[T]he outside pressures to get UCLA's program turned around don't really bother Neuheisel much. It's the pressure coming from inside that has taken a toll. Neuheisel wants to win as badly as any UCLA fan because he is one. He cares as much about the program as any alum because he's one of those, too. [...]

So all the talk from fans and the media about Neuheisel needing to win in order to save his job means little to him. Neuheisel doesn't want to win to save his job; he wants to win because he wants to win.

"I evaluate myself all the time," Neuheisel said. "I've always looked at myself as a guy who is going to do my damndest to get this done. I keep trying to think differently about how to get it better. I'm always thinking that way."