Bob Toledo was fired as UCLA's football coach Monday because first-year athletic director Dan Guerrero felt the program wasn't headingin the right direction and wouldn't turn around unless a coachingchange was made.
"We need to raise the bar, we need to start winning Pac-10championships again," Guerrero said at a campus news conference. "Theissue was clearly one I had to make in the best interests of theprogram. The tough thing was this was Bob Toledo. He's a good man."
The Bruins are 7-5 this season, including a 52-21 loss to No. 5USC on Nov. 23 and a 48-27 loss to No. 7 Washington State onSaturday.
Toledo won't coach UCLA in the Dec.25 Las Vegas Bowl, where …

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