Dec 15, 20232 min read

UCLA Bruins take on Boise State Broncos in the Starco Brands LA Bowl

Game day at the home of the NFL Los Angeles Rams and venue of the 2022 Super Bowl. — 'SoFi' Photo Credit: Ron Reiring via Flickr

Boise State (8-5, 6-2) travels to Los Angeles to play UCLA (7-5, 4-5) in the LA Bowl. This game is between two top 50 offenses with Boise State averaging 444.2 yards a game to UCLA's 420.2. UCLA has a top 15 defense meanwhile Boise is middle of the pack at 61st in the country.

Where to Watch

Date - December 16, 2023
Time - 7:30 EST
Channel - ABC
Broadcasters - Dave Flemming and Brock Osweiler
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Who has entered the Transfer Portal?

Boise State has lost two impact players to the portal. Quarterback Taylen Green had 1,752 passing yards and 11 touchdowns and Wide Receiver Eric McAlister had 873 yards receiving and 5 touchdowns.

UCLA also lost their Quarterback Dante Moore who had 1,610 yards passing with 11 touchdowns. Several defenders William Nimmo, Kamari Ramsey, and John Humphrey.

Impact Players

Ashton Jeanty (BOISE) Runningback - Gained 1,262 yards rushing and 552 receiving on the season. Added 19 touchdowns as well. As Ashton Jeanty goes Boise State also will go he is the do-it-all player for this offense.

Andrew Simpson (BOISE) Linebacker - 60 tackles on the season with 6.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. He has been all over the field for the Broncos this season making plays. He will have to continue to do more of the same against a very good UCLA offense.

Ethan Garbers (UCLA) Quarterback - The UCLA quarterback comes into this game with 984 yards passing with 9 touchdowns and 3 picks. He took over the quarterback position during the season and played well for most of his newfound opportunity. He will continue looking to show why he deserves to have the quarterback role going into next season.

Laiatu Latu (UCLA) Defensive Line - 49 tackles with 13 sacks and 2 interceptions on the season. The UCLA defense will need him to come up big in this game to slow down Ashton Jeanty.

Prediction - LA Bowl

As most people know Boise State is known as the 'giant killer' for what they have done to power five opponents in the past. Boise State won the Mountain West Conference this year and UCLA started the season pretty good, but ended up losing three of the last four. UCLA has an experienced quarterback in this game with a very good defense. The defense, even with losing a few guys should still be very good and they do enough to win this one by 4.