PASADENA — Honestly, it’s just sad.

Unless you’re a USC fan, you can’t even enjoy any schadenfreude, because no one else really feels strongly enough about UCLA football to derive pleasure from watching the Bruins flounder or seeing their fans flee.

The Bruins aren’t supposed to be great at football; they’re supposed to be great at basketball .

But UCLA is supposed to be decent at football, competent, good – one of those teams that will reward its fan base with a fun, memorable season every few years.

The Bruins are not supposed to embarrass their university.

They’re not supposed to get pushed around by New Mexico . They’re not supposed to pay a sparring partner $1.2 million to come and beat them up 35-10 at the Rose Bowl , like the Lobos – 15.5-point underdogs coming in – did

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