Welcome to Bruins Nation’s opponent preview series for the UCLA Bruins 2018 football season! Each week, we will be taking a look at an upcoming opponent this year, examine their strengths and weaknesses, and make a bold prediction regarding the outcome.

This week, we take a look at UCLA’s Week 9 opponent: the Utah Utes.

Last Year

This is going to sound like I’m trivializing the Utes, but I was honestly shocked to remember that Utah only won 7 games this last year, and needed a bowl game victory to do that.