UCLA’s day goes from enthusiastic to humbling in hype-deflating loss to Oregon
by Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times
Oct 23, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — A day that started before dawn with some feisty fun on a national stage — ESPN analyst Lee Corso donning a bear head and earning a kiss from Bill Walton after picking UCLA to upset No. 10 Oregon — ended with more quiet disappointment, the Bruins slinking off the Rose Bowl field and back into the college football shadows.
Ultimately, UCLA didn’t show itself to be worthy of the hype. Its veterans made inexplicable mistakes, its defense sagged until the final
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