Missed tackles and penalties, the script of the first three weeks of the season, reared its ugly head in Bloomington.

Any Bruins fan back home could see Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza steer his way through handfuls of defenders for first downs. UCLA interim coach Tim Skipper could see it too, watching from the sideline as No. 2 Indiana throttled the visiting blue and gold 56-6 — the Bruins’ first 50-point defeat since USC won 50-0 in 2011.

Saturday marked just the sixth time in program history (according to data since 1928) that UCLA lost by 50 points or more.

“We just started slow and (had) too many penalties, that’s the main thing,” Skipper told reporters of his team that began its first drive with an interception on Nico Iamaleava’s first pass attempt. “Our tackling, like we

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