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UCLA Football: 3 teams the Bruins will blow out in 2021

By Connor Muldowney

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Head coach Chip Kelly of the UCLA Bruins enters the stadium prior to a game against the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl on December 12, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Head coach Chip Kelly of the UCLA Bruins enters the stadium prior to a game against the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl on December 12, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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Nov 7, 2020; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes running back Jarek Broussard (23) carries the ball past UCLA Bruins defensive back Stephan Blaylock (4) in the fourth quarter at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 7, 2020; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes running back Jarek Broussard (23) carries the ball past UCLA Bruins defensive back Stephan Blaylock (4) in the fourth quarter at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /

Call me a hater or call me a doubter, but what Karl Dorrell was able to do in his first year with Colorado was nothing more than beginner’s luck.

Sure, Dorrell has experience coaching in the Pac-12, coaching UCLA to a 35-27 record overall and 24-18 record in conference play, but that was all the way back in 2007. A lot has changed since then and seeing him go 4-2 in his first season with Colorado was flukish to me.

I’m sure Colorado still had some talent left over from the year of Mel Tucker, but I just don’t see that success being sustainable in Boulder under Dorrell. He’s a decent coach, but he’s not going to win any Pac-12 titles any time soon.

Colorado will see some regression this season and UCLA will exact some revenge for that season-opening six-point loss to the Buffaloes in 2020.

The Buffaloes’ offense will take some steps back and the defense will probably be in the bottom half of the Pac-12 once again. This will be a true rebuilding year for Colorado.

No flukes here as UCLA wins this one big.

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