UCLA Fall Football Scrimmage

UCLA Scrimmage –

The UCLA fall scrimmage occurred earlier today and I have to say, I still don’t know how we’re going to fare this season but I’m positive we’re going to win more than 4 games. Woohoo! What’s the basis for this assumption? We had several plays over 60 yards, including a nice 60-yard run by redshirt freshman Johnathan Franklin. Kevin Prince threw one interception, which is impressive considering that we were impressive in that category last year. The offensive line looked phenomenal in comparison to last year, allowing our backs to rack up 181 yards on 29 carries. Now, this in itself isn’t that impressive if these were the numbers that were produced during a regular season game, in fact, it’d be down right shitty, but the thing to note is that this is just a scrimmage. So what if we didn’t get 200+, 300+ yards rushing? That just means that our defense was able to hold our offense.

Wait; does that mean our offense sucks? I can’t really gauge that until we start playing other teams but we did score 23 points on offense and 7 points on defense. Our defense is bomb; we all know that, so lets enjoy the fact we were able to scrap up 30 points. Oh shit, does that mean our defense isn’t as great as it used to be? I can’t tell anymore. We need to play someone else beside ourselves.

I think the best part of the scrimmage is that Drake was filled up with a little more than 6,500 people. 6,500! For a scrimmage! This was the first time I’ve been to a scrimmage but I was amazed that so many people showed up. A vital part of any sports team is fan support and Neuheisel has done an amazing job of cultivating fan faith through his recruits, coaching staff, players, and by being a bad ass.

Dudes and dudettes, I can’t for football season to start.