PASADENA, Calif. – UCLA appeared to be in disarray with a revolving door of coaching changes over the last several weeks.
Statistically, the Bruins ranked among the worst teams in the country on offense and defense.
Which explains why a lot of folks thought Penn State would stroll into the Rose Bowl Saturday and maul them.
Boy, were we wrong.
The Nittany Lions lacked energy and urgency from the start and suffered the worst loss in James Franklin’s coaching tenure, a 42-37 loss to previously winless UCLA.
They weren’t mentally ready, and that’s on Franklin.
“We made mistakes today that we normally don’t make,” he said. “We had a ton of missed assignments. We had turnovers at critical times. We had penalties at critical times. Things that we really don’t do and haven’t done for a very