UCLA NOTEBOOK: BENNETT TRIES TO GO BACK TO THE PROPER MINDSET.Byline: Jon Wilner Staff Writer Drew Bennett Andrew Russell Bennett (born August 26, 1978 in Berkeley, California) is an American football player in the National Football League. Bennett plays wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams whom acquired him as an free agent on March 3, 2007. , UCLA's starter-turned-reserve-turned-starter-again, leads the Bruins today in their Pac-10 Conference opener against Stanford. But which Bennett - the inconsistent, anxiety-filled quarterback of Boise State and Ohio State, or the calm, effective quarterback of Fresno State? ``He's really settled down,'' Bruins coach Bob Toledo Bob Toledo (born March 4, 1946, in San Jose, California) is an American football coach, recently hired as head coach at Tulane University. He is best-known as the thirteenth head coach at UCLA. said. ``He's feeling a little more relaxed, a little more comfortable.'' Bennett, a junior, was ineffective in his starts against Boise State and Ohio State, then lost his job to freshman Cory Paus, then played the game of his career against Fresno State in replacing the injured Paus and leading the Bruins to a comeback victory. Bennett's inverted inverted reverse in position, direction or order. inverted L block a pattern of local filtration anesthesia commonly used in laparotomy in the ox. performances - nervous as the starter, calm as the reserve - actually make perfect sense. In the most chaotic season of Toledo's reign, why should Bennett's psyche be any different? Bennett believes Fresno State was a breakthrough. ``To everybody watching, I definitely feel I proved I can be effective and run the team,'' he said. ``It gave me confidence as a backup. Coach Toledo told me (after his demotion de·mote tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes To reduce in grade, rank, or status. [de- + (pro)mote. ) that no matter what happened, I was still valuable to the team. I showed that when Cory got hurt.'' The Bruins need Bennett at his backup best today against the first-place Cardinal. UCLA's running game has been ineffective, its young offensive line has been inconsistent, and its receivers are hobbling. ``(Bennett) knows the offense, but now he needs to execute the offense,'' Toledo said. ``He can't get us beat by throwing bad interceptions or fumbling. He needs to read the coverages, hit the open guy and do all the right things.'' In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , he needs to imagine himself as the backup. Recruiting foes: Last year, 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 recruited a talented tailback from Ontario named Kerry Carter, an elusive 225-pounder who reminded Toledo of former 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 winner George Rogers George Rogers may refer to:
Carter picked Stanford and he'll be in the backfield this afternoon. ``He wasn't interested in us,'' Toledo said. The Bruins and Stanford often compete for prospects. In fact, two of UCLA's top recruits are from the San Jose area and expected to attend today's game: receivers Craig Bragg and Tab Perry. Roster stuff: With Brian Poli-Dixon's season-ending injury, sophomore Jon Dubravac becomes the fourth receiver and walk-on Devon Reese the fifth. Reserve Cody Joyce is out with a concussion. Tape delayed: This is the first UCLA game not televised live since a 35-17 victory over Cal in 1997. Here's why: There are two regional broadcast windows available today, ABC's at 12:30 and Fox Sports Net's at 7:15. As expected, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. last week picked the Washington-Colorado game, which left Oregon-USC for Fox. The Bruins then asked Stanford to move kickoff from 2 p.m. to 3:30 so Fox Sports West 2 could show the game in Los Angeles. The Cardinal declined, because without a local broadcast - the game is not available in the Bay Area - there was no incoming cash to pay for temporary lights. |
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