re: UCLA game

For reference, Arizona State's hype last year was much more justifiable than UCLA's this year. ASU returned more offensive production, more starters, was better in both offensive and defensive efficiency the prior year, was coming off a ten win season and their starting QB had a better rating the prior season.

UCLA might be good but advanced metrics in hindsight predict a 6-6 2015 for them, a fate they avoided only due to BYU and Utah being decimated by injuries. They were a very inefficient team especially on defense.