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Know Your Opponent: UCLA Football vs Colorado Buffaloes

By Michael Chavez

Sep 24, 2016; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen (3) warms up prior to the game against the UCLA Bruins at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2016; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen (3) warms up prior to the game against the UCLA Bruins at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 15, 2016; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Mike MacIntyre celebrates the win over the Arizona State Sun Devils at Folsom Field. The Buffaloes defeated the Sun Devils 40-16. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Mike MacIntyre celebrates the win over the Arizona State Sun Devils at Folsom Field. The Buffaloes defeated the Sun Devils 40-16. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /

Final Analysis

This game is pivotal for Colorado in it’s conquest to win the Pac-12 South and for UCLA’s bowl hopes. The Bruins come into this game beat up at the most important position on the field and have lost all momentum.

Colorado on the other hand is riding the wave of two straight victories and controls their own destiny in the chase for a Pac-12 Championship Game. The Bruins might have a chance offensively if they could target the weakest point of the Buffalo defense but UCLA can’t seem to find a way to run the ball. At all.

For UCLA defensively they had shown us some impressive glimpses before taking a step back against Washington State and then being embarrassed against Utah.

This is the case of one team being primed for a big time victory while the other looking to just survive. What is a stronger motivator, survival or confidence?

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Prediction

Given what we have seen from both the Bruins and the Buffaloes and knowing the Bruins will likely be without Rosen again, I have to say the Bruins continue their slide and are knocked off in Boulder

Colorado 27 – UCLA 14