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UCLA Football: 5 overreactions from loss to Stanford in Week 4

By Connor Muldowney

PALO ALTO, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins looks to pass against the Stanford Cardinal during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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PALO ALTO, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Head coach Jim Mora of the UCLA Bruins looks on while his team warms up prior to playing the Stanford Cardinal in a NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Head coach Jim Mora of the UCLA Bruins looks on while his team warms up prior to playing the Stanford Cardinal in a NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on September 23, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

1. Bruins may not win again until November

After a quick 2-0 start, the Bruins have quickly fallen to 2-2 on the season with losses to Memphis and Stanford. Dropping to 2-2 might not seem like the end of the world, especially when one of those defeats was by three points on the road, but the upcoming schedule doesn’t get much better.

No, I don’t believe the Bruins will go win-less until November, but there is some valid concern regarding this overreaction.

Take a look at the upcoming slate of games for UCLA. In Week 5, the Bruins will host 2016 Pac-12 runner-up Colorado then after a bye on Oct. 7, they will travel to Tucson to take on Arizona. The Wildcats won’t be a cakewalk, though.

Then UCLA will come back home to host Oregon, a team that has improved greatly since last year, before hitting the road to face Washington and Utah. The next game in which the Bruins should be heavily favored in is on Nov. 11 against Arizona State.

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Could the Bruins realistically lose five straight games to fall to 2-7? It’s possible, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

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