Flat and listless, Penn State traveled to 0-4 UCLA Saturday and fell behind 27-7 by halftime.
They rallied furiously in the second half but lost 42-37 as the Bruins’ Nico Iamaleava riddled them for five touchdowns, three passing and two on the ground. It marked the first time a winless team with a record of 0-4 or worse had beaten a Top Ten opponent in 40 years, an upset by a 24.5-point underdog that had fired its head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator.
Tight ends coach Rick Neuheisel, son of CBS broadcaster and former Bruin coach Rick Neuheisel, called plays. With a game plan they’d practiced for two days, Iamaleava hit Kwazi Gilmer with an 11-yard touchdown pass five minutes into the game. Then the Bruins executed an onside kick and scored a field goal. In all, they scored the first five times they had the ball as the PSU offense sputtered…