UCLA coach Mora Jr. gets into postgame tiff with writer (VIDEO)

Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports | USATODAY

It was quite his father's "Playoffs?!?!?" speech, but UCLA coach Jim Mora had his own noteworthy press conference following the Bruins' 35-17 loss to Stanford Saturday.

Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers, who has never shied away from goading the town's sports figures, started the presser off by insinuating that UCLA intentionally didn't try their hardest. The Bruins, who were guaranteed a spot in the PAC-12 title game win or lose, would have faced Oregon had they beat the Cardinal. Instead, they'll play Stanford for the second week in a row.

Simers starts in on Mora at the 00:24 mark of the below video, asking the former Seattle Seahawks coach if his team "went into NFL mode and played it like a preseason game."