Chow vs. Chow
In a battle of wits, Norm Chow might just have outsmarted himself.
After UCLA scored with 1 minute, 26 seconds left in Saturday's eventual 31-22 loss to Kansas State, the Bruins found themselves with a game-tying two-point conversion opportunity.
Rather than call his preferred play, Chow opted for a pass play to the back of the end zone - Kevin Prince's throw to Taylor Embree was batted down - because he thought Kansas State coach Bill Snyder would have a read on him.
"You always plan for your 2-point play in advance, and you usually have a list of two, three plays," Neuheisel said. "Norm had on his list a play above the play we called, but we had called that play in a previous game on a 2-point play, and he just thought, 'You know what, they'll have looked at that one, so I'm going to the next one.'"
While UCLA had a successful night running the football against Kansas State - the Bruins finished with 193 yards on the ground, but only 120 passing - the next step for the coaching staff is trusting the running game in critical situations.
Perceived to be the weak spot heading into the game, the offensive line showed consistent push, as running backs Johnathan Franklin, Derrick Coleman and Malcolm Jones averaged 5.2 yards per carry.
Now they'll have to get the two yards that matter most.
"As we get further into the Pistol and gain more confidence in it, the runs will be much more viable in that situation," Neuheisel said. "They were in an eight-man drop, three-man rush, and if we had to do it again, we'd probably run the ball."
"They were in an eight-man drop, three-man rush, and if we had to do it again, we'd probably run the ball." Probably?? we need two yards and they're dropping eight guys into coverage and we don't run the damned thing up the gut?
Anybody else out there feel as if the season has already ended? I mean, after Boise State's great performance last night, and with its cupcake schedule (except for Oregon State), that team will certainly be in the national championship game.
So the Ohio States, Alabamas, Floridas, and the like are fighting for the second spot.
And thus that leaves the SCs, uclas, Stanfords and the other 110 football schools fighting for the crumbs that fall off the table.
I guess I am spoiled, but if you don't have a chance for the National Championship, I am not too interested.
LAWYER JOHN
Fabricated/not real...
No problem here..if you're not interested..many of us would be very happy if you disappeared for this season and the following and the one after that and so forth. Don't let the door hit you in the ...........
How can we miss you if you never go away?
LAWYER JOHN
Maybe you would be interested in reading about REGGIE BUSH's big give back....HEY food for thought, Maybe that would take your mine off of UCLA for a moment......
Our OL ran generated 173 yards against K-State last year too, I really wouldn't count on that again against anyone else except maybe Washington State. KSU DL is pretty sh*tty. Malcolm Jones should be starting by the way and every day he doesn't we risk losing him. The only hope for the future of this offense is Hundley/Jones.... maybe marvray can be decent but who knows.
They dropped 8 guys because we had 3 wideouts and nobody behind Prince. The only person who could have run that ball would have been slowest-sideline-to-sideline-movement-ever-for-a-supposedly-fast-quarterback Prince.
Reformed is right, somethings that coach says just don't add up. Prince does seem to be a step or two slow for a pistol QB.