Bruins' inconsistencies and mediocre play leave them in the dust in duel against Texas

PASADENA “”mdash; Texas took 10 confident paces forward, turned and calmly, accurately let off a round of gunfire.

When the smoke and the dust cleared, the result was plain and it was ugly. An all-around slapstick performance by UCLA left Texas as the runaway winner in this rendition of the high-noon duel, the Bruins left gasping for life in the street.

Texas avenges last year's loss as UCLA tries to recover from early upsets

PASADENA – Last year’s win over Texas was the crowning achievement of the UCLA football team’s season, a here’s-what-we-can-really-do message sent on national television by beating a college football powerhouse on its home turf.

A year later, with home field reversed, the Longhorns delivered a message of their own: Last year was just an aberration.

Texas delivered payback for the beatdown UCLA laid in Austin with a 49-20 drubbing at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.