UCLA Beats WSU 28-25, Barely, Led By... Kevin Prince
by freesia39 on Oct 8, 2011 11:02 PM PDT
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PrintI had a funnier line here to sum up the game, and then we won. Quick rewrite! How about that game? We won! We won a football game for the third time this season! We beat the mighty powerhouse from Pullman, WA - Washington State.
Wait, what? Mighty powerhouse? It's Washington State, we should have beaten them by 20. Of course, this is UCLA football, and torture is expected, as are unusually tight games, people being driven to drinking when they never drink, and me pounding my keyboard keys furiously, trying not to swear.
In the first half of the game, it was much closer on the scoreboard than it was on the field. In the first quarter, WSU out-gained us 124-12. We had two possessions, and went three and out each time. That was not a good start. At all.
However, the defense came up big in the red zone, and managed to keep WSU out of the end zone, forcing three field goals. We tried to help though, with two big personal foul calls. Hey WSU, anything to help you guys out. I mean, you showed UCLA in the first quarter that you can run up the middle, but if can't get anywhere, you can bounce off and run to the other side! INGENIOUS.
As we move to the second quarter, UCLA's first drive is humming along, with some nice throws to Taylor Embree and Randall Carroll, although Carroll lets a surefire TD go through his fingers. Unfortunately, disaster strikes as Richard Brehaut goes down with a high ankle sprain, and everyone's favorite quarterback, Kevin Prince, returns to the field, memories of interception after interception dancing through everyone's minds.
Yet, Kevin Prince connects with Nelson Rosario for a touchdown! No wait, after further review, Rosario is down at the one, and on second down, Derrick Coleman forces his way into the end zone. Tyler Gonzalez in his first kick ever, nails the extra point, high and right down the middle. Hey, maybe things will turn around!
WSU drives into the red zone again, and UCLA's defense manages to stop them, forcing another field goal. Furney hooks it wide, and as we celebrate, a lone flag litters the grass at the Rose Bowl. The world's dumbest penalty ever called on Joe Fauria is the result, as he is flagged for being too tall, and WSU, after not getting into the end zone again, makes the field goal. I hate you, Jay Stricherz.
We end the half with bad clock management and a Kevin Prince interception in the end zone, leading to a cascade of boos from the Rose Bowl faithful, although Nelson Rosario should have fought harder to knock the ball out of WSU's hands.
Unfortunately we come back to the second half with reports that Richard Brehaut has a fractured leg. And it doesn't get any better than that. Well it does for a second - UCLA opens the half with a nice little drive, marching down the field, capping it off with Derrick Coleman's second touchdown of the game. However, Kai Maiava commits a penalty on the extra point, giving WSU an extra 15 yards on the kick off, leading to a good return.
WSU then marches down the field, converts a fourth down, and Jared Karstetter catches a touchdown pass. Hello, beginning of the end. UCLA is stopped on it's next two drives, with Nelson Rosario unable to hold onto a ball thrown to him and going absolutely nowhere on offense.
WSU scores again, after a pass interference call that I thought was BS, but I don't care at this point. We block the extra point, somehow, by Owa, and didn't get flagged for leaping. The thing that pissed me off more than usual on that drive were the cushions. The freaking cushions. I know our secondary is dinged up, but you can play a little closer to the receivers. The cooties are gone by college!
Hey we scored! A couple of good runs and a throw from Prince to Smith for the touchdown. We go for 2 and miss.
Whatever, WSU keeps driving. Our defense can't stop anyone. The long field goal by WSU is good, as the spirit of Kai Forbath invades Furney, who is giving Kip Smith a run for his money on being the biggest kicker in Division 1 (ok fine FBS.) I guess they both like Sebastian Janikowski.
On the next UCLA drive, there is a nice throw to Rosario and a touchdown to Shaq Evans. We go for two again and this time Rosario converts the 2 as he fights for the ball. We manage to hold on to the win as Andrew Abbott picks off Lobbestael and we manage to convert a 3rd and 8 to finish the game in the victory formation.
Whew. We win because WSU can't get into the end zone. Even if they had gaudy red zone numbers coming into this game, we managed to stop that part of the game, so WIN FOR US! NO WIN FOR YOU, WSU.
After every game, we will grade the team based on the Eye Test:
1) Is our defense prepared for each and every team we play?
2) Do we call offensive plays to catch our opponents off guard?
3) Do our players look like they know what they should be doing at all times?
4) Do our players play for 60 G-D minutes every game?
5) Do our players execute?
6) Do we have leaders on the field?
Well, well, well.
1. In the first half, we did a nice job of keeping WSU out of the end zone when they hit the red zone. That wasn't the same in the second half, our defense was still giving ridiculous cushions, but hey, we had a few sacks today, Datone Jones was taken off the side of a milk carton, and when we managed to get pressure on Lobbestael, he was forced into bad throws. Andrew Abbott had the play of the game to preserve this win.
2. We saw Josh Smith and Shaq Evans catch TD passes, and Jordon James in on several plays. It caught ME off guard, and we actually got in the end zone. Of course, Kevin Prince alone probably caught WSU off guard, as they prepared for Brehaut, but Kevin Prince stepped in and didn't lose the game for UCLA.
3. I hate to rip on the players, because I know they put in so much effort in practice, and that the coaches really need to keep motivating the players to play week in, week out. The players did seem dejected at times, playing slower, heads down, but they didn't give up at the end of the game, even if they were exhausted on defense.
4. Play for 60 minutes? Was it a complete effort? Perhaps, but WE PLAYED WASHINGTON STATE. Ignore their 3-1 record, it's WASHINGTON STATE. Our talent level is so much higher than what is on their team, we should be destroying them, not winning by 3 points.
5. We executed for the most part when we needed it today. We still can't tackle, and we still give up a lot of cushion on receivers, and we can't blitz, save for a few times in the first half. We did have THREE personal foul penalties, each one more painful than the last, and these dumb penalties have really got to go stop. HELLO, we're trying to kill the clock and we false start near the end of the game? We're fortunate to have picked up the first down.
6. Three people on the field today made the most of their opportunities due to injuries to other players: Tyler Gonzalez nailed his extra points, Eric Kendricks was fantastic and should play more, and Kevin Prince, despite throwing the pick that set my facebook feed on fire, didn't lose the game for us and kept us in the game.
We win. WSU loses to us again. At least that order is restored.
Richard Brehaut, get well soon! You too, Jamie Graham! I'm tired. Can we put an end to all the night games?
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High ankle sprain?
They were saying leg fracture on the broadcoast. I hope for Brehaut’s sake it’s only a high ankle sprain. Was there an update?
The ankle sprain is what we thought earlier in the game
or, as freesia wrote just after the jump:
Unfortunately we come back to the second half with reports that Richard Brehaut has a fractured leg.
formerly bruinhoo
Yeah I tend to write the post game wrap ups as the game goes along
So things change by the end of the post.
I actually thought the clock management to end the first half was fine.
Better than the other games this season. But the INT made it moot.
I couldn't agree more
I watched the game with my uncle who typically doesn’t watch UCLA FB games. He said to me, “Why is that kid with the cast (Westgate) out there instead of the guy with the long curls(Kendricks)?” Once I proceeded to explain the Westgate story, he said “oh, so he’s like Rudy?” sigh
Owa is a monster.
The Transfer WRs are clutch
Nice game by Josh Smith and Shaq Evans. Here’s hoping Shaq’s injury isn’t serious.
Yes, thank God for them.
Hope Graham’s injury is not to bad. We are very thin in the secondary right now. Hopefully the BYE next SAT will give UCLA some extra time to get healthy.
by orlandobruin on Oct 8, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The bye week could not be coming at a better time
Hopefully a lot of the guys in the secondary can get healed up before we face Zona and Foles
Apparently they were near-fighting after the game.
per Jon Gold
"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen
Not surprised.
Cheap shots on Evans on the TD and Kai on the last play.
by orlandobruin on Oct 8, 2011 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody Did Something At The End To Piss Off Kai Maiva
Not sure what it was but RN had to restrain him.
Los Angeles Rams and the UCLA Bruins!!!!!
by Minnesota Bruinfan on Oct 8, 2011 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Maivia was bull-rushed on a kneel-down
One of the WSU players bull-rushed him as he snapped the ball. Very unsportsmanlike.
That DB spearing at the end
What a douchy move. Definitely filthy game play. Wulff should be embarrassed.
You mean that Fauria is an eligible receiver?
After this game, I had nearly forgotten
formerly bruinhoo
My Biggest Fear
Is that we win enough games to save neuheisel’s ass. This was a game that we were outplayed by WSU, yet won. There are alot of bad teams left on the schedule. I am not sure due to the level of competition, that a 7 or 8 win season would make me comfortable with rick at the helm. I mean, do we see this guy taking our program to the promised land. I sure dont.
My biggest fear is 3-9.
I cannot root for UCLA to lose, head coaching situation be damned. Everybody knows what the expectations of this community are going forward this season WRT this team.
by orlandobruin on Oct 8, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm with chirobruin
My biggest fear is that we beat the four Pac12 teams that haven’t yet won a conference game and get blown out by asu and suc. Then neu gets hailed as having turned the corner for his 7-5 season and gets (not earns) a fifth year of mediocrity.
by bornagainbruin on Oct 9, 2011 8:14 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I expected Brehaut to throw 3 TD passes. Instead Prince does! Get well RB...
I knew they would thwart our running game, stacking it up front like that, yet give us opportunities up top, and they did. We needed to win it in the air, and should have come back to Fauria even more often! I’m glad we used Jordan James more, but we need to be more creative with his plays. Also leaving RC in for more than one play before throwing him the bomb finally, was smart. I expected us to score 31 points and we should have. Young Defensive players stepped up tonight, and Prince was a stud like he was recruited to be, minus that pick! Thumbs up to the WR’s, Coleman, JF, Hester and Gonzalez. Good win Bruins. Needed.
Maybe I missed it in the post game thread, but....
I can’t believe no one’s thrown it out there yet. Time to take the redshirt off Hundley?
Just a thought. We’re down to one injury-prone QB and no backup. I agree with you, but we may not have a choice if KP goes down again…
by gmurraynewyork on Oct 8, 2011 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
In all fairness
Crissmann has had a few reps. And no, I am not his grandma.
Brehaut is likely out for the season.
Bell disappointed in limited action last season and I do not think he is an option.
So, it comes down to whether Crissman can be the #2 guy for the rest of the season.
I wouldn’t bet on it. I think if Prince goes down, we will see Hundley and i think he starts to get #2 reps starting this week.
by orlandobruin on Oct 8, 2011 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I do think he will get more reps
At this point – as hundley himself has acknowledged – he does not have a deep enough grasp of the offense to be the primary QB. Unless he makes that leap in the next couple of weeks, and Prince either gets hurt or completely stinks the bed, Hundley should stay where he is.
formerly bruinhoo
The Play calling was alot better as well
I saw some plays ive never seen. Like Franklin lining up to the left of Prince and actually…wait for it….running outside the tackles
Yeah - I think I saw a screen pass
and it was pathetic. I guess that’s why we don’t do that. Someone needs to tell the coaches that you need have some blockers out in front to make it work. That being said, it was nice to see Prince execute once he shook off the cobwebs – he’s a great kid and a more than adequate QB. Our problems go far beyond what he can control.
We had a screen pass to James in the 3rd qtr that worked great
Was beautiful designed too, off a fake option read to Coleman. Gained 17 yds to get down to the 3 yd line and set up our 2nd TD.
by insomniacslounge on Oct 8, 2011 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember the play, but forgot the details
Thanks for pointing that out – I’m going to take another look right now…
Watching Nebraska tonight
They seem to run a reverse Pistol with the back lining up to the side of the qb and the read is to give the ball running around the end or the qb running up the middle…….interesting. Might be something nice Leach can add to our offense.
auburn did it last year
they read the play side DE, if he crashes they had off to the running back and if he stays home the qb keeps, its an awesome play
It's a more awesome play if you have Cam Newton running it
Or in Nebraska’s case, Taylor Martinez
by insomniacslounge on Oct 8, 2011 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Think that's the inverted veer, yes?
Is this what you’re talking about?
by insomniacslounge on Oct 8, 2011 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know the attendance of tonight's game?
Surely seemed more crowded than the SJSU game
A lot of that was the rebroadcast over the speakers
which had a delay and made it weird when you cheered….then heard a blast of cheering 1.5 seconds later….
also heard they were giving out tickets to students
and the student section was full tonight
First home game w/ school in session
I said it before, and don’t mean to toot my own horn (so to speak), but a bit part of our attendance issues had to do with school not being in session. And you know what? A win, no matter how ugly or uninspiring, will only encourage students to keep coming. So that’s a good thing.
I am confident that the total revenue was greater than if they had not given the tickets away.
UCLA students should see the game for free. Of course, that sort of thinking is lost on Doughnut Dan.
I guess it worked
Via Jon Gold, the attendance was 64,217.
Sorry to be so negative..........
but we barely squeaked out a win AT HOME against Washington State. I mean, seriously, my passion bucket is about empty……….and it has slowly been dripping dry all season. I really thought that we would be better this year, but it is painfully obvious that CRN is not the man to lead our program. These are games we should come in and dominate. Plain and simple. I am afraid that we are becoming worse and worse as the year goes on.
Think about it. We didn’t get our first first down until the 12:06 of the second quarter!! We had to come from behind in the 4th quarter to a horrible team!! We continue to play a conservative and unimaginative offense. The fan base is bored, and even worse…..is starting not to care anymore. A whole generation of young football fans have never lived to see success on the gridiron.
I like Westgate……….I respect him as a tough Bruin who has always given his all. However, it was very obvious that Eric Kendricks is a beast in the making, yet he still gave way on many occasions to Westgate. As coach said “Never mistake activity for acheivement”. Westgate runs around alot and plays his heart out, but watching him try to tackle tonight while he couldn’t wrap up anyone……and then watching Kendricks get it done over and over…….I couldn’t help but wonder why Kendricks isn’t the man in the middle all the time.
We run a pistol offense with two quarterbacks who are not running quarterbacks. You wonder why they always get hurt? Nobody could survive that type of pounding game in and game out. It is just a matter of time until Price gets hurt and we are forced to burn Hundley’s redshirt, or play Crissman the rest of the year. That is a guarantee.
Like I said, I am sorry to be negative when we won, but I am not one that thinks that all that matters is a W or a L. CRN is not getting it done and it is time that home wins over lowly programs like SJ ST. and WSU don’t get you another year to rebuild.
reality check
you say we should dominate, however its a statement with out substance. First we have an offensive line that would not start for any top 25 team. We have a D line the would not start for any top 25 team. We have quarterbacks, RB included, that would not start for any top 25 team. So i ask why should we have dominated. When CRN came in the O line was so bad we could not run the ball and because the O line could not pass block our quarterbacks got killed. Most of those players are still around. Bringing in a new couch, assuming the morgan center would pay market rates, would not change anything. So i ask again why should we have dominated the game
Reality recheck - we weren't playing a top 25 team
We were playing Washington State. At home. With our roster. We should have dominated.
Same story with San Jose State and Oregon State (small consolation to playing OSU on the road).
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Why should we dominate????
Really? Ok……………….here is the substance you asked for.
1) The offensive line is not as sad as you make it out to be. Chris Ward could have gone just about anywhere. Maiva started for Colorado three years ago, as a freshman. Baca has been a starter since his frosh year. Yes, I understand he was ineligible, but that just gave him an extra year to bulk up and get experience. Hasiak didn’t work out. Sheller is something like a 10-year senior……..lots of experience. Mike Harris is an experienced and good lineman. Not great, but more than serviceable. We have a great coach on the O-Line. The line is not as bad as you say. Baca and Ward could find enough playing time with many quality programs, as would Maiva.
2) Are you kidding me about our D-Line? Owa was one of the top recruits in the country, and would be starting anywhere he would have gone. He hasn’t developed as quickly as we would have liked. If he signs with a top-flight SEC school, he is a beast right now. Marsh was committed to LSU and he would be getting major minutes for them as well. Jones was predicted to be great this year. Hasn’t happened. Willis and Graham were all top-flight recruits. We fought our ass off to get Graham out of Nevada and to be with us. The rest of the defense? Riley was one of the top safeties in the country. Dye and Hester were very well respected. Zumwalt and Riley we stole from USC……..who wanted both of them badly.
3) Quarterbacks? Crissman was a Top Ten overall recruit who threw a touchdown in the under armor all star game. Brehaut was a stud in high school who could sling it. He was personally hand picked by Chow to be our quarterback of the future. We took Prince away from Oregon State. Between the three of them we should have been able to developed one of them to be more than sufficient at the position. Instead what do we do? We switch to the pistol offense, an offense that requires a big, strong, athletic quarterback with wheels. None of those guys fits the bill for the Pistol. However, CRN puts us in it so that we can have a credible running game? How about working your ass off in a Pro-Set offense, West Coast Offense, anything that may help your quarterbacks be more successful. Instead, we run the Pistol, an offense that CRN knows nothing about. NOTHING!!
4) How about the skill position players. Randall Carrol came to us instead of USC. Enough said. Josh Smith as a star at Colorado on special teams, yet he doesn’t sniff a punt return ever! Rosario and Marvray, while not heavily recruited were sought-after by many quality programs. How about our runners? Malcolm Jones was the national player of the year! Could have gone to any program in the country. For us, nothing!! Franklin is one of the top runners in the conference and should open up the passing game in a traditional offense. Coleman….a warrior who churns up the yards and is equally good at pass blocking. Tight Ends…….we got Fauria from Notre Dame. We should be creating mismatches for him all over the field.
5) How about the lack of competition………or lack thereof……depending on who you believe. Should Embree really be returning punts ahead of Smith? Should Embree really be playing instead of Carrol, Marvray, Smith? Not based on his history of drops. Should Westgate be starting ahead of Kendricks? Not based on performance this year? Should Prince of been starting over Brehaut? That was answered in the first few weeks of the season. These are just a few of the questions I have of the staff.
There is your substance. If you had a draft of players between only Washington State players, San Jose State players, and UCLA players…………I guarantee you that any coach would take our players over theirs at almost every position. In fact, they would probably take ALMOST ALL of our backups before any of their starters………AT JUST ABOUT EVERY POSITION. That is a fact and that is about as much substance that I can give you.
by muircoach on Oct 9, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A win is a win, under Neuheisel, but with a caveat
By now, we know what he can do with the team and its talent – which is not too much. At least we got a little suspense going towards the end, not knowing if this would be an obscenely ugly loss against the lowly doormat Cougars, or somehow Rick could pull it out however way he did. And he did. So to that extent, I am at least relieved that he accomplished a minimum goal.
Yes, you’re right muircoach. We cannot gloat about wins against SJST and the likes. But then these are still Division I programs and not CalTech, or Pasadena Theological Seminary. Do you remember Lavin’s last season and how things became insanely bizarre ?
I was there at Pauley when his team lost its very first exhibition game to an amateur outfit even. With sparse crowds in attendance, literally everyone left in an utter daze. I walked to my car with throbbing pains in my head. I almost cried myself to sleep that night, traumatized by the scary thought that perhaps Pauley might indeed vanish into a sinkhole the next morning. Now that was heart wrenching pain and severe anxiety attack when malignant Lavinoma struck.
So tonight we barely got by WSU. What a piece of cake, my fellow Bruin. I can handle that any day.
Regarding Washington St.
Just wanted to say that I think Washington St. is a lot better than San Jose St. this year, and I wouldn’t equate the two. We are accustomed to thinking of them as the winless Pac 10 doormat, but they’ve continued to improve a lot over the last two years. Lobbestael already threw for 368 yards a few weeks ago against a respectable San Diego St. team, and that’s not something that San Jose St. could do. I’m glad that we didn’t have to play them in Pullman.
Just one other point re: Washington St.
I just looked it up, and they lost at Stanford last year 38-28 (that’s 28 more pts. than we scored on Stanford last year), and I think they are significantly improved this year.
I think we have the dynamic
of them improving, and us worsening…and tonight, we discovered that we’re almost at the same level…..sad, when you think of their past recruiting classes and the ones we’ve pulled.
And how'd they do against SDSU by the way?
Yeah, they fared worse than we did. Which means what you’ve highlighted shows two major strikes against Rick: The first is that SDSU is objectively a better team than UCLA which is never acceptable, and the second is that WSU is clearly improving at a faster rate than UCLA, which is also unacceptable considering where we were last year and how bad this conference is.
Kevin Prince Really Stepped Up
Just got back from the Rose Bowl. Kevin Prince really came through when we most needed him to. And it’s true that some of the people at the Rose Bowl booed him. Listening to the radio after the game some people said they were actually booing CRN for putting in Prince instead of Hundley while some actually admitted that they were booing Prince. I don’t see that it makes much difference, because it’s going to sound the same to the players. Really tasteless of those fans.
As for my impressions of the game I actually thought it was the best game the defense has played so far this year. They gave up a lot of yardage but mostly played well in the red zone and came up with some big plays especially Abbott’s interception with the game on the line. Also I think this is a much improved Washington St. team, and they are a very good passing team and they have and will continue to put a lot of points on the board this year.
It was the offense that was really dismaying in the first half. Here we march right down the field on our first drive against Stanford but against Washington St. at home we go three and out on our first two series. And while Washington St. has become a pretty good offensive team I don’t think anyone would say they are a particularly good defensive team. I thought we’d be able to run against them like last year, but I guess they really stacked the defense against the run. The offense finally got untracked in the second half most notably through big plays. Prince in particular really stepped up when he needed to including the big throw to Rosario, the last touchdown pass and 2 pt. conversion, and the nice throw to Smith on 3rd & 8 to ice the game at the end. Can you imagine what he must have gone through after the 3 interceptions against Texas, being demoted, and then having to hear boos when he took the field tonight? I’m really happy for him. I think he’s going to do well now, but he has to do everything to avoid injury or else we’re really in trouble..
Early in the fourth quarter I thought we were probably going to lose, and I could see any remaining hope for the season going down the drain, but then the team really stepped up. The whole team should be credited with making big plays when they needed to especially in the fourth quarter. This game really came down to big plays, and that’s why we won. Because of the way it ended it actually turned out to be a really exciting game to be at.
The Defense Was Soft and Atrocious
The only reason we won is that WSU’s red zone performance looked like ours in years past.
We gave up 389 yards.
Lobesteall was 28-40 made possible by our cushy cushion pass D. Until the end of the game we had no pass rush. We continue to miss tackles and commit key penalties.
The best game of the year? Totally meaningless on the scale of how we have been playing.
sjh
Brehaut out, Prince in...
…smells of disaster. i stepped out when RB got hurt, next thing i know i come back and Prince throws an interception! oh my freaking god! are you serious? Brehaut is our man (or was) until Hundley takes over (which can’t come soon enough). The only reason to play Prince is to preserve Hundley’s redshirt.
The more i watch this season, the more i think RN should have been fired last year, and Leach brought in to have them for the off season and summer camp.
Agreed: we probably won’t see RB again this season
Prince played well
I am happy for him. He’d a good kid and deserves our complete support. Shame on the people who booed him or any of our players.
The failures of this team are on the coaches.
sjh
+1
Yes let’s hope the Texas game was an anomaly. he definitely is the stronger runner of the two. his QB draw in the 2nd half was huge. KP does need to work on his reads of the defense. He made two terrible throws down the middle one which hit the back of a wsu player. Still glad we gutted this one out. Nice 4th quarter win.
by BruinArts on Oct 9, 2011 8:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
"Nice 4th quarter win"
LOL
Like the game against SJSU, there is no such thing as a nice 4th quarter win against WSU.
With Bre out with broken leg, and this being beginning of bye week...
… I expect (hope) Hundley will get the next start. Let us not forget that this kid was recruited specifically to run our offense. He finished High School early and reported to UCLA early. Sure, he had a medical setback, but he’s now more than ready to go. I’d rather him learn the ropes now, with the balance of this season… then wonder next September how he’s gonna do. Let the Hundley era begin. (Link to Bre preliminary status in Fan Shots. It’s early. We’ll know more later Sunday, def Monday).
U-C-L-A Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bruins!
Go Lakers! Go Dodgers! Go Angels!
Save Hundley for (potentially) a new coach
What can Hundley gain under this mess that is our offensive “scheme?” Injury? Confusion? Needing to re-learn a new season next year? Why not have a full 4 years of Hundley for a new UCLA era to prosper under?
I am a big proponent of Hundley (and Mike Leach), but . . .
. . . a big part of the pistol is the read. if Hundley can’t read the D, he will be unable to run the pistol successfully. Bringing in Mike Leach for next season (as soon as possible) will allow a gifted athlete like Hundley to be coached by a QB genius. I have no doubt Leach can teach the read concepts to Hundley that the current coaching staff (who’s the current QB coach again?) has failed to do.
Go Bruins!
no
Please stop asking for Hundley, he will get hurt, or worse, get spooked for the rest of college. Prince played well, let Crissman and Bell get some reps in. Prince should be advised to not take any dumb hits (thats how he’s gotten hurt every single time minus the jaw injury), and with any luck, we’ll be all right. Hundley needs to wear a headset and hold a clipboard and learn everything he can before this becomes his team.
by Strathmore&Gayley on Oct 9, 2011 7:43 AM PDT reply actions
Hundley has not played one down in a college game
I’m sure that Hundley has a lot of potential, but he has literally zero experience playing major college football.
Jamie graham
What happened to him? Was he injured and how?
by BruinArts on Oct 9, 2011 8:37 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
He was injured.
He was on crutches and wearing a knee brace. I’m hoping it was precationary until he gets more imaging. We will learn more tomorrow.
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