No. 7 Penn State walked into the Rose Bowl on Saturday as massive 24.5 point favorites against a winless UCLA team that had just fired its head coach and both coordinators. Things did not go according to plan. They left Pasadena with one of the most shocking upsets of the season. The Bruins defeated the Nittany Lions 42-37, ending Penn State’s 34-game winning streak against unranked opponents and marking the first time since 1985 that a team with an 0-4 record or worse had beaten an AP top-10 opponent. UCLA outgained Penn State 435-357 in total yards and dominated on the ground with 280 rushing yards. They alos controlled possession for over 39 minutes. But who was the catalyst for this sudden change?

The UCLA offense looked completely different from the unit that had averaged just 14.3 p

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