UCLA's 9-0 Rise: A College Football Playoff Threat?

You know, you mentioned UCLA, and we were talking about them here a couple seconds ago here, and you're right. I mean, Chesney's done such a great job, and I don't want to dismiss anything that they've done this year. Are you buying them as a team, as a formidable team that can make some noise in the college playoff or not? I am not yet, but I will say we have all been kind of underrating them all season long. They're not only 9-0, they're 9-0 against the spread. And they're the only team in the country that has done that. So they have been better than people expect every step of the way. There are some issues, you know, red zone and a couple of things, but they run the ball extremely well. The defense has been very good. They get a lot of takeaways. And, you know, are they a team I would, you know, are they a top five team to win at all? I would say no, but I can't deny what they've done so far. I think they deserve to be where they're at. Who's done a better job of coaching this year and turning the programs around? The job at Kentucky or the job at UCLA? I'd say UCLA just because that program has just kind of been nothing for a very long time. Kentucky had some big seasons with Mark Stoops. He would regularly get them to bowl games. He beat Florida here and there. You know, they won 10 games not that long ago. Like, Kentucky has historically not been great, but they've been like... Pretty good the last 10 or so years. UCLA has just been forgotten. They're still kind of forgotten. I mean, you see the attendance at their games right now. It's been a problem. It's a very big issue for UCLA to kind of get up in a city like Los Angeles with so much going on. I'd say what they've done in year one is remarkable. Now, again, they haven't beaten any great teams yet, but they're undefeated. And it's UCLA. We're talking about UCLA, and they're relevant, and we didn't think that was maybe ever possible again.