After starting the season 0-3, firing $7 million head coach DeShaun Foster , and parting ways with offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri , most folks had written UCLA off for at least a two-to-three-year rebuild. But Nico Iamaleava and the Bruins had other plans. They basically said, “It’s not over until we say so,” and went out swinging—pulling off a stunning upset against James Franklin and the former No.2 ranked Penn State. That win ended up being one of the final straws that pushed Penn State to fire Franklin over the weekend. Since then, UCLA has turned into one of college football’s best comeback stories. The Bruins followed up that emotional win by steamrolling Michigan State, stacking back-to-back victories. Suddenly, the very same team everyone buried a month ago looks alive ag
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