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Published Oct 29, 2022
5 things to watch: No. 12 UCLA vs. Stanford
Tracy McDannald
Staff writer

After having the nation’s second-longest win streak snapped last week, No. 12-ranked UCLA will look to start a new one Saturday night against Stanford at the Rose Bowl.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and will air on ESPN.

The Bruins (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12 Conference) will be looking to defeat the Cardinal (3-4, 1-4) in Pasadena for the first time since 2008.

Here’s what to watch for:

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The defensive rebound

Basketball season is right around the corner, but UCLA will be looking for a different kind of rebound after allowing a season-worst 545 yards in the 45-30 loss at Oregon.

Bruins head coach Chip Kelly said every level of the defense had breakdowns to clean up, but they all were correctable mistakes.

For a UCLA team in the thick of the race for a spot in the Pac-12 championship game, the defense will begin a stretch of three games against sub-.500 opponents before the crosstown rivalry against USC. The Bruins have to start correcting those breakdowns now.

That starts with…

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