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UCLA vs. Washington Week 7: Social Media Reactions to the Bruins Clutch Road Win

Many fans expected the Bruins to blow their 14-point lead, and then their team shocked them by pulling it out late in Seattle.
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UCLA vs. Washington Week 7: Social Media Reactions to the Bruins Clutch Road Win
UCLA vs. Washington Week 7: Social Media Reactions to the Bruins Clutch Road Win

Bruin fans had seen it all before.

Their team would take a big lead against a big Pac-12 rival, then slowly give it away until eventually they lost in heartbreaking fashion.

Only that's not what happened Saturday in Seattle.

UCLA football (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) may have seen its 14-point lead disappear before its very eyes Saturday night, but it eventually found its footing and won 24-17 against Washington (2-4, 1-2).

After the Huskies opened things up with a field goal, the Bruins scored 17 unanswered. From quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson's bubble screen touchdown to Kam Brown to his rushing touchdown later on, the offense was moving the ball well. The defense had its stretches too, allowing 3 yards in a two-drive span to help take a 17-3 lead.

Of course, the Bruins' 17-3 lead was short lived, as the Huskies scored a touchdown before the end of the first half, and then tied it up midway through the third.

There was some optimism, and it came from an unlikely source – one of the Bruins' most critical, notoriously pessimistic fans still had some hope.

Just as Carlos foresaw, that's when UCLA got back on track.

Tight end Greg Dulcich hauled in his first catch of the night on a shovel pass to the left, and then he came back a few plays later with a 9-yard touchdown grab to give the Bruins a one-score lead.

The Bruins immediately followed up that go-ahead score with a big play on the other side of the ball.

True freshman cornerback Devin Kirkwood reached out and tipped the ball to himself over the middle, hauling in a game-sealing interception.

All that was left after the pick was the Bruins bleeding nearly five minutes off the clock until the game went final.

The up-and-down nature of the win once again was cause for concern for the UCLA fanbase, but to sum up the general takeaway – a win is a win.

The Bruins will now have a week to prepare for a matchup with Oregon at the Rose Bowl.

UCLA fans are ready to host ESPN's College GameDay, and they'll have to wait another few days until the network makes the call on where they're setting up for the show.

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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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