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Bruins aim to prove status
as contenders, not as mirage
Tenth-ranked Cal needs a win in Pullman to keep
an unblemished record before facing ASU next week
BY JEFFREY DRANSFELDT
SPORTS REPORTER
Maybe UCLA football isn’t quite a
superpower yet, as prognosticators
have been predicting after a three
game winning streak and a dominat
ing performance against Oklahoma,
or maybe that’s just what UCLA
wants its competitors to think.
The 21-17 win against Washing
ton last Saturday, which earned
UCLA its fourth win and maintained
its undefeated status, hardly came
easy. Washington (1-4 overall, 0-2
conference) entered last Saturday’s
game coming off blowout losses to
Cal (56-17) and Notre Dame (36
17), sandwiching a 34-6 win over
Idaho in between.
Now, though, comes UCLA’s next
test as No. 10 Cal visits the Rose Bowl
Saturday, with game time set for 4:30
p.m. on TBS.
If UCLA can beat Cal, its next four
games will come against Washington
State, Oregon State, Stanford and Ari
zona, teams with combined records of
eight and eight. The Washington State
game should come with a disclaimer
— it’s played in Pullman, Wash., a no
toriously difficult place to play.
It’s a stretch run that, if UCLA plays
well, could have them undefeated for
games against No. 17 Arizona State
and cross-town rival No. 1 USC.
Many didn’t think No. 20 UCLA
would be thinking big at this point of
the season, but coach Karl Dorrell
thought otherwise.
“We’ve been trying to keep the
big picture from the very begin
ning,” Dorrell said. “We envisioned
ourselves being in this position at
this point of the season.”
Cal has started 5-0 for the first time
since 1996 and only the fifth time
since 1950.
“They are a top-10 team and they
are playing like a top-10 team right
now,” Dorrell said. “So our challenge
this week is to shore up our funda
mentals and get ourselves back to
playing the caliber of football that
we’re capable of playing.”
To do that, UCLA will need quar
terback Drew Olson to regain his ef
fectiveness to avenge last year’s
blowout loss (45-28) in Berkeley.
The same
early season
rhythm that
allowed Ol
son to throw
for 296 yards
against Rice
and 314 yards
against Okla
homa.
“There will be no problem getting
up for this particular game with
both teams being undefeated. ”
Karl Dorrell j UCLA head coach
In UCLA’s slow start against Wash
ington, Olson still managed to com
plete 29 of 44 passes for 287 yards
and two touchdowns — though he
tossed his first two interceptions of
the season.
On the ground, tailback Maurice
Drew, who averages 77.8 yards per
game, ran for only 33 Saturday. He
did, however, help UCLA recover
from a 17-7 fourth-quarter deficit,
scoring the go-ahead touchdown
with 1:08 remaining.
Against Cal, UCLA’s run defense
will be tested again after allowing
Washington to run for 213 yards, led
by Louis KanKin witn iuv.
Cal running back Marshawn
Lynch played against Arizona for
the first time since breaking his
pinkie finger against Washington
two weeks prior. The 5-foot-11-inch,
215-pound Lynch, who is compara
ble to UCLA speedster Drew, rushed
for 107 yards.
It was the 17th consecutive game
that Cal has had a 100-yard rusher.
Cal was able to plug in Justin
Forsett in Lynch’s absence. The
sophomore Forsett is averaging 117
yards per game and had 74 yards
against Arizona.
Arizona tried stopping Cal’s run
ning game last week and failed in a
28-0 loss.
“It wasn’t for a lack of working
that we allowed their success,” Ari
zona aeten
sive end
Copeland
Bryan said.
“They are
just really
good.”
Combine
that with im
proved play
from quarterback Joe Ayoob, who
failed to complete a pass in 10 attempts
against Sacramento State in the season
opener. Last Saturday he was solid,
completing 14 of 20 passes for 137
yards and two touchdowns. He ran in
a third touchdown on a 1-yard run.
It’s a two-pronged attack that will
challenge UCLA and go a long way
toward proving whether the Bruins
are contenders or a mirage.
“There will be no problem getting
up for this particular game with both
teams being undefeated,” Dorrell said.
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