WEBVTT - The Verdict: Cal 0:00:08.289 --> 0:00:12.080 As they restart the rivalry between UCLA and Cal, at 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.640 least there's a $ 10 million check going the way of 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.340 the Golden Bears. Let's go to Wayne Cook down on 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:17.680 the field. 0:00:18.820 --> 0:00:22.290 Sammy Omeseco, hey, 15 tackles. First game was a brewer, 0:00:22.310 --> 0:00:22.730 not bad. 0:00:22.970 --> 0:00:25.329 That's not bad at all. That's a lot, actually. I'm 0:00:25.350 --> 0:00:26.909 proud of myself. I appreciate it. 0:00:27.170 --> 0:00:28.750 We thought you were going to get about 25 for 0:00:28.770 --> 0:00:29.230 a while there. 0:00:29.470 --> 0:00:29.850 Yes, sir. 0:00:29.910 --> 0:00:33.330 Nah, I started clicking, started playing around, having fun. It 0:00:33.729 --> 0:00:34.670 was fun having fun with the guys. 0:00:34.700 --> 0:00:35.220 It's been amazing. 0:00:35.490 --> 0:00:36.740 Crazy game of momentum. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:37.120 Yeah. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:38.940 It was a struggle there in the third quarter, but 0:00:38.979 --> 0:00:40.420 you fought back, and look what you did in the 0:00:40.460 --> 0:00:41.020 fourth quarter. 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:41.980 Nah, it was a blast. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.279 I'm happy the way the guys rallied together, came together 0:00:44.300 --> 0:00:44.660 and fought. 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:46.100 We knew we were going to do this, and we 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:47.160 had a chance to win ourselves. 0:00:47.620 --> 0:00:49.000 Great start. Great win. 0:00:49.060 --> 0:00:49.430 Enjoy it. 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:49.700 Yes, sir. 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:51.240 I appreciate it. Thank you. All right, man. Thank you. 0:00:51.260 --> 0:00:52.519 All right. 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:53.140 Thanks, Wayne. 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:54.440 And hopefully there's some more to come. 0:00:54.460 --> 0:00:57.700 Certainly we'll hear from Bob Chesney eventually as well. The 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:02.160 Bruins had 150 yards in the first quarter, 152 in 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:06.700 the second quarter, 154 in the fourth quarter. That mitigates 0:01:06.750 --> 0:01:08.930 the five that they had in. 0:01:08.850 --> 0:01:09.630 The third quarter. 0:01:09.650 --> 0:01:12.470 That was the hiccup where Cal actually outscored the Bruins. 0:01:12.510 --> 0:01:15.390 But UCLA leaves the field. They're running towards their own 0:01:15.450 --> 0:01:19.250 marching band. In the northeast corner of the stadium as 0:01:19.330 --> 0:01:22.270 we see it, a whole bunch of white jerseys over there. 0:01:22.310 --> 0:01:25.459 They're jumping around, and the band is playing for them. 0:01:25.980 --> 0:01:28.259 This is a big win, Josh. I really do think 0:01:28.300 --> 0:01:30.220 it's a big win for UCLA. I know it's the opener. 0:01:30.380 --> 0:01:32.539 Let's go back down to the field. Here's Wayne with 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:33.040 Wayne Knight. 0:01:33.060 --> 0:01:34.339 All right, Wayne, man. 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:35.170 Great job. 0:01:35.250 --> 0:01:37.369 First game as a Bruin. How fun was this? Oh, 0:01:37.390 --> 0:01:38.350 this is amazing, man. 0:01:38.390 --> 0:01:39.569 Being able to come out to L.A. 0:01:39.870 --> 0:01:41.670 And get a win on the road, it's big for us. 0:01:42.010 --> 0:01:43.990 Talk about your running back room. All three of you 0:01:44.030 --> 0:01:46.810 played awesome tonight. Oh, it's a stacked room, and all 0:01:46.830 --> 0:01:47.690 those guys can go. 0:01:48.220 --> 0:01:49.680 We put it on display today, and it's going to 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.520 be that for the whole entire season, so we're looking. 0:01:51.620 --> 0:01:52.500 Forward to a big year. 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:56.260 Struggling in that third quarter, how gratifying is it to 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:57.700 play the fourth quarter that you guys did? 0:01:58.050 --> 0:02:00.290 Oh, yeah, it's amazing to win any game, but definitely 0:02:00.310 --> 0:02:00.970 got to clean that. 0:02:00.870 --> 0:02:01.500 Fourth quarter up. 0:02:01.710 --> 0:02:03.210 We finished strong as a team, though, so that's a 0:02:03.230 --> 0:02:05.070 good sign. How about the offensive line? 0:02:06.030 --> 0:02:07.950 Kudos to those boys, man. They get the job done. 0:02:08.389 --> 0:02:09.380 Great job, man. Thank you. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:09.750 Enjoy. 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:10.420 Thank you. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.160 It was a great night for Wayne Knight. There's no 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.739 question about it. Man, he wasn't even the best one. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.700 Anthony Woods, eight carries for 118 and two touchdowns. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:20.419 The Bruins go. 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:27.340 For 32 carries, 277 and six touchdowns overall. A fantastic 0:02:27.380 --> 0:02:36.660 finish here to win 45-24. UCLA is 1-0. It was 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.740 dicey for a while, but the Bruins do get the 0:02:38.780 --> 0:02:42.920 win with a 21-point fourth quarter. Josh Lewin, Matt Stevens 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.100 with you. And Matt, there's a lot to parse here, 0:02:45.150 --> 0:02:47.710 but I think first and foremost, Bob Chesney said he 0:02:47.730 --> 0:02:48.610 was going to run the ball. 0:02:49.130 --> 0:02:51.430 He ran the ball 32. 0:02:50.710 --> 0:02:55.669 Times for 277 yards and an astonishing six touchdowns. Most 0:02:55.770 --> 0:02:57.950 of the Bruins have had running the ball in a 0:02:57.990 --> 0:02:59.310 game in more. 0:02:59.190 --> 0:02:59.609 Than 10 years. 0:02:59.610 --> 0:03:03.290 8.7 yards on the ground per carry. And that's with 0:03:03.330 --> 0:03:05.470 taking a knee at the end. Well, everyone's going to 0:03:05.530 --> 0:03:07.780 notice that, too. I mean, this is Tosh Lapoi. I mean, 0:03:07.810 --> 0:03:11.200 his defenses when he was at Oregon were great. You 0:03:11.220 --> 0:03:15.320 would expect that with Cal and UCLA. They overcame a lot. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.540 I mean, you look at Nico Iamaliava. You threw an interception, 0:03:18.580 --> 0:03:21.060 and UCLA looked like they were going to take a 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.440 28-10 lead. And then all of a sudden, you see 0:03:23.500 --> 0:03:24.359 Cal come back. 0:03:24.460 --> 0:03:26.320 UCLA has that bad third quarter. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:27.710 And then, bam! 0:03:28.310 --> 0:03:31.690 UCLA started handing the ball off and these running backs 0:03:31.730 --> 0:03:32.609 were all. 0:03:32.690 --> 0:03:33.329 Over the place. 0:03:33.770 --> 0:03:37.710 So the Bruins actually ran 33 fewer plays than Cal 0:03:37.750 --> 0:03:38.570 did in this game. 0:03:38.570 --> 0:03:38.930 33? 0:03:38.930 --> 0:03:39.430 Yeah. 0:03:40.050 --> 0:03:43.750 And the penalties were 12 to 6 against UCLA. The 0:03:43.780 --> 0:03:46.620 Bruins were called for 110 yards of penalties in this game. 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:50.230 So it certainly was not perfect. And there were some injuries, too. 0:03:50.290 --> 0:03:52.230 You do worry about a couple of guys like Tao 0:03:52.270 --> 0:03:54.590 Johnson who went out early in the game, but everybody 0:03:54.630 --> 0:03:57.390 who had to come in and make plays in a 0:03:57.470 --> 0:03:58.950 backup role did exactly that. 0:03:59.110 --> 0:04:02.470 Well, I mean, with those injuries, these backups that came 0:04:02.570 --> 0:04:06.030 in were outstanding. And there's depth on this football team. 0:04:06.070 --> 0:04:08.050 And that's what you want to have if you're a 0:04:08.060 --> 0:04:10.680 football team. And Bob Chesney says it all the time. Hey, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.340 we're going to have guys go down for a play. 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:13.980 They're going to go down for a game. They might 0:04:14.020 --> 0:04:16.300 go down for a week. We have to have depth. 0:04:16.380 --> 0:04:19.789 And this proved that UCLA has some second stringers. 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.089 The Bruins opened last year with close to a 40-point 0:04:23.150 --> 0:04:26.710 loss to Utah. And then they lost to UNLV. Then 0:04:26.730 --> 0:04:29.910 they got smoked by New Mexico. At home, that was 0:04:29.970 --> 0:04:31.609 probably low ebb, not. 0:04:31.490 --> 0:04:32.240 Just for the year. 0:04:32.250 --> 0:04:33.080 I can't remember. 0:04:33.260 --> 0:04:34.580 But for the for the century. 0:04:34.820 --> 0:04:35.320 Seriously. 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.620 Yeah. I mean, we just blotted that out best we could. 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.420 So what a different vibe. What a different feeling on 0:04:40.460 --> 0:04:42.760 the road against a team that went to a bowl 0:04:42.779 --> 0:04:45.039 game and won a bowl game last year. Had the 0:04:45.100 --> 0:04:48.029 hotshot coach come in, all kinds of great recruits. The 0:04:48.070 --> 0:04:51.029 Bruins win by 21 on the road to open up. 0:04:51.210 --> 0:04:53.450 You know what I remember most, too? It's the end 0:04:53.510 --> 0:04:56.469 of the third quarter, and everything's gone bad for UCLA. 0:04:57.150 --> 0:05:00.270 And as it starts the fourth quarter, all the UCLA 0:05:00.330 --> 0:05:02.980 players all of a sudden got their energy back and 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.740 started dancing around on the UCLA sideline. And I'm like, hey, 0:05:07.020 --> 0:05:08.880 you guys, this is a critical moment. And they were 0:05:08.900 --> 0:05:14.010 very confident about They were going to win this game. 0:05:14.050 --> 0:05:16.630 So you've got to really take your hat off to 0:05:16.650 --> 0:05:17.369 the coaching staff. 0:05:17.470 --> 0:05:19.650 It's almost like the old Monty Python, always look on 0:05:19.670 --> 0:05:21.700 the bright side of life. They're just kind of whistling 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.620 and dancing. Hey, it's going to be fine. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.719 No problem. And it wasn't. 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.200 I mean, even though the Bruins only had a five-yard lead, 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.120 Output in the entire third quarter. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:31.860 Five. Yeah. 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:35.200 I mean, that's 15 feet worth of offense. They're singing 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.180 and dancing on that sideline like, we got this. 0:05:37.420 --> 0:05:37.840 We'll do it. 0:05:38.140 --> 0:05:38.620 And they did. 0:05:38.700 --> 0:05:42.340 Tayshaun James, two interceptions in his Bruins debut. Both of 0:05:42.380 --> 0:05:44.490 them setting up key touchdowns in the fourth quarter. 0:05:44.779 --> 0:05:47.920 Yeah, Sangapu Ateli, like I said in the pregame, came 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.280 into this game in his last six. Last year, he 0:05:51.339 --> 0:05:54.640 only threw two interceptions. This guy was pretty flawless. And 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.640 they're talking about him being the number one draft pick, 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:58.860 and he's got a great arm. 0:05:59.300 --> 0:06:02.900 And the Bruins seem to confuse him. What's more important, though? 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.260 This UCLA defense was able to put pressure on him 0:06:06.380 --> 0:06:09.110 the entire fourth quarter. And they were doing that not 0:06:09.130 --> 0:06:12.730 only with four guys and their linebackers blitzing. All of 0:06:12.770 --> 0:06:15.510 a sudden, they went into pass prevent. Three guys were 0:06:15.550 --> 0:06:18.110 rushing him, and they were putting pressure still on him. 0:06:18.620 --> 0:06:23.440 When you outscore anybody 21-0 in the fourth quarter on 0:06:23.500 --> 0:06:23.960 the road. 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:25.599 That's impressive. 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.380 And Bob Chesney is getting his flowers on the field 0:06:28.420 --> 0:06:30.260 right now. He's just coming off and he's going to 0:06:30.300 --> 0:06:34.660 be joining his team down through that tunnel and into 0:06:34.700 --> 0:06:37.400 the locker room. And I can only imagine how much 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.820 fun that locker room is going to be. These guys 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:43.150 worked so hard, became a brotherhood. All kind of just 0:06:43.190 --> 0:06:46.549 thrown together, right? I mean, you had the 45 transfers, 0:06:46.550 --> 0:06:49.370 63 new players overall. It was a hello, nice to 0:06:49.430 --> 0:06:52.029 meet you kind of summer. And it all comes together 0:06:52.450 --> 0:06:55.029 week one on the road against a rival. You win 0:06:55.050 --> 0:06:56.110 by 21. 0:06:56.110 --> 0:06:59.710 Colin Hitchler made so many good adjustments in that football game, 0:06:59.750 --> 0:07:02.930 especially in the second half. the defensive coordinator for UCLA. 0:07:02.990 --> 0:07:06.610 And Dean Kennedy, he came out with this triple reverse 0:07:06.690 --> 0:07:08.990 to start the third quarter and everybody was scratching their head. 0:07:09.370 --> 0:07:10.890 But all of a sudden, he got back down to 0:07:10.910 --> 0:07:14.330 the basics and UCLA just ran the ball right down 0:07:14.370 --> 0:07:15.010 Cal's throat. 0:07:15.470 --> 0:07:19.230 Cal absolutely stayed in this game and give them their 0:07:19.270 --> 0:07:20.050 props for that. 0:07:20.270 --> 0:07:22.690 Muhammad was a great runner tonight. 0:07:22.690 --> 0:07:25.460 28 carries for 120 and a touchdown. 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:26.100 But Woods. 0:07:26.700 --> 0:07:30.990 And Knight and Thomas, those guys, 21 carries, and they 0:07:31.010 --> 0:07:32.830 combined for about 220 yards. 0:07:32.890 --> 0:07:35.090 I mean, those three, that's going to be a problem 0:07:35.110 --> 0:07:35.850 for a lot of teams. 0:07:36.210 --> 0:07:39.180 Omasigo, Samuel Osigo, let me tell you, I mean, not 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.800 only the great tackles, but he also came in on. 0:07:43.380 --> 0:07:47.310 DeKalb quarterback, and he caused a fumble. I mean, he 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.290 did everything you can ask for a linebacker. And Jalen 0:07:50.310 --> 0:07:52.770 Woods was making good plays, too. And there's so much 0:07:52.890 --> 0:07:56.530 versatility in that linebacking core, along with the safeties, when 0:07:56.550 --> 0:07:58.470 you have locked down corners on the outside. 0:07:58.870 --> 0:08:01.590 Still things to clean up. We mentioned the third down 0:08:01.690 --> 0:08:04.670 problems and too many penalties, and time of possession was 0:08:04.670 --> 0:08:07.730 35 minutes to 25 minutes, and we could go on. 0:08:08.210 --> 0:08:11.650 And the 33 plays, the less the count. Yeah, I mean, 0:08:11.730 --> 0:08:13.390 this was not a perfect game, but it was a 0:08:13.430 --> 0:08:15.570 fun one. And the Bruins are 1-0. 0:08:15.770 --> 0:08:18.490 It sets up nicely now because San Diego State is 0:08:18.550 --> 0:08:20.730 next on the docket. That's a home game, 4 in 0:08:20.770 --> 0:08:23.570 the afternoon next Saturday. Hope all the Bruin fans will. 0:08:23.450 --> 0:08:23.970 Come on out. 0:08:24.210 --> 0:08:25.690 Yeah, it's going to be a nice day at the 0:08:25.740 --> 0:08:28.680 Rose Bowl, I'm sure. And a 4 o'clock kickoff. We 0:08:28.740 --> 0:08:29.190 enjoy it. 0:08:29.540 --> 0:08:32.080 Yeah, it's about the perfect kickoff time, I do believe. 0:08:32.500 --> 0:08:35.050 This one, again, wasn't perfect, but it was good enough. 0:08:35.250 --> 0:08:36.000 The Bruins win 45-24. 0:08:42.620 --> 0:08:44.929 What a fun night we had in Berkeley. 0:08:45.170 --> 0:08:50.310 UCLA with a three-touchdown fourth quarter to run away from 0:08:50.410 --> 0:08:54.590 Cal in this sibling rivalry renewed here in the Bay Area. 0:08:54.610 --> 0:08:58.790 45-24 the final score in favor of the Bruins. It 0:08:58.830 --> 0:09:02.330 was a dismal third quarter for UCLA. They had just 0:09:02.410 --> 0:09:05.740 five yards of offense, but they're able to hold Cal 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:10.660 at bay. Deshaun James, couple of interceptions of Sangapulitele down 0:09:10.700 --> 0:09:15.839 the stretch. And UCLA behind Wayne Knight. Anthony Woods able 0:09:15.860 --> 0:09:19.270 to just run right through Cal and get the victory. 0:09:19.390 --> 0:09:23.429 Bob Chesney's time with the Bruins begins with a win 0:09:23.650 --> 0:09:26.800 and a nice statement victory at that in front of 0:09:26.860 --> 0:09:29.800 a national audience watching at home. and a crowd here 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:31.700 in Berkeley that had cleared out, and you got to 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.600 see how many Bruin fans there were, and I'd say 0:09:35.070 --> 0:09:38.969 they took up maybe 15 to upwards of 20% of 0:09:38.990 --> 0:09:40.670 the crowd here tonight, and they hung out to the 0:09:40.710 --> 0:09:44.370 very end. Great to see the team rush over to 0:09:44.390 --> 0:09:48.199 the primary section of fans off to the right end zone. 0:09:48.220 --> 0:09:52.780 That's where the band was as well. It's just one game, 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.760 but you felt like you saw all the work that 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.809 went into this offseason for the Bruins, everything Bob Chesney, 0:09:58.830 --> 0:10:01.630 his staff, and these players. have done going back to 0:10:01.700 --> 0:10:04.680 January in those winter workouts. It all kind of came 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:08.599 to fruition here. So much went into it. You had injuries. 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.940 You had an offense that was up and down throughout 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.199 the game. You had penalties to deal with. You had 0:10:14.220 --> 0:10:17.400 a very talented quarterback and some big receivers on the 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.920 other side to contend with, a very good running back 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:23.300 as well. A game that was thought to be very 0:10:23.420 --> 0:10:26.040 evenly matched coming in. This was a game that was 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.080 just a couple of points. I think UCLA was favored 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:30.660 by two and a half points when it was all 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.220 said and done. And they end up winning by three 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:37.300 full touchdowns this evening and make it a runaway against 0:10:37.350 --> 0:10:40.050 their longtime rival. The Bruins take it here in the 0:10:40.490 --> 0:10:44.489 94th meeting between UCLA and Cal. Nick Cope here with 0:10:44.530 --> 0:10:48.050 you on the Westcom Financial Bruin Locker Room Report. Wayne 0:10:48.090 --> 0:10:50.150 Cook is down in the locker room. He's waiting to 0:10:50.190 --> 0:10:52.439 catch up with head coach Bob Chesney. He's going to 0:10:52.460 --> 0:10:56.730 have a couple players coming by as well. While we 0:10:56.770 --> 0:10:59.209 wait for Wayne to catch up with the players, let's 0:10:59.309 --> 0:11:01.929 get you some of the numbers in this one. UCLA 0:11:02.030 --> 0:11:05.150 ends up outgaining Cal in this one, 461 to 410. 0:11:05.130 --> 0:11:10.110 So we were pushing almost 900 combined yards of offense 0:11:10.150 --> 0:11:12.590 in this one. But the main thing for UCLA was 0:11:12.630 --> 0:11:17.210 what they did on the ground, 277 yards on 32 carries. 0:11:17.230 --> 0:11:22.100 That's nearly a nine-yard-per-carry average. Anthony Woods was the leading 0:11:22.150 --> 0:11:25.219 man in Eight totes for 108 yards. He has a 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:30.340 53-yard touchdown, a 31-yard touchdown, and he's the first UCLA 0:11:30.460 --> 0:11:33.280 running back to go over the century mark since that 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:37.500 Iowa homecoming game in 2024. That was T.J. Harden, who 0:11:37.540 --> 0:11:39.970 had the big game then. But you saw Wayne Knight. 0:11:40.270 --> 0:11:43.070 He had the hat trick of touchdowns. Eight carries for 0:11:43.070 --> 0:11:47.270 71 yards. And Javion Thomas, the former Cal Bear, had 0:11:47.350 --> 0:11:49.630 five carries for 41 yards. We're going to stop on 0:11:49.650 --> 0:11:51.590 the numbers. We're going to get you down to Wayne Cook. 0:11:51.630 --> 0:11:53.390 He's got the head coach, Bob Chesney. 0:11:53.850 --> 0:11:58.840 We'll be good. I got coach. Coach, what a game 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.380 of momentum. And you ended up with a momentum at 0:12:01.420 --> 0:12:01.700 the end. 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:02.800 Yeah. 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.680 I mean, there was a moment right before halftime. 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.540 Where you're like, here we go. We're going up big here. 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:10.120 And then you come back, you're like, all right, at 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:11.380 least we're getting the ball back. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:13.809 And then we shoot ourselves in the foot. And it 0:12:13.850 --> 0:12:15.910 was just one of those things that could have pulled 0:12:15.950 --> 0:12:17.370 away from this game a lot earlier. 0:12:17.410 --> 0:12:18.130 And we just didn't do it. 0:12:18.190 --> 0:12:20.189 And those are the learning experiences we all got to have. 0:12:20.570 --> 0:12:22.650 but some penalties and other things to take the chains 0:12:22.710 --> 0:12:24.670 back and then put us in a position where we 0:12:24.710 --> 0:12:25.689 can't finish that drive. 0:12:25.970 --> 0:12:27.630 That can't happen. That can't be who we are. 0:12:27.990 --> 0:12:30.390 So we will learn from those things and we'll get better, 0:12:30.690 --> 0:12:33.510 but it's 2024, 24, 24 with three. 0:12:33.550 --> 0:12:35.670 Whatever left in the third, what kind of. 0:12:35.620 --> 0:12:37.360 Team are we going to be? Who are we going 0:12:37.380 --> 0:12:39.220 to be? And I think we answered the call and 0:12:39.260 --> 0:12:41.220 did what we needed to do. And these guys never 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:41.720 stopped believing. 0:12:41.740 --> 0:12:43.800 One of the things I noticed throughout the whole game 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:47.200 coach was how many players rotated. And then you had 0:12:47.220 --> 0:12:49.640 a couple of key players with tons of experience like Tao, 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.410 like Landon, go down and other guys stepped up. I mean, 0:12:53.429 --> 0:12:55.489 look at what Tayshaun did today. I don't know how 0:12:55.510 --> 0:12:56.650 much he was going to play, but he ended up 0:12:56.670 --> 0:12:57.830 with two big interceptions. 0:12:57.850 --> 0:13:00.579 He sure did. I mean, 37 new guys made their 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.960 debut here today, right? 37 of them. I mean, I think. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.179 It didn't feel like it was their first game. It 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.500 feels like we've been doing this as this team for 0:13:07.540 --> 0:13:09.880 a very long time. And I just think that's the camaraderie, 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.100 the brotherhood that we built. And I love seeing our 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.330 fans out there. I love seeing their belief in us. 0:13:14.610 --> 0:13:16.890 I love seeing, you know, that I said it to 0:13:16.929 --> 0:13:19.190 Quint after the game there, the amount of energy that 0:13:19.210 --> 0:13:21.630 I'm trying to bring to, you know, my day-to-day life 0:13:21.650 --> 0:13:24.850 with this program is reciprocated by every single person I 0:13:24.890 --> 0:13:25.390 see and meet. 0:13:25.650 --> 0:13:26.470 And that's really important. 0:13:26.970 --> 0:13:29.470 You said that, and again, you go through your ups 0:13:29.530 --> 0:13:31.610 and downs in this game, and there were plenty of mistakes, 0:13:31.670 --> 0:13:34.320 but we persevered. But you also played in front of 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:38.459 a full house. They're all real opponents, but you played 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:40.360 a team that's a good team that's done a lot 0:13:40.380 --> 0:13:43.260 of good things in the offseason. And you found a way. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.920 And to me, that's crucial. And like you said, you 0:13:45.940 --> 0:13:46.439 learn from that. 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.280 That's a bowl team. That's a bowl team with a 0:13:48.300 --> 0:13:51.819 phenomenal quarterback, right? That has a running back. What a 0:13:52.020 --> 0:13:53.959 dude he was all day. He was not easy to 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:55.990 bring down. And we weren't buttoned up enough in our 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.090 run defense. But ultimately, when it ended up being one-on-one, 0:13:59.130 --> 0:14:00.030 it just wasn't easy. 0:14:00.070 --> 0:14:00.970 He's not an easy out. 0:14:01.309 --> 0:14:02.869 So we had to get surface area on him. We 0:14:02.890 --> 0:14:04.510 didn't do a good job of that. And we let 0:14:04.550 --> 0:14:07.309 him get to the second level too quickly. But at 0:14:07.330 --> 0:14:08.750 the same point in time, I like a lot of 0:14:08.770 --> 0:14:11.370 the things we did. We never broke anywhere in there. 0:14:11.410 --> 0:14:13.400 Nobody ever doubted the outcome of this game. 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:14.800 We knew what it was. We just needed to get 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:15.059 it there. 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:16.979 A couple of things I wanted to see because I 0:14:17.020 --> 0:14:20.020 wasn't sure because in practice it's hard to tell. Defense 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.480 of the pass rush, which I thought was vastly improved 0:14:22.500 --> 0:14:25.540 from what I saw last year, and the offensive line play. 0:14:26.100 --> 0:14:28.030 I mean, granted, there's stuff that needs to be cleaned up, 0:14:28.530 --> 0:14:30.330 but it was pretty good. 0:14:30.630 --> 0:14:32.989 I don't know that there was a whole lot of 0:14:33.070 --> 0:14:34.920 blunders from the offensive line, to be honest with you. 0:14:34.930 --> 0:14:36.730 There was a corner blitz that we didn't see that 0:14:36.750 --> 0:14:38.170 we got to throw hot off of where he got hit. 0:14:38.510 --> 0:14:40.810 And then there's a couple other blitzes that just really 0:14:40.850 --> 0:14:45.130 are protection issues, not necessarily a one-on-one mano-a-mano situation. I 0:14:45.170 --> 0:14:47.580 think they did a really good job. Even that last play, 0:14:47.620 --> 0:14:49.860 Woods is supposed to go down, and he doesn't. But they, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:53.080 at the same point in time, understand, like, you know, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.400 Coach Kennedy and Coach Smith are like, this is probably 0:14:55.420 --> 0:14:57.400 going to go right now. And I'm like, dude, did 0:14:57.420 --> 0:14:59.280 we tell him to get down, which we told him, but. 0:14:59.300 --> 0:15:03.140 You know, he didn't hear it. He didn't hear it, quote, unquote. Well, 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:06.200 last one. Last one. You got three running backs played 0:15:06.220 --> 0:15:09.300 a ton today. All of them were fantastic. Fantastic. They 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.620 played so hard. I watch every single one of them 0:15:11.660 --> 0:15:12.200 go about it. 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.790 You know, their pad level, their ball security, their ability 0:15:14.810 --> 0:15:16.830 to catch a ball in the backfield, to bounce off 0:15:16.870 --> 0:15:18.300 of blocks. There were a couple guys that got tied up. 0:15:18.550 --> 0:15:20.130 I don't think one guy should ever bring a running 0:15:20.150 --> 0:15:22.550 back down, and I think that Wayne showed a lot 0:15:22.590 --> 0:15:25.130 of that today. Wood showed a lot today. Jet was 0:15:25.170 --> 0:15:28.550 like two or three away from a huge day and 0:15:28.570 --> 0:15:30.050 just came up a little short in that, but at 0:15:30.090 --> 0:15:31.950 the same point in time, they played their balls off, 0:15:31.990 --> 0:15:32.810 and that's all we could ask for. 0:15:33.110 --> 0:15:33.730 Great win, Coach. 0:15:33.830 --> 0:15:34.430 We'll see you next week. 0:15:34.590 --> 0:15:35.390 Thanks, brother. Go for it, man. 0:15:35.470 --> 0:15:35.650 Yep. 0:15:36.510 --> 0:15:37.110 All right, Nick. 0:15:37.730 --> 0:15:40.340 Oh, played their balls off, indeed. What a way to 0:15:40.390 --> 0:15:44.280 end the interview, Wayne Cook. Are you thinking you're going 0:15:44.300 --> 0:15:45.840 to get some players here shortly? 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:49.320 I might be able to get. We'll see what happens. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:53.340 They said, Mikey, Nico, can we get anybody soon? The quicker, 0:15:53.380 --> 0:15:53.700 the better. 0:15:54.780 --> 0:15:57.160 Or we can take a quick break and come back 0:15:57.220 --> 0:15:59.970 with some more players celebrating this win. 0:15:59.990 --> 0:16:00.950 Take the break now. 0:16:01.210 --> 0:16:01.470 All right. 0:16:01.790 --> 0:16:04.830 We will step aside. You heard who Wayne has on deck. 0:16:04.930 --> 0:16:08.550 Nico Iamale, Ava, Mikey Matthews, Tashaun James, all to come 0:16:08.930 --> 0:16:11.840 on the other side. UCLA beats Cal in Game 1 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.739 of the Bob Chesney era, 45-24. 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