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Helene Elliott: Progress can't come soon enough for Chip Kelly and his Bruins

PASADENA, Calif. - UCLA fired Jim Mora for this?

For an 0-3 start under Chip Kelly? For another penalty-filled effort in a 38-14 loss to Fresno State that was a step backward from the Bruins' loss Sept. 8 at Oklahoma?

If Mora's last two seasons didn't meet expectations, as athletic director Dan Guerrero said when announcing Mora's dismissal last November, how far short has Kelly fallen of expectations that he'd bring about progress even in small measures?

UCLA has a

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