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UCLA Football: 10 reasons UCLA will win the Pac-12 South in 2019

By Mike Regalado

PASADENA, CA - OCTOBER 20: Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #7 of the UCLA Bruins passes the ball during the first half of the NCAA college football game against the Arizona Wildcats at the Rose Bowl on October 20, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - OCTOBER 20: Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #7 of the UCLA Bruins passes the ball during the first half of the NCAA college football game against the Arizona Wildcats at the Rose Bowl on October 20, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)
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The UCLA football team showed a lot of progress toward the end of 2018 season, which is why they could be in the running for the Pac-12 South in 2019. Here are 10 reasons why that can happen…

Yes, I know the UCLA football team’s season just ended and bowl games have not yet begun, but just like you, I continue to grow curious about the future of this program.

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And why not? Head coach Chip Kelly turned a few heads at the end of the season which means progress is possible. So what will it evolve into in Year2? What will that result in? Let’s have a look…

Youth Now Has Experience

There were a lot of new faces this season. A lot of freshmen played, but so did transfers and walk-ons. Of the 76 players that saw time on the field, 39 of them did not play in 2017. That is a lot of new bodies to assimilate and assemble into a functioning squad. And then to throw them into the fire against top programs with one of the hardest schedules in the country… it was a lot, but seeing how the team got better as the season went on, we can assume that will continue into next season.

The Calamity of the Pac-12 South

The South Division was quite the mess in 2018 and it does not look like it will stop in 2019. It is very telling when a team like UCLA, who started Pac-12 season 2-4, would be in the hunt to win the division with three weeks remaining. The division, as well as the conference, was eating itself alive on a weekly basis. It seemed no one wanted the South. In 2019, the division will continue to change with a variety of coaching and roster changes. It is the perfect setup for the Bruins to come out of nowhere and win the Pac-12 South