After losing its third game in a row to top-ranked Ohio State last week, knocking the Bruins out of bowl eligibility, UCLA football (3-7, 3-4 Big Ten) will play in what is most likely a meaningless game against Washington (7-3, 4-3) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday night in an affair reminiscent of Pac-12 After Dark. The Huskies beat the Bruins 31-19 last season in Seattle. Here are UCLA’s game 11 predictions from Sports editor Connor Dullinger and Sports senior staff writer Kai Dizon – along with guest predictions from News editor Alexandra Crosnoe and people, culture and community director Felicia Keller.

Connor Dullinger
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 24, Washington 27

What is there to be excited about?

The Bruins are already knocked out of bowl game eligibility.

Saturday could mark UCLA’s last game at the Rose Bowl.

The squad is 3-7 with no positive end in sight. The Bruins’ three-game win streak from just over a month ago has disappeared without a trace. No coach is dying at the chance to be the next head honcho. And I mean, who would?

This game will go down as one of the most forgettable games I will ever watch.

And I was in Pasadena for UCLA’s win against Fresno State last November.

Running back Jonah Coleman will run all over the Bruins’ front seven if he is healthy for Saturday’s showdown. Regardless of whether Coleman is dealing with lingering injury, he could have a career day in Pasadena. I’m already seeing flashbacks of what Nebraska tailback Emmett Johnson did just two weeks ago.

And if Coleman cannot get it done, then quarterback Demond Williams Jr. will. UCLA has had little luck in mitigating dual-threat signal-callers – look at what Utah’s Devon Dampier did Aug. 30.

If you enjoy a pretty view, what could be a final Pasadena tailgate and West Coast late-night football, then tune into NBC.

But if you like good football, then you are out of luck.

Even if UCLA happens to win, does it really matter?

Just bring on USC already.

Kai Dizon
Daily Bruin senior staff
Prediction: UCLA 29, Washington 28

Saturday is essentially UCLA’s senior night.

The affair serves as the last home game for a number of longtime Bruins – redshirt seniors wide receiver Titus Mokiao-Atimalala, linebacker JonJon Vaughns, offensive lineman Garrett DiGiorgio and tight end Hudson Habermehl.

But it may very well be the last game at the Rose Bowl for everyone on UCLA’s roster.

The rumblings, court proceedings and closed-door negotiations are all apparently there – UCLA football could be moving out of the historic Pasadena venue in favor of SoFi Stadium beginning in 2026.

Saturday could be UCLA’s last game at its home of 44 seasons – or at least until the Bruins return to the Rose Bowl Game for the first time since Jan. 1, 1999.

It’s been weeks of Bruin fans, college football enthusiasts and apparently everyone on my X feed talking about how great the Rose Bowl is and why it is, and should remain, the home of UCLA football.

UCLA has been eliminated from bowl contention, but it has so much more to play for.

You can’t leave home with a loss, right?

Just how special is this Pasadena icon?

Outside of not facing USC and a 3-7 record, Saturday is just about everything you could hope for in a farewell affair.

The Bruins will be facing a deep-seated conference foe in a Pac-12 After Dark-esque affair.

Plus, coach Jedd Fisch – UCLA’s last interim head coach before Tim Skipper and a projected candidate for the full-time job in Westwood – will be leading the Huskies.

If it were anywhere else and just about anyone else, Saturday would be a meaningless game.

But it’s not.

UCLA just has to come out.

Alex Crosnoe
News editor
Prediction: UCLA 45, Washington 43

The Bruins will take on a former Pac-12 foe.

And a late kickoff in the Conference of Champions was once known to usher in unpredictable, chaotic games.

Pac-12 After Dark.

The effect came to a head when UCLA played then-No. 19 Washington State in 2019, defeating the Cougars 67-63. The highest-scoring game in Pac-12 history had the East Coast Bruin faithful staying up until 2:30 a.m. to watch the action.

The game produced mind-boggling statistics – the Bruins overcame a 32-point deficit in the third quarter to secure the victory, and the two teams combined for more than 1,300 offensive yards.

So while UCLA may have taken a 48-10 beating last week against top-ranked Ohio State, I’m sensing some magic in the air for the Bruins’ matchup against the Huskies.

After all, the game could very well be the team’s last in the Rose Bowl, which hosted Pac-12 After Dark matchups that line history books.

If the Rose Bowl has anything, it’s tradition.

And in what could be their last home game in the stadium, the Bruins will repeat history.

Pac-12 After Dark-style.

Felicia Keller
People, culture and community director
Prediction: UCLA 21, Washington 31

They are out of bowl game contention.

The crosstown rivalry game is next week.

This game has exactly one purpose.

No one will remember, or care much, whether the Bruins win this game.

All eyes and focus should be on beating the Trojans – the one thing that could leave an emphatic and proud exclamation point on what has been an incredibly disappointing season.

My prediction is that this weekend’s score will be something unimportant to something unimportant. As long as UCLA learns something and practices for how it will play next week, it will be a win in my book.

But technically, I’m here to make an official prediction.

So, I don’t think UCLA is going to beat Washington.

I see the Huskies making better decisions and extending more drives than the Bruins, eventually winning by a touchdown and a field goal.

UCLA is going to learn and improve this weekend, in preparation for USC next weekend.

And along the way, it will lose to Washington.