Just got done talking to UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, and he said he was encouraged how UCLA prepared and played against Fresno State.
“As long as they keep working like that, better things are on the horizon,” he said.
As for the play of quarterback Kevin Craft, Neuheisel said “I think it might have been his best game. …I’m hopeful his confidence grew.”
Hot-button talking points for the week will be a need to improve third-down conversions on offense, improvement on third down defense and to throw the ball down the field more.
Finally, he said an MRI showed offensive lineman Micah Reed has a partially torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, but it is not a severe tear. Reed will not play against Washington State, but could return the following week at Oregon.