'Bleav in UCLA': Recapping Win Over South Alabama, Previewing Pac-12 Play

A nail-biter against the Jaguars capped off the Bruins' undefeated nonconference slate, raising questions about the team's prospects for 2022 and beyond.
'Bleav in UCLA': Recapping Win Over South Alabama, Previewing Pac-12 Play
'Bleav in UCLA': Recapping Win Over South Alabama, Previewing Pac-12 Play

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Sam Connon and Travis Reed sort through UCLA football's last-second victory over South Alabama on Saturday, sharing their thoughts on the ups and downs Bruins' shaky performance and the not-so-fond memories it managed to drum up. Sam and Travis went on to talk about where this leaves Chip Kelly four-plus years into his tenure in Westwood, and how the Bruins can be expected to perform against a Pac-12 slate that appears tougher than originally anticipated.

"Bleav in UCLA" – presented by BetOnline – is the UCLA-focused podcast on the Bleav Podcast Network, hosted by former UCLA men's basketball player Travis Reed and All Bruins Publisher and Managing Editor Sam Connon. Reed played for the Bruins from 1997 to 1999, while Connon has been covering teams on campus since 2017.

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Sam Connon
SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.

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