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Which college football coaches are on the hot seat? Which ones have to win now, or else, after Week 3?

The day's biggest headlines were written Saturday morning in America's heartland before a minute of football had been played, when a confluence of unfortunate events led to a rowdy crowd of Nebraska fans feeding the ever-hungry ego of college football's most controversial iconic former head coach.

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.

LOS ANGELES — It's going to be historic, it just might not be entertaining.

The late-morning sun was just starting its slow, steady climb over the old stadium.

It was the kind of opening game that made a statement.

LOS ANGELES — What a nightmare, and that's not a reference to the triple-digit game-time temperature.

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.