Don't expect much from UCLA
Published 9/1/2008 at L.A. Times - College Football
Last year we wanted to believe the Bruins had a chance to be 11-0 when they played USC. This year, we're lowering our expectations.
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It's an old ploy in sports writing to set your local teams' expectations too high or too low in order to sidestep the blandness of middle ground.
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