The Gutty Little Bruins, a lovable yet frustrating moniker that lived with the UCLA football team for 52 seasons, died a spectacular death Saturday. UCLA football is now the Glitzy Big Bruins, with both wonderfully giant expectations and frighteningly big risks. The Bruins have not won a national football championship in 63 years; Kelly took the Ducks to the national championship game just seven years ago. Yet the Bruins’ football program also has avoided serious NCAA troubles; Kelly left the Oregon football program on probation. Chip Kelly’s arrival will deflect attention from that furor while putting the UCLA football program on the national map for the first time in years.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 25, 2017 21:33 UTC