The UCLA Bruins football team has not found much success this season. The only win up until this point came in Week 1 against Hawaii, albeit in a discouraging 16-13 effort on the road.
The Bruins have lost five in a row and the offense has yet to score more than 20 points in any game this season.
While the losses to Penn State and Minnesota were more encouraging than the three blowouts prior to that, the atmosphere around the program has been deflating.
Senior defensive lineman Jay Toia spoke about how things have been this season, per Matthew Niiya of The Dialy Bruin.
“The season’s not going how any of us want,” said senior defensive lineman Jay Toia. “But, I believe we’re getting better every week and we’re just striving to win games.”
Toia decided to return to Westwood despite some brief transfer portal buzz, but certainly, this is not what he had envisioned when he came back to UCLA.
UCLA faces Rutgers in Week 8 before a much-needed bye, although things don’t get easier on the other side of the bye. The Bruins finish with games against Nebraska, Iowa, Washington, USC and Fresno State.