re: It's official: Bama will play USC in 2016

What UCLA is doing is good...and Mora has them pointing in the right direction.

But UCLA will never climb the mountaintop.

That's history - that's culture - that's common knowledge to fans in the know in L.A. It's a lifelong thing.

UCLA has an allergic reaction to football greatness. They are obsessed with playing the spoiler but the spoiler mentality never leads to the domineering/big man on campus mentality. UCLA can't dominate on the football field - it's not in their DNA. For those of you OUTSIDE of the Pac-12 that love UCLA this year or next - it's been proven time and time and time again with far better UCLA teams than the current pretender.

UCLA has blown every chance they've ever had when they were ranked #1 dating back to the 60's.

They can't handle pressure or front-runner success...their only joy is to "upset USC" or some other contender that year like Texas.

Gutty little Bruins. (you get a nickname for a reason) - you see yourself as little and not worthy of being a big dog on the block.