A quick look at UCLA for the sake of comparison to the same sort of look at Tennessee. Caveat emptor: stats are from last year. Depth chart is from the Game Notes, which of course is subject to UCLA's misfortune of losing QBs like Spinal Tap loses drummers.
Schedules
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2007 |
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2008
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| 9/1 |
at
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W 45-17
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9/1 |
No. 18 |
L |
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| 9/8 |
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W 27-17
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Bye | |||
| 9/15 |
at
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L 44-6
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9/13 |
at No. 16
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L
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| 9/22 |
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W 44-31
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9/20 | 
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?
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| 9/29 | at
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W 40-14
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9/27 |
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?
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| 10/6 |
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L 20-6
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10/4 | 
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W
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| 10/13 |
Bye
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10/11 |
at No. 21
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L
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| 10/20 |
No. 12
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W 30-21
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10/18 |
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W
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| 10/27 |
at
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W 27-24
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10/25 | at
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L
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| 11/3 |
at
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L 34-27
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11/1 |
Bye
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| 11/10 |
No. 9
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L 24-20
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11/8 |
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?
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| 11/17 |
Bye
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11/15 | at
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L
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| 11/24 |
No. 9
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W 16-0
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11/22 |
Bye
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| 12/1 |
No. 8
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L 24-7
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11/28 | at No. 15
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L
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| 12/22 |
No. 17
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W 17-16
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12/6 |
No. 3
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L
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Last year, UCLA went 8-5 with two bad losses and two good wins. This year, with a new offensive coaching staff and giving them the benefit of the doubt in what Bruins Nations earlier this summer termed toss-ups, my best guess is that the Bruins go 5-7 in the regular season.
Depth Chart (games/starts)
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UCLA FOOTBALL DEPTH BY CLASS
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TOTALS FOR PROJECTED STARTERS
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Unit
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Seniors
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Juniors
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Sophomores
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Freshmen
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| OFFENSE |
4
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4
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2
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1
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| DEFENSE |
5
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4
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1
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1
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| SPECIAL |
1
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2
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1
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0
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OFFENSE
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Position
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Seniors
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Juniors
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Sophomores
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Freshmen
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| QB |
Kevin Craft Osaar Rasshan |
Chris Forcier Kevin Prince Nick Crissman |
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| TB | Kahlil Bell | Chane Moline | Raymond Carter Aundre Dean |
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| FB | Trevor Theriot | Tobi Umodu | Tyler Tuiasosopo | |
| WR | Marcus Everett | Terrence Austin | Dominique Johnson | Taylor Embree Nelson Rosario Ryan Graves Antwon Moutra Jerry Johnson |
| TE | Logan Paulsen | Ryan Moya Adam Heater |
Jeff Miller | |
| LT | Micah Kia | Brandon Bennett | Brett Downey | |
| LG |
Nick Ekbatani Jess Ward |
Darius Savage | ||
| C | Micah Reed | Jake Dean | ||
| RG | Scott Glicksberg | Sonny Tevaga | Austin Hill | |
| RT |
Nate Chandler Mike Harris |
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DEFENSE
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Position
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Seniors
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Juniors
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Sophomores
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Freshmen
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| LE | Tom Blake | Reginald Stokes | Justin Edison | |
| LT | Nathaniel Skaggs | Jerzy Siewierski | Brian Price | |
| RT |
Brigham Harwell Chase Moline |
Andy Keane | ||
| RE | Korey Bosworth | David Carter | Datone Jones | |
| SLB | John Hale | Chinonso Anyanwu | Akeem Ayers | |
| MLB | Reggie Carter | Steve Sloan | ||
| WLB |
Kyle Bosworth Joshua Edwards |
Mike Schmitt | Sean Westgate | |
| LCB | Michael Norris | Aaron Hester Andrew Abbott |
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| RCB | Alterraun Verner | Courtney Viney Andrew Abbott |
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| FS | Aaron Ware | Garrett Rubio | Glenn Love | |
| SS |
Rahim Moore Tony Dye E.J. Woods |
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SPECIAL TEAMS
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Position
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Seniors
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Juniors
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Sophomores
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Freshmen
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| PR | Ryan Graves | Terrence Austin | ||
| KR | Terrence Austin | Raymond Carter | ||
| P | Aaron Perez | Danny Reese | ||
| PK | Kai Forbath | Jeff Locke | ||
| Projected starters in bold. Returning starts in italics. Numbers in parentheses are games/starts. Redshirt "X" is denoted simply as "X." | ||||
Key stats from last year
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SOS
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PED
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RD
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3DO
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TD
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PEO
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OPPG
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TO
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3DD
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16
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32
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14
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104
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29
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115
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92
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99
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3
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SOS
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PED
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RD
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3DO
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TD
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PEO
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OPPG
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TO
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3DD
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12
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66
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69
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56
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70
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29
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29
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54
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72
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SOS (strength of schedule), PED (pass efficiency defense), RD (rush defense), 3DO (3rd down offense), TD (total defense), PEO (pass efficiency offense), OPPG (opponents' points per game), TO (total offense), 3DD (3rd down defense)
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Observations
- Tennessee has two more upperclassmen on offense.
- UCLA's defense last year was very respectable in all of the right categories. It appears that eight (five, according to the Game Notes) of their 11 on defense were starters last year, too, so expect them to be good when we have the ball.
- The Bruins' 2007 offense, though, was atrocious. Seven starters are back (four, according to the Game Notes), but the QB isn't one of them. He' fresh off a stint at Mt. San Antonio College after having spent two seasons at San Diego State.