It didn’t seem likely at the start. It didn’t seem likely midway through the fourth quarter when UCLA took a 28-24 lead. It didn’t seem likely when UCLA got inside the Arizona 30-yard line with 22 seconds left and several chances to win.
Yet, it happened.
Arizona’s much-maligned defense — which had allowed at least 45 points to five of its previous six opponents — limited UCLA and its star-studded backfield of Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Zach Charbonnet to just 28 points.
It’s hard to wrap the mind around that.
Because of this huge upset, what seemed like a clear-cut Pac-12 championship scenario is a little less tidy. Let’s tell you what has and hasn’t changed as a result of this shocking upset in Pasadena.