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.