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UCLA vs South Alabama game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA football program that was long a national force in high school recruiting, often edging rival USC for the best young players in Southern California, momentarily ceded those designations earlier this week.

PASADENA, Calif. — It took a while and a bit of a scare, but UCLA opened a season featuring high expectations with a 45-17 win over Bowling Green on Saturday, as a record-low 27,143 fans made the trip to the Rose Bowl in triple-digit temperatures.

And it wasn’t the good kind of history.

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Here are five things to watch during UCLA's season opener against Bowling Green Saturday at the Rose Bowl:

LOS ANGELES — Bill McGovern's top defender looked slightly deranged, with his eye black smeared like a WWF wrestler.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In the end, the bands played on, a potential disaster averted. Florida A&M, undermanned and eventually overwhelmed, limped off the field at Kenan Stadium having put up a noble fight against North Carolina, even with a third of its roster back in Tallahassee, ineligible.

Williams starred for Centennial last season and had a strong summer run before making his final decision.