The most important person vs. Utah: Tracy Claeys

Jake Roth-USA TODAY SportsOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.

Confucius

Last week, we cautioned against disregarding the UCLA Bruins and looking ahead to the Utah Utes. The team had to keep their focus on the visitors from Westwood, a team that, despite being 0-3 coming into the game, had some talent and was desperate to show the world they should command some respect.

As it turns out, we’ve never been more prophetic. Unfortunately.

The Cougs certainly treated the Bruins like an opponent that deserved respect ... for about 40 minutes. Then the wheels and the body and the exhaust and the engine and every last piece of metal came off the bus and the…