Man in the middle

Steve Sloan will play middle linebacker in UCLA's base defense because of the injury to Kyle Bosworth, which forced Reggie Carter to move from the middle to the weakside. It will the first extended action of Sloan's career, but I asked him if he will look to Carter for help in making the defensive calls.
"It's always helpful to have him there,'' Sloan said. "I know the defense. We're always in the same meetings, so I think I have it all down. If I need help, he's there."
Carter said he would not try to tell Sloan what adjustments to make while the defense was lining up.
"You probably can, but it's hard," Carter said. "You don't want to have two players screaming to the defense at once because he could be saying something, I could be saying something different.''