UCLA Football Thread

[Lou]

ha  the game was off the board and then word got out that Rosen would play. lines went out at Utah +7 . I pounced on it.  Had a buddy who told me there was no way Rosen could play today, and if he tried to he wouldn't last more than one series. 

hopefully Texas has that private jet fueled up 

[nando714]

Jim Mora has turned down the Fresno State job

[nate]

The defensive issues came outta nowhere.  The Bruins had played excellent defense all season until this game.  That happens though when your team can't run the ball and throws 70 passes.

With that said, moving to a more spread offense worked well.  The wheels fell off for Faful though, too many dumb choices.  And of course, the OL is still garbage.

[nando714]

Rosen has nerve damage in his shoulder 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-football-report-20161024-snap-story.html

[Lou]

21 hours ago, nando714 said:

Jim Mora has turned down the Fresno State job

Big deal, so did I 

[RallyMo]

Holy crap.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/ucla-football-jim-mora-s-contract-buyout-is-currently-an-absurd-14-76-million-102416

Future Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford is jealous:

 

[nando714]

1 hour ago, RallyMo said:

Holy crap.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/ucla-football-jim-mora-s-contract-buyout-is-currently-an-absurd-14-76-million-102416

Future Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford is jealous:

 

They better hope someone else wants him. I think the team or school would only owe ucla 2m

[AngelsLongBall]

17 minutes ago, nando714 said:

They better hope someone else wants him. I think the team or school would only owe ucla 2m

Pat Haden would hire him

[nate]

Doughnut Dan Guerrero should be fired with that and the Alford contract.

[nate]

@Lou am I crazy that I don't think any of this is because of KP?  Everyone seems to blame him for the offense but I haven't noticed anything egregious, they can't run the ball but that is because of the OL, not scheme IMO.

[Lou]

12 hours ago, nate said:

@Lou am I crazy that I don't think any of this is because of KP?  Everyone seems to blame him for the offense but I haven't noticed anything egregious, they can't run the ball but that is because of the OL, not scheme IMO.

I complete agree. The OL, once again, has been complete garbage.

[halobob]

It'd be really nice to see the Bruins get a halfway decent OL.  This is unacceptable.  On the plus side basketball starts next week!

[nate]

I wouldn't call that a plus side.  Basketball is a giant mess too.

[halobob]

10 hours ago, nate said:

I wouldn't call that a plus side.  Basketball is a giant mess too.

I'm excited for this recruiting class...and for no more Tony Parker.

[nate]

Alford is still the coach, he could have Russell Westbrook back and figure out how to suck.

[Lou]

20 hours ago, nate said:

Alford is still the coach, he could have Russell Westbrook back and figure out how to suck.

disagree

he's learned how not to listen to the coaches 

[AngelsLongBall]

Rosen done for the year?  Ouch

[AngelsLongBall]

LOL! 

 

[nate]

Poor MJD

Also Rosen is done, Bruins suck, it was fun while it lasted...

[nando714]

7 hours ago, nate said:

Poor MJD

Also Rosen is done, Bruins suck, it was fun while it lasted...

They were a 6-6/7-5 team at best with rosen now they're a 4-8 team without him. Still terrible to see such a great talent get beaten like that.

insterested to see how the offense will look after the bye week. Air raid or pro style 

[nate]

Hopefully they keep the spread and start moving the line to actually run the ball.  Can't expect to pass the ball 70 times again.

[Angel Oracle]

USC would greatly appreciate a UCLA win over Colorado.

[Lou]

On October 31, 2016 at 7:58 AM, halobob said:

I'm excited for this recruiting class...and for no more Tony Parker.

same here.

btw, this giant mess is ranked #16 in the AP preseason poll

[Lou]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

USC would greatly appreciate a UCLA win over Colorado.

Defense is playing a great game. Tak is going to be a rich man soon and Brown could be the most underrated player in the country.

re: offense, particularly the running game. The OL deserves a lot of the blame, but one of the guys on the halftime show said something I was telling my buddies a couple of weeks ago - the backs don't run the ball with any power. The only back that occasionally does is Sparks. 

 

[nate]

Yeah the backs definitely are too tentative.  I am pretty annoyed by some of the play calling too.  After that first INT, they had the ball around the 25, lose 8 yards to the sack and then its a draw play on second and 18... wtf?  They are running this semi zone read play but still not really doing anything with it.  Guess they are worried about Colorado's DBs.  They do run a lot of zone I guess.