{"id":1125,"date":"2025-10-07T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/podcasts\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2025-10-07T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:46:40","slug":"get-off-my-pylon-uclas-upset-highlights-wild-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/podcasts\/get-off-my-pylon-uclas-upset-highlights-wild-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Off My Pylon: UCLA’s Upset Highlights Wild Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWeek 6<\/a> of the college football season will be remembered for one thing above all: UCLA\u2019s jaw-dropping upset of seventh-ranked Penn State. In one of the most improbable results in recent memory, the Bruins\u2014winless heading into the weekend\u2014stormed into the national conversation with a 42\u201337 victory that defied logic, history, and expectations.\u00a0 Matt Zemek<\/a> breaks that down and more this week on Get Off My Pylon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

UCLA Sends Nittany Lions Reeling<\/h2>\n

Interim head coach Tim Skipper and newly promoted offensive coordinator Jerry Neuheisel engineered the program\u2019s biggest win in nearly four decades. UCLA\u2019s offense, which had looked lifeless a week earlier, erupted for 430 total yards, becoming just the fifth team in over a decade to post that total against a James Franklin\u2013coached Penn State defense. Freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava led the charge with over 120 rushing yards and three touchdowns, the first Bruin to hit those marks since 2000.<\/p>\n

The victory was historic: UCLA became the first team since 1986 to start 0\u20134 and defeat a top-10 opponent. Neuheisel\u2019s debut as play-caller was nothing short of cinematic\u2014outmaneuvering Penn State\u2019s highly paid defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, whose $3 million salary contrasted sharply with Neuheisel\u2019s entry-level contract. The result was a masterclass in creativity and aggression, punctuated by a gutsy onside kick to open the game and a perfectly executed intentional safety to close it out.<\/p>\n

West Coast Teams Finished With Mixed Outcomes<\/h2>\n

While UCLA celebrated, the rest of the West had mixed fortunes.<\/p>\n