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Washington State visited the Rose Bowl the next week. At 3–1,
the Cougars were much improved over previous seasons, and they took a 22–14 lead early in the fourth quarter. But Kevin Prince en- gineered two touchdown drives in the fourth quarter, and Andrew Abbott thwarted Washington State’s last chance by intercepting a pass to seal UCLA’s 28–25 victory. Prince was in the game against Washington State because Bre-
haut had suffered a broken leg in the second quarter. The injury was another obstacle But quickly adapt- stances was becom-
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touchdown late in the game to seal the outcome. UCLA knocked off the Spartans, 27–17. The Bruins stood at 1–1, and that .500 pattern was set for the
season’s first eight weeks: Win a game one week, lose a game the next week. Prince returned to the starting lineup the next week against
Texas at the Rose Bowl, but he couldn’t repeat the heroics of the Bruins’ upset victory in Austin in 2010. Instead, the No. 23 Longhorns avenged that defeat by intercepting three passes in the first half and rolling to a 49–20 victory. Brehaut was the starter at quarterback the next
week when UCLA opened its Pac-12 schedule at Oregon State. Highly touted redshirt freshman quarterback Sean Mannion was impressive for the Beavers in his first career start, but Derrick Coleman rushed for 100 yards, and the Bruins’ defense forced two turnovers in a 27–19 victory. UCLA was 1–0 in Conference play for the first time since 2007. That heady feeling was short-lived when No. 6 Stan-
ford proved to be too big a hurdle on the road. The Cardinal marched 99 yards to a touchdown the first time they had the ball, and went on to win 45–19. Brehaut did have two touchdown passes to emerg- ing tight end Joseph Fauria.
this UCLA team. The Bru- ins already had found a new kicker by look- ing to the school’s soc- cer team—and tabbing the student manager. Tyler Gonzalez eventu- ally made six of his nine field-goal tries and 15 of 16 extra points. Several players changed posi- tions, too, such as wide receiver Randall Carroll, who became a starter at cornerback by the end of the season. Indeed, rapid adjust-
ments on the fly were just like the Bruins’ ongoing pattern of alternating wins and losses: While the losses kept them from making up ground in the Pac-12 South and building any kind of momentum, the wins helped them hang around the race and help the team bounce back from adversity. Still, nothing was quite like the adversity they were
Kevin Prince
about to face. Twelve days after the stirring victory over Washington State, UCLA traveled to Tucson to play Arizona in a nationally televised Thursday night game. Arizona was reeling after losing five consecu- tive games and replacing head coach Mike Stoops with defensive coordinator Tim Kish. But the rejuve- nated Wildcats played an inspired game and routed the Bruins, 48–12. At that point, UCLA could have packed it in for
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the rest of the year. Instead, that loss led to the first back-to-back victories of the season. The next week,
for the Bruins to overcome. ing to changing circum- ing a hallmark
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