UCLA Football: Chip Kelly tidbits from Pac-12 Media Day
Chip Kelly tidbits from Pac-12 Media Day (cont.)
Playing tough out-of-conference schedule
“I’d love to play all great teams. And I know teams want to come play in the Rose Bowl. All those games are really cool home and homes that have been set up. We got Michigan home and home, we have LSU home and home, Georgia home and home. I think Rutgers just dropped us, so they’re trying to fill a hole for that one. It’s a short window, but we’re open to playing anybody.”
Returning to Oregon later in the season
“It will be difficult, to be honest with you because it’s a special place. It’s one of the real hallowed grounds of college football. If you’ve ever played a game in the stadium, whether you were the home team or the visitor, you’ll remember it. It’s a special fan base.”
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Will UCLA be Oregon 2.0?
“I think that’s not fair to anybody, to be honest with you. Every team has a different dynamic, and I think it’s based upon what your personnel is. So to say that this guy used to coach here so this is going to look like this, I understand that. Maybe that’s a positive because they want to see what that looks like.”
Kelly comments on why Oregon was really good
“One thing that people don’t realize or maybe just kind of glossed over is when we were really good at Oregon is because we were really good on defense. Our offense got a ton of notoriety.
“But we were really good because we were really good on defense. For us to be really good at UCLA, we’re going to have to be good on the defensive side of the football.”