UCLA Football Predictions for 2024: UCLA Bruins Football Total Wins Picks, Best Bets & Games To Watch
Expert college football handicapper Ron Marmalefsky looks at UCLA college football and its chances in 2024. Ron provides expert picks for betting on the Bruins in 2024.
Ron also offers total win predictions for UCLA in 2024 (a great betting NCAAF betting future), areas to watch, favorability of schedule, and offers best bets tips on the UCLA Bruins.
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UCLA College Football 2024 Preview: What’s the Situation?
Once a tough person to like, Chip Kelly became less guarded with the media, and I felt he became deadly accurate about how the game was changing, and not in a good way.
Kelly detested recruiting, and became one of several coaches to leave his Head Coaching job for a simpler life. DeShaun Foster may very well put the spark back into this program. The new question is this: Is he Head Coaching material?
2024 UCLA NCAAF AREAS TO WATCH:
I thought Ethan Garbers was their best QB in ’23, and T.J. Harden their best RB. They return, but must stay healthy, as this year there’s no backup plan. The talent is better at WR/TE, but let’s not describe it as elite. The OL should be at least competent.
Eric Bieniemy is a fiery coordinator. If he doesn’t overdue things, the players will play hard for him. I like the nose tackle, so even though I project a rise in the run D (4.3, was an amazing 2.85 last season), I think UCLA will slow down many of the Big Ten’s rush attacks. Five transfers will start on defense, three in the rebuilt secondary.
That’s a must watch area. UCLA had 43 defensive sacks in ’23. With stud edge rusher Latu gone, this figure will drop, maybe significantly. Special team play fell completely off the map under Kelly. Transfers take over, but the Bruins are not paying enough attention to this area of play (one made kick over 40 yards last year, 6-11 overall).
UCLA Football 2024 Predicted Total Wins Prediction
There’s radical player, coaching, and conference change here. This looks 5-7 (I went UNDER 5.5), but 6-6 is possible if they stay healthy, and special team play improves. How ready is Foster to run the entire show? My scheduling grid calls 5-7 as the ceiling.
College Football Week 0 Predictions 2024
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2024 UCLA Football Schedule and Games to Watch
With Oregon rested, I have UCLA at 2-3 after a trip to Happy Valley (Penn State). They “should” win hosting Minnesota, but I must certainly precheck UCLA’s backfield health, defensive stat sheet, and special team play.
As for games 7-12, are they all tossups? Road games at Rutgers and Nebraska will test UCLA’s young staff, and their offense. Iowa and USC (revenge) are difficult home games. Washington’s coach is new, but his Arizona team beat UCLA the past two seasons. Fresno’s Jeff Tedford steps down, but that team has won the last four in the series.
UCLA 2024 Football Expert HANDICAPPING TIP
I took the early line with Hawaii week one, and may go vs. the evolving Bruins at LSU, vs. Oregon and later, I like Rutgers. Yes, I’ll study their early tendencies, but after the 2nd bye week I’m likely to look underdog 1st in most of the games in the 2nd half of the season.
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