Bruins have hands full with Rodgers, Canfield

After three straight weeks against hot running backs, UCLA finally got a bit of a reprieve in the ground game last week against Arizona.
With starter Nic Grigsby still nursing a shoulder injury and backup Keola Antolin limited to just 77 yards, the Wildcats didn't put on quite the same show in a 27-13 win that the three previous Bruin opponents did.
Now UCLA must deal with Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers on Saturday.
So much for that reprieve.
Rodgers ranks second in the Pac-10 in rushing yards with 810 and leads with 14 rushing touchdowns after winning conference offensive player of the year as a freshman in 2008.
He is scary fast, he is freakishly nimble, he slashes like a Ginsu knife.
But he is not the entire Oregon State offense, and the Bruins better not just focus on Rodgers.
Sean Canfield will make them pay.
Canfield has thrown for 1,734 yards and 11 touchdowns for the 4-3 Beavers and is coming off a 329-yard, three-touchdown performance in Oregon State's 42-36 loss to USC.
"There's no doubt about it - it's confidence and decisiveness," Beaver head coach Mike Riley said. "That's not only into the year, but through the year. Almost game-to-game. He's hung in there and made throws and hasn't blinked, which is a big, big part at quarterback."