UCLA Football: The good, the bad and the Bruins vs. Arizona State
The UCLA football team had another unfortunate loss, this time to Arizona State. Despite getting the “L”, there were some positives among the bad.
In this edition of “The Good, The Bad and The Bruins”, the UCLA football team had another mistake-filled performance as they tried to claim a victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils, only to come up short in another contest.
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It is unfortunate that UCLA continues to limit themselves due to mistakes because there was a lot of good that came out of this game.
The Good
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Offense: Overall, the Bruins’ offense is doing a lot of great things. For the second week in a row, the compiled over 400 total yards on offense, though the majority of it came through the air. The Bruins have been doing well running the ball this season but showed that they are multidimensional with 335 passing yards against the Sun Devils. They are getting down the field, now they have to get into the end zone.
Defense: It was not a great performance, but they did a lot of things to disrupt the ASU offense. They even did a better job getting into the backfield. The Bruins recorded one sack and six tackles for a loss in this game. Now if they can only limit yards.
The Bad
Offense: UCLA’s bread and butter has been the run and they seemed to favor the pass a bit more against ASU. That might be due to the fact that Wilton Speight was in at quarterback. Joshua Kelley, who has run for over 100 yards five times this season, only had 79 on 21 carries, giving him an average of 3.8 yards per attempt. As a team, UCLA only had 104 rushing yards.
Defense: The one good thing about the run defense is that it is improving. Unfortunately, they still have to find ways to reel things in. Giving up 281 yards on the ground is not the way to do that. With that many yards, it is surprising that they only allowed three rushing touchdowns.
The Bruins
Offense: Caleb Wilson was incredible in this game. He was not only able to break away from defenders but collected a slew of yards in the process. With 11 receptions, he logged 164 yards with 2 touchdowns.
Defense: Once again, Adarius Pickett proved that he was the Bruin defender that has to be avoided. He had 12 total tackles, with 10 of them coming on solo efforts.
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UCLA’s next game is Saturday, November 17 against the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl.