Tonight, the Bruins play the final game of the Pac-12 football era when UCLA hosts UC Berkeley at the Rose Bowl. Not only is tonight’s game the final Pac-12 regular season game, it is also the final #Pac12AfterDark game. Will Pac-12 football go gently into that good night, or will #Pac12AfterDark have one last hurrah?
Can UCLA finish a sweep of the California Pac-12 schools to claim the “California State Championship?” Will Berkeley be motivated to beat UCLA as the teams meet for the last time and, in so doing, become bowl eligible?
Those are some interesting questions for what could be an otherwise meaningless football game.
After tonight’s game, the Bruins next regular season game will be as a member of the Big Ten Conference. UCLA leaves the Pac-12 without ever winning a conference title since the Pac-10 added Utah and Colorado to become the Pac-12.
Join us in the comments below as we send Pac-12 football off to annals of history.
Here are the Keys to the Game for the Bruins tonight:
Keys to the Game
1. Stop Jaydn Ott
The Bruins have the best run defense in the nation. UC Berkeley’s offense features Jaydn Ott as their primary running back and the Bears run a balanced offense which leans toward running the ball more. UCLA needs to stop Ott tonight in order to win.
2. Red Zone Offense
Tonight’s game features two very good defenses. In order for UCLA to win, the Bruins need to take advantage of all their red zone opportunities by putting the ball in the end zone. If they can’t do that, it might be another long night.
3. Create Turnovers & Don’t Make Them
UC Berkeley’s defense has done a good job turning the ball over. That presents a danger for UCLA, given the Bruins penchant for turning the ball over on offense. The defense needs to take the ball away more than the offense gives it up.
Listen to the Game With TMB!
Today’s game is on ESPN with Dave Flemming and Brock Osweiler calling the game. If you would rather listen Josh Lewin and Matt Stevens call today’s game, you can listen to the game online while chatting in the TMB game thread. Just right click on the link and open it in another tab so you can have it playing while you chat in the comments below. That way, you can listen to Josh Lewin, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook call tonight’s game instead of Flemming and Osweiler on ESPN.
Join your fellow Bruins discussing today’s game in the comments section below, but before you get there, here’s how to watch the final #Pac12AfterDark game:
UCLA Football (7-4, 4-4)
Opponent: UC Berkeley Golden Bears (5-6, 3-4)
Series Record: UCLA leads, 58-34-1.
When: 7:30 pm PT, Saturday, November 25, 2023
Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Live TV: ESPN with Dave Flemming, Brock Osweiler and Kayla Burton
Rebroadcast (All times PT): Sunday, 11/26 at 9:00 pm on ESPNU Monday, 11/27 at 1:00 am on ESPN Monday, 11/27 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Monday, 11/27 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Monday, 11/27 at 7:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Monday, 11/27 at 9:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Monday, 11/27 at 9:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 12:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 12:00 am on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 3:00 am on Pac-12 National (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 3:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 6:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 6:00 am on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 8:00 am on Pac-12 National (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 8:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Tuesday, 11/28 at 1:00 pm on Pac-12 National (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 1:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 9:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Tuesday, 11/28 at 9:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 5:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 6:00 am on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 7:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 12:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 12:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Wednesday, 11/29 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Wednesday, 11/29 at 10:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 5:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60 Thursday, 11/30 at 5:00 am on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 7:30 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Thursday, 11/30 at 1:30 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 2:30 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 4:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 5:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 10:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Thursday, 11/30 at 11:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Friday, 12/1 at 5:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Friday, 12/1 at 9:30 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Friday, 12/1 at 6:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Saturday, 12/2 at 8:00 am on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Saturday, 12/2 at 2:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60) Saturday, 12/2 at 3:00 pm on Pac-12 Bay Area (Pac-12 Football in 60) Saturday, 12/2 at 11:00 pm on Pac-12 Los Angeles (Pac-12 Football in 60)
Go Bruins!!!
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will someone please explain the pac 12 bowl hierarchy? Do the Bowls basically have a draft for pac 12 schools? If so, why are we either Las Vegas or LA? Isn't LA below Alamo and Sun?
I remember it well. It was Pac 8 and then Pac 10 when Arizona and Arizona State arrived. As I was growing up in Wisconsin, memories of watching UCLA playing either football or basketball remain vivid for me. Amidst the gloomy, chilly fall climate in Wisconsin, the TV images of Bruins squaring off against opponents in the Rose Bowl field under a sunny blue sky were more than a treat for me. By the same token, as Wisconsin's winter snowy landscape saw us cramming in high school, taking breaks to watch - late in the evening because of time difference - UCLA routinely blasting opponents in Pauley or elsewhere made me determine to go west, to attend UCLA through thick or thin even if few of my cohorts would even contemplate it. But I did. The rest is history. Decades later, we are playing our very, very last game of the Pac 12 conference even. Everything I hold dear about my alma mater will indeed become history too, except in a different dimension and time. Go Bruins !!!!!!!!!!
We will again need 3 or 4 takeaways to win tonight. Cal has a good gameplan. Dare us to throw. Unless we get great Qb play tonight, we lose. Enjoy the end of an era everyone. Long live the Pac 12!
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Clap, clap, clap!
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will someone please explain the pac 12 bowl hierarchy? Do the Bowls basically have a draft for pac 12 schools? If so, why are we either Las Vegas or LA? Isn't LA below Alamo and Sun?
Anyone else attending the last regular season PAC 12 football game ever?
I remember it well. It was Pac 8 and then Pac 10 when Arizona and Arizona State arrived. As I was growing up in Wisconsin, memories of watching UCLA playing either football or basketball remain vivid for me. Amidst the gloomy, chilly fall climate in Wisconsin, the TV images of Bruins squaring off against opponents in the Rose Bowl field under a sunny blue sky were more than a treat for me. By the same token, as Wisconsin's winter snowy landscape saw us cramming in high school, taking breaks to watch - late in the evening because of time difference - UCLA routinely blasting opponents in Pauley or elsewhere made me determine to go west, to attend UCLA through thick or thin even if few of my cohorts would even contemplate it. But I did. The rest is history. Decades later, we are playing our very, very last game of the Pac 12 conference even. Everything I hold dear about my alma mater will indeed become history too, except in a different dimension and time. Go Bruins !!!!!!!!!!
If the Pac 12 were a publicly traded financial services company, what prison term would Larry Scott be looking at right now?
Good evening Bruin Fam! The end of Pac-12 Football is about to begin - such a strange feeling.
Go Bruins! Beat the bears! 💙💛
Surprise. Intro by Bill Walton. All time Bruin great.
Moving the ball well!
Garbers plays with poise.
Surprise Moore intercepted. Poor read.
Well that was not good.
Moore has not lost his touch. 1 play, 1 turnover
If Dante Moore transfers only midmajors will want him. He threw that pass right into triple coverage.
Looks like Garbers might have dislocated his shoulder, with the way he was holding his arm ::
Looks like a potential HC hire for UCLA was hired by Michigan state. I know People were hoping Johnathan Smith could be our next hire.
We will again need 3 or 4 takeaways to win tonight. Cal has a good gameplan. Dare us to throw. Unless we get great Qb play tonight, we lose. Enjoy the end of an era everyone. Long live the Pac 12!
At the RB right now. It's Garbers injury confirmed?
Not sure why Moore started that last possession.
The PI call was ridiculous. Not even catchable.
Cal jumbed
What justes happened I just joined
Disconcerting signals.
LOL
Bruins look flat.
Two FG is not a disaster but need Moore and offense to get act together.
What the heck is a illegal snap
Need a score out of this drive.
That play never had a chance. 8 guys in the backfield. Fuck Chip Kelly
ASU all over again
Got a break. Need to get something out of it.
Defense!
They are going to pack the box to force Mooreto pass.
Great pass by Moore!
Moore looking good tonight.
Let’s see if Chip can call the right play.
What a complete cluster
Just ridiculous
Ohio State missed 3 field goals today.
Soory fiends I've been on the wrong thread. We're not looking ready for our last PAC game.
Our defense will have to score tonight. There it is
Well, we only need five yards.
Latu, First and goal, go Bruins!
Do not turn it over!!!!!@
TD Loya!
FINALLY.
We are the dominant team. Now need to dominate the score.
That sucked.
Laotu is the goat
Suck, Ott! Kick return for TD.
Great XX yard rush their by Firstname Lastname for the score.
This drive will tell us a lot about our team.