UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BAD THINGS COME IN THREES.Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer BERKELEY -- One of the many things afflicting af·flict tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on. [Middle English afflighten, from afflight, UCLA's stagnant offense is a lack of productivity coming out of halftime, and it is something the coaching staff has thought hard about. The Bruins are outscoring their opponents in the first, second and fourth quarters, but they are being outscored 36-26in the third quarter. Furthermore, UCLA's third-quarter point total is about half of what the Bruins have in any other quarter. ``Our issue is the third quarter. That's what we have to solve, I think,'' 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 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. ``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 game? Third quarter. Washington State? Third quarter. Oregon? Third quarter. Washington? Third quarter.'' Svoboda mentioned UCLA's four losses, and in those games the Bruins had a combined seven first downs and no touchdowns in the third quarter. A field goal against Washington accounted for the only third- quarter points UCLA scored in the defeats. Overall, the Bruins have not scored in their past three third quarters. ``We should just get rid of the halftimes. Make the second quarter and third quarter one big quarter,'' UCLA quarterback 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. said jokingly. ``Maybe we could get some jumper cables and bring them into the locker room at halftime. But 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. . I don't know why it's the third quarter. I don't think anyone thinks, `Uh-oh, it's the third quarter.''' Svoboda said he believed the third-quarter ills were a matter of confidence, and not halftime adjustments. ``Part of our issue is we're going three-and-out,'' Svoboda said. ``I think it's like, `Aww, shoot.' If we can get a drive going, or maybe make a big play in that scenario, then you kind of get going.'' Tiring times: UCLA's defense was on the field for 21 minutes, 58 seconds of the second half against Washington State. The previous week, the Bruins' defense was on the field for 80 plays (UCLA's offense ran 60). There is concern that UCLA's undersized undersized see dwarfism, runt. defense is wearing down because of how much it is on the field. ``It wears on the body, but we kept fighting,'' Bruins linebacker Christian Taylor Christian Taylor may refer to:
``Everybody is tired by this time in the season. It's game eight. You're beat up. The games we played in the last three weeks have been three physical, difficult games for us, and it always hurts a little more when you lose. But I don't think it will be a problem. Guys just have to get themselves ready.'' |
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