UCLA Football: 10 bold predictions for Bruins in 2017 Pac-12 play

UCLA Football: 10 bold predictions for Bruins in 2017 conference play

PASADENA, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: Quarterback Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins gets a hand shake from wide receiver Darren Andrews #7 of the UCLA Bruins after he ran for a touch down in the second half of the game against the Hawaii Warriors at the Rose Bowl on September 9, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

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PASADENA, CA – SEPTEMBER 03: Head coach Jim Mora of UCLA Bruins looks on during the first half of a game against the Texas A&M Aggies at the Rose Bowl on September 3, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

10. Jim Mora won’t make it through Week 5

There’s two key chances that Jim Mora has to save his job for the rest of the 2017 college football season. The first is this weekend against Stanford. Next is the Colorado game on Sept. 30. Losing both of those would likely cost Mora his job.

Stanford and Colorado are both teams that will be extremely difficult to defeat. Even though Stanford has slipped up in recent weeks they still have a running back in Bryce Love that is a true Heisman contender.

Colorado got off to an undefeated start and are primed to make another run at the PAC-12 this year behind running back Phillip Lindsay and head coach Mike MacIntyre. Both teams will have a chip on their shoulder against UCLA, especially facing a quarterback like Rosen.

Starting out 2-3 would also expose the UCLA win over the Texas A&M Aggies as fluky. Texas A&M held a 34-point lead and had to have everything go wrong to lose, and that’s what happened. Mora needs to change something soon to keep his job.

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