UCLA 38, Stanford 13
Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Dish)
October 29, 2022
UCLA head instructor Chip Kelly
on the Bruins’ protective initiative versus Stanford
” It was a cooperation with our entire protective team. Billy [McGovern] was below all week long. He aided set up the tactical plan. I believed our gamers actually carried out. They played hard from the opening whistle. I believe that they [Stanford] took that initial drive as well as dropped as well as kicked the basket. Afterwards, our initial protection did an incredible task the whole video game. I believed that we created a pass thrill versus a truly excellent quarterback. I believed we did a truly excellent in protection as well as some actually excellent receivers, so I am actually pleased with everyone associated with our protection tonight.”
on UCLA’s offending line
” I believed that our o-line did a truly excellent task. As well as whenever you can hurry the sphere for over 300 backyards, they’re developing the line of skirmish. That is what we believed we needed to carry out in this video game. We actually required to regulate the line of skirmish on both sides of the sphere, as well as I believe that our o-line played actually well tonight.”
on running back Zach Charbonnet
” As well as he likewise aided a great deal in the pass video game. I do not recognize what his numbers were, in regards to functions as well as yardage as well as points like that, yet he is a three-down back. That’s why he’s mosting likely to have an occupation after UCLA, playing specialist football, due to the fact that he can do all of it. He can get a pass security. He’s a tool appearing of the backfield, as well as certainly we saw what he resembles when he runs the football. I believed Zach played impressive today.”
on UCLA protective organizer Expense McGovern being away with a health problem
” Billy went to house. We FaceTime ‘d him in the storage locker area. He commemorated with us. I believe he put water on himself. He’s excellent.”
on the group going on from last Saturday’s 45-30 loss at Oregon
” We do not speak about that. To make sure that’s not our globe. Our globe is each week is a completely brand-new period– it matters not if you win or you shed. We simply returned on Monday, as well as I believed that our men were terrific on Monday. We really did not actually speak about coming back on course as well as all that. I believe that when you live your life in the past– I really feel actually negative for individuals that do that. We do not live our life in the past. We do not have a rearview mirror in our workplace. We do not have a rearview mirror on our technique area. We are constantly seeking the following challenger as well as that we have actually obtained following. As well as it coincides point with these men. They can appreciate this win as long as they desire tomorrow, yet when we return know Monday early morning, we have actually reached establish our views on Arizona State.”
on the Bruins’ approach as well as emphasis
” They acquired right into the approach as well as they did it.”
on the worth of Kazmeir Allen
” Truly important. He’s beginning to actually take a particular niche for himself. There are various methods to do points. We understood that we were mosting likely to run the sphere in the 4th quarter, so the reality that we can take a bit off Zach [Charbonnet] there as well as obtain him therein, he has actually done that a heap in technique as well as certainly began at that setting. So the reality that we can obtain him a number of runs in the backfield and after that utilize him as a tool outdoors as well as likewise utilize him as a returner makes it tough to protect him. He is a man that has an opportunity to strike a crowning achievement each and every single time he has the sphere in his hands. I was actually satisfied to see that he obtained a hurrying goal today.”
on UCLA linebacker Darius Muasau
” I simply believe that he’s been the rock that we type of construct about. He needs to make every one of the telephone calls on the protective side of the sphere, obtain us establish. He’s a truly instinctive football gamer. He is just one of those men that is calling out plays prior to they take place due to the fact that he examines tape a lot. He has a truly excellent feeling for what they’re doing. They racked up on their initial ownership. We drove down the area. However after that, I believe that points turned when he obtained that interception. And afterwards we racked up one play later on, and after that suddenly, it comes to be a bit various of a football video game. Which was him, via movie research, they such as to RPO off of that appearance as well as he was where he was meant to be. He made a massive bet us. However he has actually made a massive influence on this football program.”
on Zach Charbonnet’s job principles as well as uniformity
” Yeah, that’s Zach. The very best feature of Zach is that he does it everyday. It is difficult to do it each and every single day. There are days where you do not really feel one hundred percent. However you can never ever inform that when you’re around him. It’s type of contagious when you see him. It’s simply, everyday, he coincides individual. He’s obtained that job principles, that way of thinking. As well as also when you inform him, as we reached the 4th quarter, that he was out, he does not intend to be out. He wishes to remain to play. He would certainly bet 60 mins, as well as he would certainly play unique groups if you asked him to. He would certainly play protection if you asked him to. He’s simply among those throwback gamers that is a great deal of enjoyable to be about.”
on UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson as well as exactly how he’s sensation
” He’s excellent. I believe that is just one of Dorian’s best top qualities is his strength. The child is a warrior as well as I believe that our group grows off what he does. I believed he played impressive. I believed he actually maintained some drives to life with his feet today. We had some uncharacteristic decreases, where the numbers in the passing away video game would certainly have been greater, yet I believed that Dorian played impressive.”
UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson
on the group’s crime
” I believed we did actually well carrying out the total tactical plan. I believe the little information have actually reached obtain tidied up. I believe in general we did a great task jointly, however, for certain.”
on exactly how he’s doing literally after taking some hits in the video game
” I’m doing excellent. Absolutely nothing significant. Possibly a little aching in the early morning yet thankful to obtain the win for certain. Constantly makes it really feel much better.”
on getting better promptly
” I believe it simply reveals the maturation degree. We have a great deal of older men on this group, specifically men on the protective side as well as offending side of the sphere. Having the ability to action in throughout the week as well as type of allow men recognize occasionally we have actually reached obtain things remedied. I believe total it reveals the maturation degree of individuals.”
on Zach Charbonnet
” I constantly see the replays due to the fact that I’m attempting to draw protectors with my play phonies, yet reaching listen to the group hyped as well as every little thing absolutely brings juice to the group. For me directly, Zach’s a person I constantly attempt to feed off of. He makes a large play below, I make a large play there, as well as the other way around. Zach is absolutely a fantastic man to protect off of when points aren’t going my means. I can constantly aim to him as well as lean on him for certain.”
on entering into November with a sensible chance at winning the Pac-12
” This is what we desired, this is what we anticipated. As well as since it’s below, it’s time for the actual job to begin. We have not remained in this setting, a minimum of as long as I have actually been below, so we have actually reached locate some deep excavating to do as well as actually tidy some things up to make sure that we can obtain this point done.”
on having Zach Charbonnet as well as Kazmeir Allen as a 1-2 strike
” Truly every one of our offending tools, it’s a true blessing as well as a blast to be around with those children. It makes my task a great deal simpler. I’m actually not around doing a lot besides simply running what’s provided to me, as well as I have a great deal that’s been provided to me with the children on this group. It makes my task actually very easy. However in regards to Zach as well as Kaz, specifically when you relocate Kaz to back as well as you see his rate. We jump on him for obtaining captured at all times as well as not obtaining right via, so for certain enjoyed to see him damage one ultimately.”
on when the group had actually purged the Oregon loss
” I can inform as quickly as we landed in LA Saturday evening. That was a truly difficult aircraft trip. A great deal for us to rest there as well as consider up in the air. When we touched down, we had a various preference in our mouth as well as prepared to go as well as come back on the area once again as well as obtain another chance at it. Specifically for men like me – I just have 4 or 5 even more weeks below as a Bruin prior to we begin in a Championship game. I’m attempting to capitalize on every possibility I can. I can not hang my hat on things we have actually performed in the past or cry regarding it. This entire group has actually had that way of thinking, which originates from the top down. We have actually reached search for it every single time, you can not search in the previous any longer; you have actually reached obtain things remedied.”
on obtaining a sway Stanford
” I’m not actually considering the challenger; I’m simply satisfied to be 1-0 today as well as have the ability to come back on Monday, Tuesday as well as Wednesday as well as deal with the important things we really did not carry out in this video game.”
UCLA linebacker Darius Muasau
on obtaining the interception
” I really have actually been waiting on that play given that the start of the video game. I saw that on movie, on the bus trip below I was seeing the movie, as well as they ran that versus ASU in their previous video game, as well as I was waiting on it. I saw that they ran it a number of times, they run a little power as well as obtain the linebackers to attack on the run as well as do a little pop pass, yet I was waiting on it”
on Defensive Organizer being out
” We played well, Train Clancy (Pendergast) actioned in, it resembles absolutely nothing occurred.”
on getting better from the Oregon outcome
.” We highlighted this entire week on simply returning to principles, dealing with, quiting the course, as well as simply maintaining it straightforward. Recently we were assuming excessive I would certainly state, as well as tonight we simply returned to the principles, dealing with as well as quiting the run.”
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.(* )On being relied on as center linebacker as a transfer
.” It implies a great deal to me, taking this function of linebacker, I see it as the quarterback of the protection, so I take a great deal of satisfaction because I lead this protection. They contact me as well as I contact them, it’s a league connection. Being provided this function by the coachers as well as my colleagues actually implies a great deal to me. I actually attempt to turn up every ready them, not simply for myself, but also for my colleagues.”
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.(* )On if the D-Line really felt additional stress to recuperate after recently
.” I seem like we were strolling in with a large chip on our shoulder. We understood we needed to turn up, our crime was maintaining us in the video game the entire video game recently, so we need to bring our weight for the group as well as I seem like we did a fantastic task tonight.”
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.(* )Stanford head instructor David Shaw
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opening up comments(
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.” Profits, that was our worst video game in a month. Really did not play well. Offensively we marched down the area as well as missed out on 2 chances to rack up goals as well as needed to kick a basket. I have actually been stating it in journalism, been stating it consistently to our group all week, we simply can not boil down as well as play the area objective video game with this group, they’re as well gifted as well as have some elite gamers. You need to rack up goals to defeat groups like Defensively we hung on for some time, yet ultimately that jogger … he’s unique, he allows, he’s quick, he uses you down. Offensively we really did not maintain the sphere sufficient, defensively
began obtaining way too many backyards. Pass coverage-wise, we stood up quite well. A group similar to this, you need to be disciplined in your pass thrill, in your protection, in your voids. They make you play near an ideal video game to stick with them, as well as we did not. The chances existed on the offending side, we have actually missed out on way too many links, specifically as we go across the 50. Had chances, as well as really did not strike them. Great deal of points to tidy up from this video game. Possibly our worst video game in a month. It occurs often, I’m not making any type of reasons. We’ll check out some points we can deal with, deal with those points, as well as eagerly anticipating offering a better initiative well-rounded following week.”
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on the passing away video game (* )
.” The huge this is detecting what the concern is. If it’s one man, after that you take that a person individual out. It was a myriad of points today. A couple times we really did not obtain excellent launches at the receiver setting. A couple times we really did not obtain the toss we required from the quarterback. Greater than a couple of times, we really did not obtain the security that we required. Two times, perhaps 3 times, we had men dropping the center with chances to rack up a goal or modification area setting, as well as we really did not have time to make the toss. It’s component pass security, component launches, component making the tosses we require to make.”[Charbonnet]
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on whether the video game depended upon fourth-down conversions
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‘s quarterback. Whenever we had him quit, he’s a man that made the plays. Hanging back as well as removing. 2 quarterback-designed runs, obtained him on the brink, we had a man around as well as their man was simply faster than our man. You need to locate a means to include him. 2nd fifty percent, I believed we did a much better task, yet there was currently a large lead, as well as he does not toss the sphere to harmful places, perhaps one tonight, due to the fact that if everybody’s covered, he simply removes. We entered his face a pair times, obtained him on the ground a pair times, required those previously in the initial fifty percent to maintain the video game close. However protection obtained a number of drop in the 2nd fifty percent. Offensively we simply could not overcome the bulge.”
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. on if racking up a fourth-quarter TD will certainly offer energy moving forward
.” We require even more than that. I was simply down there, as well as it was a great 4th down phone call. We functioned that bet the last couple of weeks. It was simply time to call it. That had not been regarding energy, it was nearly punching the sphere in. There are a great deal of points we require to tidy up for energy. The greatest points actually are security as well as link in between our quarterback as well as receivers. It’s something we work with at all times, we actually require to improve.”[UCLA]
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.(* )Stanford linebacker Ricky Miezan
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.” It was most likely among our worst video games in a while, yet I believe in general the means we consider it, we still have a great deal to bet. Also if we really did not, we’re constantly mosting likely to go difficult regardless of what. When the brand-new week begins, it’s a brand-new week, placed our head down as well as grind. That’s constantly our way of thinking. However, this pain. We need to go back as well as review it tomorrow, and after that return to function Monday.”
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.” Possibly one of the most physical(* )we’ll see this year. Among the tougher running backs to deal with in all of university football. You actually need to bring your feet, use up area, complete, every one of that. We had chances to do that, often we did as well as often we really did not. You saw what take place when we really did not, he broke out as well as made some plays.”
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. on UCLA transforming on 4th downs
.” Those allowed energy plays to begin the video game. Truthfully, a number of them were excellent plays. They entered into a sneak appearance, and after that Dorian simply went out the backside. That’s a hard play. I need to recall at the movie. That was one of the most obvious one. In either case, we need to leave the area on 4th down. Those allow, huge plays that alter the video game.”
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. on playing protection when
.” Possibly one of the most physical
we’ll see this year. Among the tougher running backs to deal with in all of university football. You actually need to bring your feet, use up area, complete, every one of that. We had chances to do that, often we did as well as often we really did not. You saw what take place when we really did not, he broke out as well as made some plays.”
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.(* )Stanford limited end Benjamin Yurosek [running back]
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on Goal near completion of the video game
.” It’s a play that we have actually had in the playbook for some time currently as well as we were waiting on the appropriate circumstance. When we remained in the red area, the play was called as well as thankfully I was open sufficient that Tanner
tossed to me as well as trusted me.”
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. (* )on why it has actually been such a battle on crime
.” I believe the greatest point is we need to secure our quarterback. At the end of the day if we do not offer him time to toss the sphere, the passing away video game is not mosting likely to be as well excellent, it’s quite straightforward. We have actually talented men as well as we simply need to do our finest task to obtain the sphere ultimately area.”[running back]
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on exactly how excellent it really felt to enter the endzone for the very first time
.” Reality be informed, not a great deal of joy appearing of that video game and even that play. The group is burnt out at the end of the video game as well as ball game revealed it. Perhaps a bit of alleviation, yet no the task as a group was refrained from doing today. Anything single or individual, I do not appreciate.”
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on preparing yourself for following week [McKee]
.” I believe we have actually currently confirmed this prior to; we experienced a downturn at first of the period. We had a hard three-game stretch as well as at the end of the day we have actually confirmed to ourselves that we are durable, that we can recuperate. It’s mosting likely to harm tonight, it should, it must harm tomorrow, yet at the end of the day, Monday we simply reached return to function.”
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