[CardinalSagehen]

A couple of things on this:

1. We have beaten UCLA 9 out of the last 10 times we have played them.

2. While UCLA's pass defense isn't the worst in college football, it is pretty darn close.  126/130! McKee and the receivers should have a field day with this.  http://www.cfbstats.com/2021/leader/nati...ort01.html

Yes!  Some people here probably picked on a certain CB when he played for us. In fairness, he wasn't great, and I remember being at a game a few years ago when Wazzu gashed him repeatedly.  But he's a Stanford grad and he seems like a very upstanding individual.  Now he starts for the Bruins (which says a lot), and we think he's going to be able to defend our much larger wideouts?!  Pass the rock! 

I am much more concerned about our defense without Noah Williams (on top of all the other DB injuries) than I am about our RB situation or our offense in general.  Nathaniel Peat has unique athletic ability and it may be a blessing in disguise that he gets more carries, assuming he stays healthy and not too gassed.

ESPN's 45% chance seems about right to me.

[CardinalSagehen]

A couple of things on this:

1. We have beaten UCLA 9 out of the last 10 times we have played them.

2. While UCLA's pass defense isn't the worst in college football, it is pretty darn close.  126/130! McKee and the receivers should have a field day with this.  http://www.cfbstats.com/2021/leader/nati...ort01.html

Yes!  Some people here probably picked on a certain CB when he played for us. In fairness, he wasn't great, and I remember being at a game a few years ago when Wazzu gashed him repeatedly.  But he's a Stanford grad and he seems like a very upstanding individual.  Now he starts for the Bruins (which says a lot), and we think he's going to be able to defend our much larger wideouts?!  Pass the rock! 

I am much more concerned about our defense without Noah Williams (on top of all the other DB injuries) than I am about our RB situation or our offense in general.  Nathaniel Peat has unique athletic ability and it may be a blessing in disguise that he gets more carries, assuming he stays healthy and not too gassed.

ESPN's 45% chance seems about right to me.