UCLA'S D GETS AN A: BRUINS EASILY PASS PHYSICAL TOUGH PLAY VS. OKLAHOMA PUNCTUATED WITH HITS.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 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 crushed Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar Rhett Matthew Bomar (born July 2, 1985 in Groesbeck, Texas) is an American football quarterback. He is currently enrolled at Sam Houston State University. Bomar transferred from the University of Oklahoma after he was permanently dismissed from the Sooners football team for , who was scrambling, two yards shy of a first down. It forced an Oklahoma punt midway through the first quarter, and set the tone for the rest of the game. Trying to shed the tag of being a passive defense that would rather push someone out of bounds rather than stick a helmet in someone's gut, UCLA took a big step in showing its toughness by battering the the 21st-ranked Sooners in a 41-24 win Saturday at the Rose Bowl. And the Bruins (3-0) took plenty of joy in doing so to a team from the usually physical Big 12 Conference. ``We believed we could go out and play harder than them,'' Page said. ``That was the `X' factor, heart and being physical, things they thought they had the edge on us. West Coast football is supposed to be soft, a pro mentality, and that's not what we did this year. That's not what we built ourselves to be. We'll bang. That's what we like to do.'' Page set the tone, and he had plenty of followers. Bruins senior linebacker Justin London, who appears to be fully healed from his ankle injury, delivered several big hits, including dropping Sooners tailback Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson may refer to:
``I don't think that they respected us coming in,'' said London, who finished with nine tackles. ``I'm from the East Coast, and I know how people look at West Coast football. I don't think they had the proper respect coming in, and I think we set the tone early.'' Peterson, who finished second in the Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach race last year, felt the brunt of UCLA's defensive pressure. He was hit hard and often and was held to 58 yards on 23 carries. ``I think we played sound football,'' London said. ``We came to hit them in the mouth play-in and play-out. I think they were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. us to break, and looking for us to break down at some point and take advantage of us, but we never did.'' UCLA's defense was able to limit the Sooners' offense and provided the second-half spark to swing the game squarely in the Bruins' favor with another big hit. On the first series of the second half, Bomar dropped back to pass when he was hit hard by blitzing free safety Dennis Keyes, who jarred the ball loose. Linebacker Spencer Havner Spencer Rhett Havner (February 2, 1983 in Sacramento, CA) is a linebacker on the Green Bay Packers. High School Havner earned two varsity letters as an inside linebacker and tight end at Nevada Union High in Grass Valley, CA. recovered and ran 13 yards for a touchdown to give UCLA a 20-10 lead. ``They brought it,'' UCLA quarterback 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. said. ``They hit 'em real hard. That was our goal, to out-physical them, a Big 12 team. Oklahoma is known for being the big boys to bring the hat. That was a great challenge for them, and I think they responded.'' Bruins defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head Larry Kerr acknowledged it was the most physical game the defense has played in his two-plus season in Westwood. ``There's got to be an innateness about you, that you like the toughness and hitting people,'' Kerr said. ``I think that comes from within. It builds on it when guys start smacking smack·ing adj. Brisk; vigorous; spanking: a smacking breeze. Noun 1. smacking - the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand slap, smack around. ``They stepped up and smacked that guy and didn't let him come through. That's when you know you're starting to get a good defense.'' Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: UCLA safety Jarrad Page sacks Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar in the fourth quarter of the Bruins' victory. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer Box: THREE-PETE |
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