Pleasant surprise

When UCLA went into Knoxville to play Tennessee, like many of the football faithful, I thought they would lose. A freshman quarterback, a second-year coach and a young team coming off a bad year playing in front of 100,000 revenge-minded fans usually spells disaster. That it did not in this case is a testament to how far this team has come under Rick Neuheisel in just two years. Now bring on those Trojans!

David Lawler

Santa Maria