Back to that rest that UCLA will get, the Bruins started off by playing against the Colorado Buffaloes, who are last place in the Pac-12 South, at the Rose Bowl. The Buffaloes went into this game coming off of their first Pac-12 Conference win in, pretty much, forever (not really forever, but first win in a long time against a Pac-12 team), by defeating the Oregon State Beavers 17-13. Last year, UCLA (ranked 25th at the time) barely survived the Buffaloes 40-37 in Colorado. The Bruins led 24-14 going into halftime before being outscored 17-7 in the second half. After two overtimes, UCLA prevailed 40-37 off of an 8-yard touchdown rush by former Bruins quarterback (currently Green Bay Packers backup QB) Brett Hundley.
On UCLA's first drive, the Bruins moved 91 yards, capped off by a 31-yard touchdown pass from UCLA freshman quarterback Josh Rosen to Bruins junior running back Paul Perkins. The score at the end of the first quarter was 7-0 UCLA. Midway through the second quarter, on a Colorado 3rd down and goal, Buffaloes quarterback Sefo Liufau threw an interception to UCLA cornerback Ishmael Adams, who returned it 96 yards in the other direction for a pick-6. UCLA led 14-0. Colorado answered with a field goal to cut it to 14-3. After Colorado kicked it off, UCLA freshman wide receiver Stephen Johnson III returned it to UCLA's 28-yard line. But the Bruins were marched back 10 yards off of a holding penalty. This set up an 82-yard touchdown run by Paul Perkins to make the score 21-3. Colorado kicked a field goal going into halftime making the score 21-6 Bruins.
UCLA's offense barely spent any time on the field as Colorado's offense had 61 plays, the most plays allowed in a half. The main reason the Bruins had a lead was because of their quick scoring offense. UCLA's injury-plagued defense, however, allowed over 250 yards of offense from Colorado in the first half.
The third quarter is when the Buffaloes took advantage of UCLA's depleted defense. On the first Colorado drive of the half, all of their plays were rush plays. The Buffaloes scored a touchdown off of it, cutting the score to 21-13. Sophomore UCLA running back Nate Starks answered with an 11-yard touchdown run to expand the lead to 28-13. Colorado began to go wild here. After a Buffaloes field goal to end the third quarter, Josh Rosen was sacked and fumbled the ball. It was picked up by Colorado and returned for the touchdown by Buffaloes defender Samson Kafovalu. The score was 28-23. Colorado took their first lead of the game when CU running back Patrick Carr rushed for a 6-yard touchdown. The two-point conversion was successful and Colorado led 31-28. UCLA's offense responded with a 3-play 67-yard drive that took only 27 seconds. The drive was capped off by a short touchdown run by UCLA freshman running back Soso Jamabo. Looking for last hopes, Sefo Liufau threw a pass late in the fourth quarter, only to be intercepted by UCLA freshman defender Nate Meadors, thus ending the game with the score being a 35-31 UCLA victory.
The UCLA Bruins football team reached bowl game eligibility with their sixth win of the year. UCLA senior kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn is 10 points shy of tying or breaking the UCLA record of responsibility for most points. There are only at least 5 games left this season for UCLA: the four leftover regular season games and the bowl game. All the Bruins need to do is win the rest of their regular season games in order to reach the Pac-12 Championship. If that happens, UCLA would need to play against Stanford, who is currently 8th in the country and who also trashed UCLA two weeks ago. In case anyone wanted to know if "history would be repeated", that unfortunately did not happen as USC defeated California 27-21 in Berkeley. In other Pac-12 South games, 13th-ranked Utah defeated Oregon State 27-12 in Salt Lake City and Washington pounded Arizona 49-3 in Seattle.
On Sunday morning, UCLA moved up in the AP top 25 to number 22. This will be the last time I mention UCLA's ranking in the AP top 25. On Tuesday November 3, the first College Football Playoff top 25 was released. UCLA was placed at number 23. Next week, UCLA football will travel up to Corvallis, Oregon to take on the Oregon State Beavers, who have the worst overall record in the Pac-12 Conference and are sitting dead last in the Pac-12 North Division, winless in the Pac-12. Last year, Oregon State did fail to reach a bowl game, but late in the season, the Beavers shocked then-#6 Arizona State 35-27 in Corvallis. I hope that UCLA does not let an upset loss happen and will continue an exciting season. After this game, the Bruins will play against the Washington State Cougars in their final game at the Rose Bowl this season. Washington State barely lost to #8 Stanford 30-28 off of a botched 43-yard field goal. Back to the Oregon State game, I hope that UCLA wins this game. Gooooooooooooooo Bruins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Heads up to basketball fans! Basketball season will be starting really soon! UCLA has already won an exhibition game against Cal State L.A. The 2015-2016 Bruins basketball team attended the Colorado game at the Rose Bowl and will travel to the Maui Invitational in Hawaii early in this season.
UCLA's offense barely spent any time on the field as Colorado's offense had 61 plays, the most plays allowed in a half. The main reason the Bruins had a lead was because of their quick scoring offense. UCLA's injury-plagued defense, however, allowed over 250 yards of offense from Colorado in the first half.
The third quarter is when the Buffaloes took advantage of UCLA's depleted defense. On the first Colorado drive of the half, all of their plays were rush plays. The Buffaloes scored a touchdown off of it, cutting the score to 21-13. Sophomore UCLA running back Nate Starks answered with an 11-yard touchdown run to expand the lead to 28-13. Colorado began to go wild here. After a Buffaloes field goal to end the third quarter, Josh Rosen was sacked and fumbled the ball. It was picked up by Colorado and returned for the touchdown by Buffaloes defender Samson Kafovalu. The score was 28-23. Colorado took their first lead of the game when CU running back Patrick Carr rushed for a 6-yard touchdown. The two-point conversion was successful and Colorado led 31-28. UCLA's offense responded with a 3-play 67-yard drive that took only 27 seconds. The drive was capped off by a short touchdown run by UCLA freshman running back Soso Jamabo. Looking for last hopes, Sefo Liufau threw a pass late in the fourth quarter, only to be intercepted by UCLA freshman defender Nate Meadors, thus ending the game with the score being a 35-31 UCLA victory.
The UCLA Bruins football team reached bowl game eligibility with their sixth win of the year. UCLA senior kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn is 10 points shy of tying or breaking the UCLA record of responsibility for most points. There are only at least 5 games left this season for UCLA: the four leftover regular season games and the bowl game. All the Bruins need to do is win the rest of their regular season games in order to reach the Pac-12 Championship. If that happens, UCLA would need to play against Stanford, who is currently 8th in the country and who also trashed UCLA two weeks ago. In case anyone wanted to know if "history would be repeated", that unfortunately did not happen as USC defeated California 27-21 in Berkeley. In other Pac-12 South games, 13th-ranked Utah defeated Oregon State 27-12 in Salt Lake City and Washington pounded Arizona 49-3 in Seattle.
On Sunday morning, UCLA moved up in the AP top 25 to number 22. This will be the last time I mention UCLA's ranking in the AP top 25. On Tuesday November 3, the first College Football Playoff top 25 was released. UCLA was placed at number 23. Next week, UCLA football will travel up to Corvallis, Oregon to take on the Oregon State Beavers, who have the worst overall record in the Pac-12 Conference and are sitting dead last in the Pac-12 North Division, winless in the Pac-12. Last year, Oregon State did fail to reach a bowl game, but late in the season, the Beavers shocked then-#6 Arizona State 35-27 in Corvallis. I hope that UCLA does not let an upset loss happen and will continue an exciting season. After this game, the Bruins will play against the Washington State Cougars in their final game at the Rose Bowl this season. Washington State barely lost to #8 Stanford 30-28 off of a botched 43-yard field goal. Back to the Oregon State game, I hope that UCLA wins this game. Gooooooooooooooo Bruins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Heads up to basketball fans! Basketball season will be starting really soon! UCLA has already won an exhibition game against Cal State L.A. The 2015-2016 Bruins basketball team attended the Colorado game at the Rose Bowl and will travel to the Maui Invitational in Hawaii early in this season.
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