The UCLA Bruins Are That Bad After Losing 44-6 to Utah
After the complete pounding the UCLA Bruins took this weekend against the Utah Utes, it begs to question whether the Bruins are simply a really bad team or are the Utes really that good. My answer to that question is a resounding THE BRUINS ARE THAT BAD…
1) The Bruins offense struggled against a mediocre Stanford and BYU defenses. In their first two games of the season the Bruins offense proved to be very below average. They had a meager 350 yards of total offense against the Cardinals then the next week against BYU, Ben Olsen had a terrible performance while throwing for only 150 yards. The offense only survived that game by having enough of a ground game that solidified the win.
2) The Utah Utes are a depleted and untalented team. After losing their starting running back, quarterback and wide receiver for the all or most of the entire season, the Utes had a bunch of scrubs to fill their shoes. All of which was evident when they played the Air Force Falcons last week. Playing their home opener against a much smaller team, the Utes completely got annihilated 20-12 at home. In that game they got out played, out coached and out hustled. In fact, fans were so embarrassed by the Utes performance the following Monday fans across Utah were calling for the resignation/firing of head coach Kyle Whittingham. Clearly, the Utes were the same team that played against the Bruins this past Saturday, but they played against a much lesser opponent. All of which resulted in an embarrassing loss at home.
3) Ben Olsen is a bad and untalented quarterback. Although Olsen had been the most recruited and highest rated QB coming into college, he is almost as overrated as Brady Quinn. If you take a hard look at his stats during the course of his career his QB rating is that of Bubby Brister. He has almost as many interceptions as TD’s and his completion percentage is less than 50%. For any QB that is unacceptable especially for someone that runs the West Coast offense.
Although the Bruins were ranked in top 15 in both polls and picked to contend with USC for the Pac 10 title it is evident after 3 games into the 2007 football season, the Bruins are lucky if they can end the season with more than 5 wins. They are that bad!!!
