Inside UCLA with Brian Dohn

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This is Brian Dohn's fifth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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Screen test

UCLA offensive coordinator Jay Norvell called plenty of screen passes, which was the game plan going in against Oregon State's defense.
"We knew they were very aggressive, and what we saw on tape is they rush the passer really well,'' Olson said. "We knew they were going to be aggressive and keep coming."

Posted by Brian Dohn on September 30, 2007 11:00 AM | Permalink

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I don't understand why we aren't running more screens all the time. They worked very well against Stanford in game one, and the bigger reason is that you know teams are looking to come after Ben Olson and confuse him. The best way to diffuse a blitz package is with a good screen game, especially the middle/flanker screens that will go right to the middle where blitzers come away from. Seem obvious to anyone else?

Posted by: Sherman Oaks Bruin | September 30, 2007 11:34 AM

Ahh, do we now know why Coach Dorrell was a bit testy about questions regarding the Oregon defensive line?

Posted by: Hiero | September 30, 2007 12:09 PM

The middle screen is risky because you are throwing the ball into traffic and that can result in an interception. If you do it too much, teams will have a defensive lineman or linebacker spy on the intended receiver and break up the pass or intercept the ball.

Posted by: MarcoTheBruin | September 30, 2007 03:37 PM