NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP FOR COWAN QB STRUGGLES AGAIN, LOSES THIRD IN A ROW.Byline: STEVE DILBECK Staff Writer PASADENA -- Some numbers won't hide. They just sit there, daring you to make them into something they're not. Patrick Cowan Patrick Edmund Cowan (born March 23, 1986 in Surrey, British Columbia) was the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins football team after starter Ben Olson was injured in the middle of the 2006 season. Cowan is a redshirt sophomore. doesn't have to be told about his numbers. Doesn't have to be told he's struggling. He's started three games at quarterback for 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 , and the Bruins have lost all three. He's started three games reasonably well, and then faded badly in the decisive second halves. UCLA led 15-14 at the half Saturday and hinted at really putting that emotional loss at Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame last week behind them. But the Bruins disappeared in the second half. Their offense became a series of three-and- outs. Cowan missed receivers, struggled with consistency. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to tell you,'' Cowan said. ``Every time we got the ball, I felt we were going to score.'' But a score never came, UCLA being sent home with heads down heads down - [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers. and growing questions after the 37-15 loss Saturday to Washington State. Cowan was 9 of 21 for 103 yards, an interception and no touchdowns in the second half. UCLA (4-4) had the ball four times in the third quarter and went 3-and- out each time. ``It comes down to the third quarter, and it's been that way for the past three games,'' UCLA offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during Jim Svoboda said. ``We talk about it. We're trying to make adjustments and see what was working in the first half. ``We have to look at what we're doing.'' Since playing well in relief of Ben Olson For the American soccer player, see . Benjamen James Olson (born February 23, 1983 in Thousand Oaks, California) is a redshirt junior quarterback for the 2006 UCLA Bruins football team. when he was injured against Arizona, Cowan has been unable to put together a consistent game. In the combined second halves of this three starts, Cowan is 24 of 54 for 233 yards, two interceptions and no touchdowns. Particularly in the second half, Cowan looked like an unsure quarterback. ``It was spotty spot·ty adj. spot·ti·er, spot·ti·est 1. Lacking consistency; uneven. 2. Having or marked with spots; spotted. spot tonight,'' Svoboda said. ``I haven't talked to Pat yet. I don't think he was confused about anything. I think at times he just tried to rush things just enough to be off. ``No one will be harder on Pat than Pat. He's going through some tough times. But (Washington State quarterback Alex Brink Alex Brink (June 2, 1985- ) is a 6-foot-3, 207 pound senior quarterback at Washington State. Through his junior campaign, Brink has completed 57.3 percent of his passes for 7,095 yards. He has thrown 50 touchdowns and 28 interceptions. His quarterback efficiency rating is 131.78. ) went through the same thing last year and he's going great.'' Brink completed 28 of 38 for 405 yards and three touchdowns. Cowan was suppose to serve as Olson's backup this season. Olson injured his knee and was expected to be out four to six weeks. Four weeks would put him back next week against Cal. ``I'm getting better,'' Olson said. ``The last couple of days I've been jogging jogging Aerobic exercise involving running at an easy pace. Jogging (1967) by Bill Bowerman and W.E. Harris boosted jogging's popularity for fitness, weight loss, and stress relief. and doing dropbacks.'' Which is still a long ways from being ready next week. ``We'll see, man,'' Olson said. ``I'm going to try.'' The Bruins could use the boost Olson's return would offer, but are hardly ready to count on him. ``He's working his butt off,'' Svoboda said. ``He looks like he still has a ways to go, but he's trying to get back as fast as he can.'' Meanwhile, there is redshirt sophomore Cowan and all his numbers. ``This wasn't one of his best performances, that's for sure,'' said 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. . ``But it wasn't just him. There were a lot of circumstances. ``We didn't quite have the rhythm. We had some signs of doing some very positive things in the first half. In the second half, we did not. We tried to throw and give us some spark. We would complete a few and then make mistakes.'' Unable to move the ball, UCLA seldom had it. The Bruins had the ball for just 8:02 of the second half, compared to 21:58 for Washington State. More numbers that can't hide. stephen.dilbeck@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photo, 6 boxes Photo: (1) Rodney Van UCLA cornerback (2) UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan, right, and coach Karl Dorrell could be pondering what went wrong in the Bruins' loss Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: (1) BY THE NUMBERS (2) THEY SAID IT (3) HERO (4) GOAT (5) STAT OF THE GAME (6) UCLA LOG |
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