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Much has changed since BYU played UCLA

Unga's worst rushing game of the season and he was still at a 5.5 yard average. I expect he'll get the ball more this time around, which will definitely help the running game.

Cougars 45 Bruins 10

GO COUGARS!

The mark of these two teams is unchanged from a year and a few months ago. BYU started slow, but after current backs and receivers settled into a certain level of comfort with one another, the Cougars have improved to 15th nationally. The defense is ranked in the top 10. UCLA is no slouch defensively either (#34), but like other Bruin teams, has been terribly inconsistent, mostly due to injuries. The Bruins will be healthier, but not as strong as the team BYU lost too in September when they liomited UCLA to a little over 200 yards total offense. The TCU loss was in part due to the disappointment of dropping the previous week's game to the Bruins. Therefore, the UCLA loss is probably the main reason BYU was not in the hunt for a BCS bid. BYU will remember that. They say there is no revenge in football, but I believe BYU will have it's way with the Bruins in Las Vegas and break their 7 game losing streak to a team that has been lucky more often than better in most of those wins. I grew up a Bruin fan...but BYU should win handily.

BYU will lose again.

Hey dude, no BYU loss to TCU...the loss was Tulsa.

Coach Lamb has clearly stated what the Cougars are to expect from Coach Walkers team down in LV.

DO NOT EXPECT A BLOW OUT BY THE COUGARS!!! UCLA has the linebackers to slow UNGA to less than a 100 yds, the Safeties to cover Pita, and the corners to run with Collie. If the Cougars come out cold in the first half and let UCLA stay in the game, it will be a long second half. None of the Cat and Mouse stuff, the cougars have to push'em around and march down the field with big yardage plays and manage the clock.

This will be the easiest win of the season for BYU. UCLA has absolutely no motivation, is not healthy, and was not that good to begin with. Anything less than a 30 point win will be a surprise.

Coach Walkers UCLA defense won the game last September by making big plays at the right time: Pick six, sacks and fumbles.

This will be a tough game for the cougars but when BYU played them the first game they were not near as confident or physical as they are now. I see BYU ultimately roughing up the bruins by 18.

I Hope you are correct. But, in order to score 30 pts. the cougar offense has to go through the UCLA defense. It comes down to the cougar running game and getting it on track in the first qtr. Obviously, if the run is successful, it opens up the short passing game.

Granted, the UCLA offense has under performed all season.

BYU plays in the Wac, UCLA plays in the Pac. UCLA wins by 14.

All I want for Christmas is for Coach Anae to... RUN THE BALL...and not be so enamored or addicted to the pass.

BYU should be able to pound the ball against this team, they way they did against SDSU and the way they should have done against our little brothers up north.

They need to be patient and pound it against UCLA and then win the game in the 3rd and 4th quarter.

The cougars play in the mtn, the bruins get killed in the pac the cougars win.

UCLA plays in the WAC, BYU plays in the MWC. BYU wins by 17.

BYU's post-season games are very predictable. 1) Feel sorry for us (BYU)because we did not get into a good bowl even though "we" defeated a host of mediocre teams. 2) Complain that BYU is never taken serious at the national level. 3) Have a pathetic showing in your bowl game and once again lose. Finally, start the whining and inferiority complex all over again in August.

UCLA's is tougher period. BYU will win cause UCLA doesn't care. They have no coach, they have already defeated BYU, they don't want to be in the Vegas Bowl, what's their motivation. BYU by default.

I understand your ignorant because your a Pac 10 fan, that comes with the territory, but you don't have to be ignorant and stupid. It's the Mountain West Conference!

Every Pac 10 fan out there will do one of two things when the game is over, it will be UCLA lost because they didn't want to be there, they won't take into account that if UCLA loses they'll end with a losing record. If UCLA wins then it's look how powerful our conference is, we didn't care and still beat the MWC's best. The bottom line is that UCLA will play one of their better games all season, because they don't want to end the season with a losing record, and they'll be healthy. Plus they have a coach that the players are trying to get hired in Walker, they'll play tough for him. This will be the UCLA team that started the year 4-1. Oh and by the way that loss came from the MWC.

BYU wins this game because they're a better team, UCLA won't have the advantage of having Pac 10 officials to help. BYU by 20+.

Comments by BYU haters are very predictable:

1. Not know what your talking about. 2. Make that known to everyone that you don't know what you are talking about.

BYU has only complained the last 2 years about their opponent. For the most part, over the last 30 years we have been very happy with who we have played. In most cases we have been the underdog. Oh, and in the 2 years years we have complained we are 1-0 with this game pending.

Now all yuo have to do is win a few. BYU the worst bowl record in college football.

OK happy, you can take off your mask now, and show us the realy ute that you are!!!SEC folks have a bit more class than you pretend to reveal!