UCLA Football Fall Camp Day 9 – All Starting Offensive Linemen Are Back and Jim Mora’s Message To Josh Rosen
UCLA Football fall camp got a bit vocal when Head Coach Jim Mora had more than a few words for freshman quarterback Josh Rosen.
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“Urgency” is what UCLA Football Coach Jim Mora wants and urgency is what Mora will get. That was his very public and vocal message today to freshmen quarterback Josh Rosen. The Bruin coach made it clear to Rosen and the media what he felt about the newbie QB’s effort.
Towards the end of the first practice of the day, the Bruins worked on Hail Mary situations. That is when Mora went off.
“Go back to Bosco and play some more [bad] teams.” Oh yeah. And that was not all. At one point, according to Joey Kaufman of the Orange County Register, Mora threw his hands up and said, “Oh, the Anointed One.” He topped that off when he looked right at the media and said , “That is why he has not been named the starter.”
Ouch.
Jim Mora lit into Josh Rosen pretty good during the closing minutes of practice. "This isn't high school," among other colorful language.
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) August 19, 2015
At one point during the rant, Mora looked at Rosen, raised his hands and chided him some more, "oh, the anointed one."
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) August 19, 2015
#ucla mora's look at reporters and said: " tell your readers this is why he has not been named the starter" @UCLAFootball #pac12
— chris foster (@cfosterworld) August 19, 2015
As for all three of the injured offensive linemen that went down Monday, all were back at practice today. Jake Brendel and Alex Redmond returned yesterday while Conor McDermott came back today after getting an MRI at UCLA on Tuesday. Both Brendel and McDermott are in light drills as they ease back into practice while Redmond is handling duties at center. Redshirt freshman Kolton Miller took over at LT while freshman Fred Ulu-Perry held doen the RG.
The injury bug did not compltely go away for UCLA Football. Freshmen RB Bolu Olorunfunmi was out today with a tweaked ankle. DE Takkarist McKinley was out for an “undisclosed injury”.
#ucla de takkarist McKinley missed practice, undisclosed injury #pac12 @UCLAFootball
— chris foster (@cfosterworld) August 20, 2015
#UCLA RB Bolu Olorunfunmi worked on the side because of a minor sprained ankle, Mora said. #pac12 @UCLAFootball
— chris foster (@cfosterworld) August 19, 2015
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