Overview
- 247Sports reports Bob Chesney is UCLA's leading candidate, and CBS Sports says the Bruins are targeting the James Madison coach.
- Rick Neuheisel, a former UCLA coach now with CBS, said he is hearing Chesney for the job and that the coach “has to make a decision.”
- Chesney is also linked as a possibility for Penn State following James Franklin’s firing, a scenario sharpened by Mike Elko reupping with Texas A&M.
- James Madison is ranked No. 21 in the AP Top 25 under Chesney, who is 18-5 in the FBS and lacks prior West Coast head-coaching experience.
- UCLA has not announced a hire as Tim Skipper’s case has cooled after back-to-back losses and Nico Iamaleava’s concussion absence against Ohio State.