Before the season started, UCLA coach Deshaun Foster limited media and public viewing of fall camp, looking like he was trying to hide what could be a special team.
Maybe he was trying to protect people's eyes from its horrors.
Any hope of optimism is gone with the Bruins showing signs of a team that may just struggle to win a game this season. It's a sudden freefall for a team had mometum at the end of 2024 and had more optimism with the arrival of quarterback Nico Iamaleava from Tennessee. It got off on a sour note when Utah dismantled UCLA in the opener, and things got worse when a comeback from 23 points down at UNLV ended in the final minute.
Things were expected to get better at home Friday against New Mexico, which features more than 70 new players under first-year coach Jason Eck. Instead, the Bruins were humled in a 35-10 defeat at the hands of the Lobos, which UCLA paid $1.2 million to visit Pasadena.
The losses don't stop there. Not only is this season not panning out, but the attendance at the Rose Bowl continues to look rough. Plus, you got an Championship Subdivision conference joking it wouldn't even want the Bruins, and their former home − the Pac-12 − enjoying the downfall of one of the programs that blew up the league.
