It’s bye week at UCLA. It’s getting close to bye-bye for the Bruins’ season.
They unveiled a hurry-up, no-huddle offense for the first time this season Saturday at the Rose Bowl, almost abandoning the run, only to experience a familiar ending. Painfully familiar.
A last-gasp drive came up short, leaving UCLA quarterback Mike Fafaul with a couple of hollow-feeling school records and the Bruins with a 52-45 loss to No. 19 Utah on a day their run defense abandoned them.
Utes tailback Joe Williams continued his improbable sprint out of retirement and into the record books, rushing for a school-record 332 yards and four touchdowns in 29 carries.