Iowa Hawkeyes at UCLA Bruins Game Thread
This evening, the UCLA Bruins host their final new opponent of the 2024 season, the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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The last time UCLA played Iowa in football was here at the Rose Bowl for the 1986 Rose Bowl Game. The Bruins won that game easily 45-28. In fact, we had that game on while tailgating today simply because there were no other sports to watch live this afternoon.
This is the tenth meeting between the schools and the Bruins have won seven of the nine previous meetings.
Having watched the 1986 Rose Bowl this afternoon, it seems like the Iowa offense hasn’t changed much since then. Hawkeye quarterback Chuck Long took an awfully long time to throw a pass in that one and this year’s Hawkeye team doesn’t throw much either.
Let’s look at the Keys to tonight’s Game.
Keys to the Game
1. Establish the Short Pass
UCLA still cannot run the football, but they’ve had some moderate success using short passes in lieu of the run. They will need to do that again today against a Iowa team which is ranked 11th in the country against the run.
2. Stop Kaleb Johnson
Iowa runs the ball two-thirds of the time. Kaleb Johnson has carried the ball about as much as the rest of the Hawkeye team. If you stop him, you grind the Iowa offense to an absolute halt.
3. Homecoming Cooking
Tonight’s game is UCLA Homecoming. In all my time coming to UCLA football games, this is the first time the Homecoming game is on a Friday. Will tonight’s crowd be bigger than other Friday night games? Maybe because it is Homecoming. Let’s hope the crowd arrives early in spite of LA traffic.
Listen to the Game With TMB!
Today’s game is on Fox with Connor Onion and Mark Helfrich 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 today’s game.
Join your fellow Bruins discussing today’s game in the comments section below, but before you get there, here’s how to watch today’s game:
UCLA Football (3-5, 2-4)
Opponent: Iowa Hawkeyes (6-3, 4-2)
Series Record: UCLA leads, 7-2. First Big Ten meeting.
When: 6:00 pm PT, Friday, November 8, 2024
Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Live TV: Fox with Connor Onion and Mark Helfrich
Live Stream: FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app
Radio/Audio:
AM 570 in Los Angeles with Josh Lewin, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook
Online: UCLABruins.comLive Stats: UCLA StatBroadcast
Rebroadcast (All times PT):
Friday, 11/8 at 11:00 pm on FS1Saturday, 11/9 at 4:00 am on FS2
Saturday, 11/9 at 5:00 am on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Sunday, 11/10 at 1:30 am on FS1Sunday, 11/10 at 4:00 am on FS2
Sunday, 11/10 at 11:00 pm on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Monday, 11/11 at 5:00 am on FS2
Monday, 11/11 at 9:30 pm on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Tuesday, 11/12 at 1:00 am on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Tuesday, 11/12 at 9:00 am on FS2
Wednesday, 11/13 at 3:00 am on FS2
Wednesday, 11/13 at 4:30 am on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Thursday, 11/8 at 12:00 am on BTN (B1G Football in 60)
Go Bruins!
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Even the end zones have been thrown back tonight!
And, imagine, running the ball to run out the clock.
There’s a long way to go, but we’re getting a little closer!!