would be bad. This game is at home which means on the road it would be a 40 plus point loss. Usually a team backs off a lot when they are up by 35 or more points. Even when we played top 5 teams like TCU they would back off late after blowing us out early. I would hope we could either be competitive or keep the loss under 3 TD's/

UCLA was 10-3 last year and finished ranked #10 in the nation. They return 19 starters and preseason ranked between #10 - #15. They are going to be good.

We were 2-11, return 11 starters, implemented new coaching staff and preseason ranked between #110 - #118. While I think we will be better than the preseason ranking, I have a hard time believing it will be less. We are at home and the new coaching staff makes it difficult for UCLA to plan efficiently. If it's closer I'll be happy.

 

[Bullmastiff 1]

This game could look a lot like the Arizona game last year. I'm as excited as anybody else about the current recruiting class and the future. That said we are still a few seasons away from being competitive with top25 programs. I would love to see an upset but more likely we are looking at something like 49-17.

 

[spudreb]

As long as we're disciplined and don't make a bunch of bonehead mistakes, which was the hallmark of the last two regimes, we'll have something to build on.