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UCLA Football Spring Game Recap: Defense, Austin Burton shine

By Mike Regalado

WESTWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 27: Chip Kelly speaks to the media during a press conference after being introduced as the new UCLA Football head coach on November 27, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images)
WESTWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 27: Chip Kelly speaks to the media during a press conference after being introduced as the new UCLA Football head coach on November 27, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images) /
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WESTWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 27: Chip Kelly speaks to the media during a press conference after being introduced as the new UCLA Football head coach on November 27, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images)
WESTWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 27: Chip Kelly speaks to the media during a press conference after being introduced as the new UCLA Football head coach on November 27, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images) /

The UCLA football team finishes up spring practice with the White team beating the Blue team 16-10 in the Spring Game, but it was the defense and a backup QB that came out winners.

It was sloppy, it was short, it was simple and it was the perfect fix for UCLA football fans looking to see what direction new head coach Chip Kelly is taking this team.

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Though the White team won 16-10 in only one half (“halftime” ended up being the end of the game), Kelly kept things close to the chest with what he wanted to display and how much.

All spring we have been telling you about the uptempo style of football Kelly is bringing to the Bruins and we saw a little of that, but we also knew he was not going to show all of his cards. This was a quick fix for fans jonesing for Bruin football.

For the most part, the offenses were running simple plays and not going at the quick pace we have seen in practice (there were a lot of in-game huddles, which is something we might not see in the fall). There was some zone read and option plays, something that looks to be a fixture with the Bruins’ offense, but for the most part it was vanilla.