Out of Bounds: Recapping UCLA football’s loss at Utah, ranking the Bruins’ key players

This week is about uncertainty at quarterback.
It’s a challenge that both No. 22 UCLA football and No. 11 Utah are facing in the days leading up to their showdown Saturday, albeit for drastically different reasons.

No. 22 UCLA football (3-0) is opening Pac-12 play at Rice-Eccles Stadium against No. 11 Utah (3-0). The Bruins will have the chance to win in Salt Lake City for the first time since 2015, while the Utes will be chasing down revenge after losing at the Rose Bowl last season.

No. 24 UCLA football (2-0) is welcoming a historically Black university for the second time in as many seasons when North Carolina Central (2-0) comes to the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

UCLA football is now 2-0 after blowing out San Diego State on the road. The trio is back as Sports staff writer Gavin Carlson sits down with Sports senior staff writer Jack Nelson and Sports editor Joseph Crosby to break down the win and debate the state of the Bruins’ roster heading into Week 3.

UCLA football is now 2-0 after blowing out San Diego State on the road. The trio is back as Sports staff writer Gavin Carlson sits down with Sports senior staff writer Jack Nelson and Sports editor Joseph Crosby to break down the win and debate the state of the Bruins’ roster heading into Week 3.

Football, like many sports, is often simplified into its stars.
Stars are usually teams’ best players, the ones fans know the most and doubt the least.

This post was updated Sept. 9 at 10:36 p.m. 
Coach Chip Kelly didn’t announce a starting quarterback the entire week.
Instead, he gave freshman quarterback Dante Moore the keys to the offense from the opening snap and let his team do the talking.

Joseph Crosby
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 34, San Diego State 17
UCLA football’s players are students.
They are, after all, called student-athletes.
But last week, the students became the teachers, instructing their first lesson to anyone watching the team.

We finally had a UCLA football game in 2023, and “Out of Bounds,” Daily Bruin’s sports podcast, has the analysis you need of the Bruins’ win.