UCLA Football vs. Washington 2017: The three plays edition

3. The Beginning of the End

Unless you’ve been living under a rock then you know Rosen was unable to finish this game due to injury. The hard part is knowing what kind of injury it was since the UCLA Football program doesn’t typically release that information before they absolutely have to.

We all saw the bloody finger and there was some concerns about the forearm on his not throwing arm. A bloody finger on your throwing hand is basically a death sentence for a QB. The ball will be slick, you won’t be able to throw with any semblance of accuracy and any ball handling in terms of fakes will be precarious to say the least.

However there were also some concerns that Rosen may have suffered a head injury at some point in the game. If he did, we believe we have found the play that may have caused it.

At the 9:10 mark in the first quarter the Bruins are driving and are just outside of the redzone. They come out in 21 personnel or two backs and one tight end. Washington is showing six men in the box and the Bruins potentially have seven blockers if you include the tight end and one of the backs. Clearly favorable run conditions but that’s beyond the point.

Before the snap the Huskies show blitz but back out of it at the snap. They only rush four but all four attack the left side of the line and the pressure gets home with Vea splitting a double team between Toran and Miller. He sacks Rosen and although it isn’t the biggest hit anyone has ever seen Vea does weigh over 340 pounds. This is where things get interesting. Rosen then sits up and shakes his head like he’s trying to clear cobwebs.

Is that the head injury that many have speculated Rosen suffered? Him trying to shake his head clear there indicates at least to me, and I’m no doctor obviously, that he was dazed. Any potential head injury should be taken seriously and while guys will lie to trainers about them, someone should have spotted him on the ground during the game. The fact that he got up and continued to fight despite the beating he took speaks volumes about his toughness and competitive nature.

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Those three plays, not matter how minuscule they may be are perfect examples of how this game went for the UCLA Football team. What do you think? Do you agree with our choices or are there other plays you’d swap these out for? Let us know on social media or in the comments below.