Nebraska Football vs UCLA: Can the Huskers Bounce Back After the USC Heartbreaker?

by T.J. Birkel

Nebraska is coming off one of the toughest, most gut punch losses in recent memory (and friends, that is saying something). After losing to both USC and UCLA last season, the Huskers will look to get at least one against the state of California as they travel to LA to take on the Bruins at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night. 

I talked to Kevin Balaji, host of the Bruin Source Podcast, to get the UCLA perspective on the upcoming game. 

INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN BALAJI, HOST OF THE BRUIN SOURCE PODCAST

UCLA has had a wild ride this season, from starting 0-4, to firing DeShaun Foster, to now winning three of their last four games. How are Bruin fans feeling about this season?  

It’s been a wild ride of a season. UCLA fans weren’t expecting anything amazing but the start of the season was surprising even for us and I think it was the right time to move on from Deshaun Foster. It was always gonna be an uphill battle for him. The worry at that point was this was gonna be a miserable slog of a season and the next three games provided a spark of hope that just injected a bit of joy and optimism and made it fun to watch finally. Well, then the Indiana game happened, but I guess Indiana is doing that to everybody.

Interim Head Coach Tim Skipper clearly deserves a lot of credit for the Bruins’ turnaround, as does interim Offensive Coordinator Jerry Neuheisel. Is one or both of those guys on the short list to be the next head coach? 

Tim Skipper deserves a lot of credit for injecting a lot of joy that we just talked about. He’s a very positive guy, his in-game coaching decisions have mostly been on point, a lot of expected positive value decisions, fourth down decision-making, or when to go for field goals or touchdowns. He’s timed in the nice trick plays on special teams, which has…

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