PASADENA—It may only be early days in the 2025 college football season, but the pressure is very much on UCLA Bruins coach DeShaun Foster. His side came up against the Utah Utes in game one and went down by 10-43 on home soil, and it was a defeat that the 45-year-old felt very personally indeed.

This is Foster’s second season in charge at the Rose Bowl, and his first campaign was no picnic, meaning the former All-American running back needed to get things off on the right foot. The fact that his first loss was followed by a second, albeit by a narrower margin, at the hands of the UNLV Rebels, only makes his position even shakier.

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Despite that loss to the Utes, Foster believes there are signs of progress, being very optimistic, despite the heavy opening loss, commenting.

“We were close,”

“Like it wasn’t exactly what I thought, you know, I was a little more disappointed right after the game, and then, seeing the film, it brought a little more life into me. Just because if we can execute, there are a lot of things that we can actually fix. So, that’s a bright spot that I saw in that.”

“Talking to the team, I can tell that they were ready to hear those things, and they saw the same thing, too.” Foster added.

The pressure being applied to Foster did appear to be taking its toll prior to the season kicking off, as the head coach clashed with reporters who were filming his practice sessions.

“You guys film our practice and put it online,”

“If I was an opponent for another team, I’d look right at your guys’ stuff and see what’s going on. So, for them not to get a beat on Tino (Sunseri) or depth or anything that’s going on, that’s why it’s closed.”

Foster took over from Chip Kelly, whose six-year tenure was showing signs of progress before he resigned to take over as offensive coordinator at Ohio State.

One slight sign of improvement can be taken from the fact that the Bruins battled back from 23-0 down to at least make a game of it during their 30-23 loss at Allegiant Stadium, but one wonders if Foster is fighting a losing battle.

The Bruins were penalized 14 times during the game, and that lack of discipline is something that Foster wants to stamp out.

“I’m just frustrated because when you know that you can execute better than we were and put together two halves like I wish we would have done and this outcome would have been different,” he said. “But the situation that we were in in the first half, we didn’t really help ourselves out. And we came in the second half and finally we were able to execute, but it still wasn’t enough and just didn’t make enough plays. They played a good game.” Foster commented.

Next up for the Bruins are New Mexico, with Foster needing a win at the Rose Bowl to keep his job.