UCLA vs. Washington Live Game Thread

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A historic Pac-12 matchup has turned to the Big Ten for the first time as the UCLA Bruins (4-5) look to win their fourth straight and third on the road as they head to the Washington Huskies (5-5) on Friday. the evening.

The Bruins are responding to another conference upset win, taking down a talented Iowa Hawkeyes team last week on Homecoming night in the Rose Bowl. The Huskies are in a different position, trying to bounce back from a 35-6 crushing loss to No. 6 at Penn State a week ago.

The Huskies are 1-3 in their last four games and look to become bowl eligible with a win in their final home game of the season. The Bruins’ magic number for a bowl game is two wins. Earning one against the Huskies will put them in the best position to do so.

Remember the rule of five. The game is over if the Bruins win the important statistical game. For those who don’t remember, it has to do with sacks and turnovers. If the Bruins have three sacks and give up two, they are plus one. They are plus three if they get four turnovers and only give up one. That would give them a plus-four for the day. They want to reach a plus-five ratio every game.

An interesting storyline playing into this year’s matchup is the meeting between a pair of first-year head coaches who once shared the sideline together.

Bruins head coach DeShaun Foster was the running backs coach in 2017 when the current Huskies head coach Jedd Fisch was the Bruins’ offensive coordinator. Fisch would become the interim head coach for the final two games of the 2017 season, earning his first head coaching opportunity.

Fisch spent the last several seasons as the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats and has played against the Bruins each of the last three years with a 2-1 record in that span. It will be the first time that Foster will face his old coaching colleague as the head of the program.

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