UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: DORRELL LOOKING AT THE POSITIVES.Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer Less than 24 hours after 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 left the Rose Bowl with an uninspired 10-point win against downtrodden down·trod·den adj. Oppressed; tyrannized. downtrodden Adjective oppressed and lacking the will to resist Adj. 1. Rice, 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. sat down to watch the game film. His interpretation? ``I was pleasantly surprised, actually, given what we did,'' Dorrell said Monday. Rather than dwell on scoring touchdowns on only two of five trips into the red zone, or on quarterback Ben Olson's two fumbles and interception, or the defense giving up a few big plays to breathe life into a Rice program that last won on the road in 2003, Dorrell opted for optimism. Defensively, he pointed toward Rice going 2 for 13 on third down, rushing for 53 yards and having 184 yards of total offense. ``Defensively, we did really, really well,'' Dorrell said. ``I think we're a little bit hard on ourselves, which is good, about the overall feeling after the game. When we came back and watched the tape on Sunday, I was really pleased with the efforts. Really, I think everybody played pretty hard.'' Offensively, although UCLA's 26 points were the fewest Rice allowed in 16 games and the Bruins don't yet have a rushing touchdown, Dorrell singled out the running game and gave kudos to the interior of the offensive line for clearing the way for 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 Chris Markey to rush for a career-high 208 yards. ``We made a few mistakes, critical mistakes,'' Dorrell said. ``When you turn the ball over, it stalled some drives. We moved the ball very, very well. Wow, the run game, it was unbelievable with what we were able to accomplish from running the ball from Week 1 to Week 2.'' Punt returner Punt returner (PR) is a position on special teams in American football. Description The role of a punt returner is to catch the ball after it is punted and to give his team good field position (or a touchdown if possible) by returning it. needed: Dorrell said auditions will continue for a punt returner, with the candidates being Markey and receivers Marcus Everett, Terrence Austin and Ryan Graves. Markey and Everett each muffed a punt Punt (p  nt), ancient land S of Egypt accessible by way of the Red Sea. Its exact location has not been identified, but it probably included the Somali coast. . ``We're going to put them in more live situations in practice, in terms of getting the full coverage down,'' Dorrell said. ``I think all of them catch the ball well. I think the next step is putting them under pressure, getting covers down and distracting them. So we're going to spend a lot more time doing that this week.'' Safety Dennis Keyes will be UCLA's safety valve safety valve, device attached to a boiler or other vessel for automatically relieving the pressure of steam before it becomes great enough to cause bursting. , dropping back when the Bruins keep their defense on the field. UCLA's preparedness: Several players said after the game the Bruins took four-touchdown underdog Rice lightly. Dorrell was asked if he agreed with that. ``No, I don't,'' Dorrell said. ``I think that's just a natural thing to say, given what happened at the end of the game. Everyone felt that there was just a lot of offense laid out there that was not taken advantage of. I think it's probably more offensive thinking than anything. ``Our defense felt like they played hard, played well, but offensively, it gives you that feeling when you don't get points on the board, and you get field goals instead of touchdowns.'' Also: UCLA's Sept. 23 game at Washington will kickoff at 4p.m. and be broadcast by TBS TBS Tablespoon TBS Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. TBS Treasury Board Secretariat (Canada) TBS Tris-Buffered Saline TBS Tris Buffered Saline TBS Turn Based Strategy (games) . ... Dorrell said cornerback Michael Norris (knee) is expected to play against the Huskies, but the status of receiver Joe Cowan Joseph William Cowan (born September 15, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born American college football wide receiver for the UCLA Bruins. High school He played at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. (knee) remains uncertain. |
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