What went wrong
Reflecting on the game, senior strong safety Marques Anderson
said, “It was a bad half of football, not even a whole
game.”
Head coach Bob Toledo put things more bluntly.
“It was a game of execution. They executed. We
didn’t,” he said.
UCLA will try to get its morale back up for this weekend.
“We can either go in the tank or rise to the
occasion,” Anderson said. “I think we will rise to the
occasion,” he added, citing the senior leadership.
“They’re very disappointed,” Toledo said,
“But it’s not over yet, we could still win the
Pac-10.”
Wild animals
“You got two wounded animals playing Saturday,”
Toledo said. Both the Cougars and the Bruins lost their first games
Saturday and will be hungry to avenge their reputations this
weekend.
Toledo said he predicted both Stanford and Washington State
would be good this year because they returned the most players and
experienced quarterbacks.
Fed Ex
After Washington State gave up 446 yards rushing this weekend
against Oregon, DeShaun Foster could have a field day in Pullman
Saturday.
“We made sure air mail expressed that tape to DeShaun so
he can start licking his chops and be over-confident,”
Washington State head coach Mike Price said.
How did the Cougars get run over?
“We thought it was going to be touch football and found
out about the third quarter that it was tackle,” Price
added.
Foster was held to 77 yards against Stanford but is fourth in
the nation, averaging 143.86 yards a game.
UCLA rankings
UCLA fell in the rankings after the 38-28 loss to Stanford. UCLA
fell from No. 3 to No. 9 in the BCS standings. The Bruins are No. 9
in the Associated Press poll and No. 11 in the coaches poll.
Bruin standouts
Scott McEwan with his 221 second-half passing yards was the
offensive player of the game.
Matt Ware was UCLA’s defensive player of the game. He had
two interceptions Saturday.
Nate Fikse was the special teams player of the game.
Fikse is 19th in the nation, averaging 43.26 yards per punt.
Notes compiled by Hannah Gordon, Daily Bruin Reporter.