After winning last years final three games, including a thrilling upset victory over Southern Cal, UCLA looks to add to its success.

On both sides of the ball, UCLA looks to be loaded, returning 10 starters on each side of the ball. Moreover, UCLA has 24 returning players with significant starting experience.

UCLA's returns several key offensive personnel, including two very good quarterbacks, which gives them a lot of optimism in Westwood as they look to improve on their already balanced attack from a year ago.

Last year, UCLA averaged about 330 yards per game (200 passing, and 130 yards on the ground. Not only do they return seven offensive lineman, all with significant starting experience, they are returning several key skill players.

Senior Tailback Chris Markey, looks to improve on the 1100 rushing yards from a year ago, and his ability to catch the ball makes him extremely dangerous. Markey, if healthy, might be one of the best all around backs in the Pac 10 next season.

At Fullback Michael Pitre returns and he is a load who is an extremely good pass blocker that can catch the ball as well.

The receiving corps are going to be as good as any in the Pac 10 if not the nation, with Brandon Breazell, and Marcus Everett coming back and Joe Cowan returning from an injury that forced him out of the 2006 season. This will give whoever is starting at Quarterback so many options, it is likely to give any opposing defensive backfield fits.

Starting quarterback is looking particularly exciting as both Ben Olson and Pat Cowan appear to be healthy and ready to go. Ben Olson, threw for 800 yards, 5 touchdowns, and hit on 64% of his passes last season before going out with an injury in the fifth game. Pat Cowan came in and in the final 8 games, threw for over 1800 yards and 11 touchdowns.

If there is a troubling aspect to UCLA's offensive game its that neither ben Olson or Pat Cowan have shown a significant ability to throw the ball accurately down field beyond thirty yards. This could open them up to some unneccessary turnovers, should Dorrell continue with his love for stretching the field. Still, I think that Olson is more adapt at reading the defenses and is a bit more accurate when he does stretch the field.

I look for Ben Olson, who is a bit more poised and efficient to narrowly beat out Cowan and return to the starting role. If Olson is healthy for the entire season and has five significant targets to throw to, given his efficiency, I look for UCLA to be a very solid team and poised to make a run at a 8 to 10 win season. They should have the weapons, blocking, and speed for an extremely successful campaign in 2007.