According to ESPN's football power index (FPI), Ohio State is expected to defend its national title and be the best team in the nation, winning a projected 10.3 games (7.7 in the Big Ten), being the first-ranked team in college football. Here's what Connelly had to say about Ryan Day and the Buckeyes:

UCLA head coach Deshaun Foster reportedly wasn't 'forthcoming' with Joey Aguilar during the Nico Iamaleava transfer saga originally appeared on A to Z Sports. When Nico Iamaleava left the Tennessee Vols for the UCLA Bruins near the end of spring practice, no one’s world was turned more upside down than Joey Aguilar’s.

A preseason poll of Big Ten media members expects the Trojans and Bruins to finish ninth and 15th? Expect better from both of these programs.

The Bruins' head man went to the Super Bowl in his second season in the NFL and hopes his second year with UCLA goes just as well.

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