BRUINS STILL CRUISIN' QB OLSON OUTPLAYS EX-MATE UCLA 51, OREGON ST. 28.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer PASADENA - UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX players spent a week deflecting talk about former quarterback Matt Moore's return to the Rose Bowl, and among the most silent was his former roommate, Drew Olson Drew Olson (born April 6, 1983 in San Francisco, California) is a former starting quarterback for the University of California, Los Angeles football team, where he broke many of UCLA's passing records. . Olson said very little leading up to the game, but spoke loudly with his right arm during it with the most explosive passing exhibition in school history. Moore began with a 15-yard touchdown pass on Oregon State's first drive, but Olson spent the rest of the night as the star, throwing a school-record six touchdown passes to lift No. 8 UCLA to a 51-28 victory against the Beavers in front of 49,932 Saturday. Olson was 16 of 24 for 262 yards, and has 11 touchdown passes in the past two games. He also established a career-high with 21 touchdowns passes this season. Bruins tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction Maurice Drew continued his move up the Heisman hopeful list with 120 yards rushing, touchdown catches of 43 and 20 yards and 250 all-purpose yards. ``That's the type of game we're trying to have,'' Bruins strong safety Jarrad Page Jarrad Page (born October 19, 1984) was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 7th round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played for UCLA in his collegiate career. Before attending UCLA, Page grew up in San Leandro, California, attending San Leandro High School, where Page was the top said. ``We wanted to come out and show everybody. People don't think we deserve to be where we are. We feel like we've worked to be where we are, and we do deserve it.'' UCLA (7-0, 4-0 Pac-10) is off to its best start since beginning 1998 with 10 wins. Oregon State (4-3, 2-2) had its two-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" snapped. ``We got our seventh win, my first seventh win in three years,'' UCLA coach Karl Dorrell Karl Dorrell (born December 18, 1963 in Alameda, California) is the first black head coach in the history of the UCLA Bruins college football team, a position he took on December 18, 2002. said. ``I'm pleased with that. So we're over that hurdle, and we have many more things to do.'' While UCLA maintained during the week it had no additional motivation to beat the Moore-led Beavers, several players afterward broke out big smiles when asked about the significance of beating their former teammate, who left Westwood before the 2003 season concluded. Moore was harassed into 14 of 25 passing for 279 yards. He threw two touchdowns, but had threw two interceptions, fumbled once and was called for intentional grounding, which knocked the Beavers out of field-goal range in the first half. But was it a little more special to defeat Moore? ``Yeah, of course,'' Bruins redshirt sophomore defensive end Bruce Davis This article is about the American football player. For the American businessman, see Bruce Davis (video game industry). Bruce Davis (born June 21, 1956, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina) is a former professional American football player. said. ``It was Matt Moore's return to the Rose Bowl. He's a guy that a lot of us played with. The class that I came in with, a lot of guys played on the scout team In sports, the scout team, also referred to as a practice team or practice squad, is a group of players on a team whose task is to emulate future opponents for the featured (or starting) players. .'' Moore, who spent a year out of football before enrolling at Oregon State in January, said it was just another game. ``It was just football, man. It was nothing different,'' Moore said. ``Once we got on the field and all the other (stuff) stopped and everything, it was football. It was cover-2, and cover-8. Not UCLA and blah, blah, blah. It wasn't a big deal.'' UCLA wanted a quick start to avoid needing a fourth-straight fourth-quarter comeback, but Moore's first pass went for 48 yards to Mike Haas. Three plays later, the Bruins trailed 7-0. However, unlike the previous three weeks, UCLA answered quickly and often, and the defense shut down the Beavers. The Bruins schemed this week to get Drew matched up with Oregon State's linebackers in the passing game, and it worked on a 43-yard scoring pass down the left sideline sideline See on the sidelines. to tie it 7-7 on the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. drive. Drew gave the Bruins a 17-7 lead by beating linebacker Trent Bray Trent Antony Bray (born September 1, 1973 in Auckland) is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country. on a 20-yard scoring pass with 13:10 left in the second quarter. ``That's what the play is designed for,'' Drew said. ``Sometimes (the linebacker) tries to grab you, so you have to make them miss. After you make them miss, you smile. I might smirk, but it's about business out there.'' Olson also connected for a 48-yard touchdown to wide open tight end Ryan Moya down the middle of the field and a 2-yarder to tight end Marcedes Lewis Marcedes Alexis Lewis (born May 19, 1984 in Los Alamitos, California) is an American football tight end who plays for the National Football League Jacksonville Jaguars. He was drafted from UCLA as the 28th pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. , who lined up wide and easily outjumped a defender, as the Bruins took a 31-14 halftime lead. ``Man, that stuff is clockwork,'' Lewis said. ``Every week the game gets bigger, every week (Olson) steps his game up. That's my boy That's My Boy was a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden that ran for five series from 1981 to 1986. It was written by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton, who later wrote My Husband and I, which also starred Mollie Sugden. .'' Olson, who threw five touchdowns last week at Washington State and has 21 TDs to three interceptions this season, capped his showcase with a 3-yarder to Lewis in the third quarter and a perfectly thrown 46-yard post pattern to Brandon Breazell in the fourth to lead UCLA's first romp in more than a month. ``By far the best I've felt in my whole career,'' Olson said. ``We knew what they were going to do defensively. I think the scheme was great. We were trying to get our receivers on their safeties, or to suck the safeties up and go over the top with the receivers outside.'' Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) UCLA quarterback Drew Olson, celebrating with tight end Ryan Moya, set a school record with six TD passes. (2) Bruins tailback Maurice Drew rushed for 120 yards, made touchdown catches of 43 and 20 yards, and had 250 all-purpose yards against Oregon State. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: STORY LINES |
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