UCLA Offense Still Punchless
BYU just took a 10-3 lead, and you have to wonder if this game is over.
The Bruins offense is a mess. They're interchanging their Nos. 3-4-5 quarterbacks, and Chris Markey is only semi-healthy at QB>
UCLA already got a turnover in BYU territory, and got only three out of it.
And now you have to wonder how the Bruins are going to score any more points.
The running game they used early is being choked off. BYU is daring the Bruins to pass, and Osaar doesn't do that. And nteither, apparently, does Bethel-Thompson McLeod -- who may have the weirdes quarterback name I've ever seen, but I digress.
Barring a special teams big play (always a possibility with Matthew Slater returning kickoffs), or a defensive touchdown, UCLA may be done scoring.
UCLA is taking over at its 24. McLeod Bethel-Thompson is still at QB. He can throw a little, but he has no mobility, and his entire experience is the Notre Dame game, which
We're wondering if Rasshan is hurt. UCLA spent a lot of time getting him ready for the game, and it seems odd they would give up on him so soon ... but who knows. They might have just decided he wasn't going to get it done. It's not like they haven't benched him before. (See: Oregon game.)
Oh, and another three and out, with Dominique Johnson dropping a well-thrown Bethel-Thomspon ball on what would have been a 40-yard gain.
Ack.
When was the last time the UCLA offense was this bad? Ever? Never? Sure, injuries, etc., but even taking that into account, they are seriously inept. To the point that we're almost halfway through the second quarter and UCLA still hasn't comoleted a pass.