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UCLA Football Spring Practice: An Offensive Review

By Mike Regalado

Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /

The UCLA Football team just completed spring practice. We start reviewing spring by looking at the offense and search for any sign of hope for the 2017 season.

Let us work backwards in analyzing the UCLA Football offense. Instead of breaking down each position and coming to a conclusion, let us first just give you the conclusion and then breakdown the positions. So…

The offense looks very similar to last season. Yup, that’s about it.

So why does it look like last year? Because the Bruins are going through the same transition as they did a year ago. There is a new offensive coordinator with a new offense who brought a thicker playbook than the previous season.

Sep 24, 2016; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen (3) walks off the field during the second half against the Stanford Cardinal at Rose Bowl. The Stanford Cardinal won 22-13. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2016; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen (3) walks off the field during the second half against the Stanford Cardinal at Rose Bowl. The Stanford Cardinal won 22-13. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /

This is both a good and bad thing. It is bad because starting over is never easy. The offense has to learn a new offensive philospohy for the second year in a row. That means there is no foundation for the offense to base their schemes off of, though new OC Jedd Fisch is trying.

The good coming out of all this is that the Bruins are building off of similar schemes from last season. The the Bruins were ill-suited to run a power-based offense under Kennedy Polamalu, but under Fisch, him and his new staff seem to be making sure that the players know the ins and outs of the offense.

Yes, it may be tedious from the perspective of the UCLA Football fan, but it is needed. Because of this the, offense looked out of sorts, but if it is an offense that can produce in the long run, it will be worth it.

But that is in the future. Now, even though it is hard to bear, the offense is slow going.