Storybook moment alert, and not the kind Bruins fans wanted to read. This one belonged to UNLV coach Dan Mullen ’s defensive back, who didn’t just talk but walked the talk, putting UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava in what he proudly called “lockdown.” The Rebels stunned the Bruins 30-23, a game where glaring discipline issues and a back-breaking interception erased what looked like a promising second-half rally. For a program hoping to find its footing under first-year head coach Deshaun Foster, this was the kind of gut punch that stings long after the clock runs out.

Foster didn’t sugarcoat a thing in his postgame radio interview. Asked about his team’s lack of urgency in the opening half, he fired back one word that summed it up: “Unacceptable.” It was a fair assessment after

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