WEBVTT - The Verdict: Purdue 0:00:03.930 --> 0:00:08.680 The Bruins have come out with a 52-38 victory. And 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:13.320 the final tally, by the way, for yards, 645. So 0:00:14.340 --> 0:00:16.860 they come within about 40 of the all-time school record. 0:00:16.900 --> 0:00:17.560 Let's go to Wayne. 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:20.380 He's hugging the team here. Hey, Nico. 0:00:21.290 --> 0:00:22.930 Hey, heck of a game, man. 0:00:22.970 --> 0:00:25.090 Your most complete game of the year so far by far. 0:00:25.210 --> 0:00:25.489 Yes, sir. 0:00:25.930 --> 0:00:27.650 Yeah, it was a great one. I thought the whole 0:00:27.670 --> 0:00:29.270 team came to play, and, you know, we were prepared well. 0:00:30.010 --> 0:00:32.740 The defense wasn't as good tonight. You needed the offense 0:00:32.780 --> 0:00:34.460 to step up and score a ton of points, and 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:35.040 you guys did that. 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:35.360 Yes, sir. 0:00:35.659 --> 0:00:35.959 Hell yeah. 0:00:35.979 --> 0:00:36.580 No, they had our back. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:37.240 Love you, brother. 0:00:37.260 --> 0:00:38.420 All right, good to see you, boy. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:39.760 Yeah, no. 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.500 Yeah, man, our defense had us last week. We had 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:43.220 to pick them up this week. So it was a 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:44.500 good team collective, and we did our thing. 0:00:44.979 --> 0:00:45.340 Come on, dawg. 0:00:46.740 --> 0:00:48.320 You got a lot of handshakes down here. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:50.180 Hey, Leland Smith got in tonight, and he's a big 0:00:50.220 --> 0:00:50.780 place for you. 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.990 Yeah, Leland, in the short end of practice and all camp, 0:00:54.030 --> 0:00:54.950 it was good to see him out there and go 0:00:54.970 --> 0:00:55.370 do his thing. 0:00:55.710 --> 0:00:58.850 How about those running backs? I mean, it's a three-headed monster. 0:00:59.030 --> 0:01:01.270 We got, you know, three Marshawn Lynch's back there. It 0:01:01.290 --> 0:01:03.070 feels good to have him as my backfield, for sure. 0:01:03.470 --> 0:01:05.710 Nico, man, I'm proud of you. That was a great game. 0:01:05.750 --> 0:01:07.890 I know you're beat up, but a heck of a job. Yes, sir. 0:01:07.910 --> 0:01:09.330 Thank you, Wayne. Always good to see you, buddy. Yeah, 0:01:09.350 --> 0:01:09.789 you too, buddy. 0:01:11.110 --> 0:01:11.940 All right, thanks, Wayne. 0:01:12.020 --> 0:01:14.620 And yeah, Nico Iamalajava, you know he can do it 0:01:14.660 --> 0:01:17.040 with his legs. It was seven carries for 55. That's 0:01:17.060 --> 0:01:21.070 about right. But 19 of 31 for 276. That's the 0:01:21.110 --> 0:01:24.709 most yards he's thrown for Azebru and three touchdowns, no turnovers. 0:01:25.110 --> 0:01:27.020 Had to leave the game twice due to injury, but 0:01:27.060 --> 0:01:29.460 he came back. And I think it was kind of 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.240 poignant that on a night Maurice Jones-Drew was here. It 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.680 was on this weekend in 2004. He rushed for. 322 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.569 all by himself. It almost is an homage tonight. The 0:01:38.590 --> 0:01:39.550 Bruins ran for. 0:01:39.270 --> 0:01:39.830 369. 0:01:39.830 --> 0:01:43.710 Yeah, Nico on Iamala. Let's go down to Wayne. Yeah, 0:01:43.750 --> 0:01:45.250 Wayne is standing by with Wayne Knight. 0:01:45.450 --> 0:01:48.370 I got Wayne Knight, and I'm telling you, man, this 0:01:48.450 --> 0:01:49.420 is pretty fun, isn't it? 0:01:49.810 --> 0:01:51.460 Oh, yeah, it's fun winning, especially in. 0:01:51.420 --> 0:01:53.840 The rules mode, man. First and many, baby. First and 0:01:53.860 --> 0:01:54.580 many in the Big Ten. 0:01:55.300 --> 0:01:56.300 So you had. 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:59.060 Another huge night, but what's really cool about this is 0:01:59.100 --> 0:02:02.600 you and Anthony and Jed are all competing for it. 0:02:02.620 --> 0:02:03.040 No doubt. 0:02:03.100 --> 0:02:03.340 Yeah. 0:02:03.460 --> 0:02:04.020 Oh, my God. 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:05.910 We got a stable of running backs. They show up 0:02:05.940 --> 0:02:07.410 every single game, and we're going to need this the 0:02:07.430 --> 0:02:09.210 entirety of the season. It's going to be a testament 0:02:09.230 --> 0:02:10.530 to how much success we have this season. 0:02:10.950 --> 0:02:12.730 Purdue did a good job tonight of scoring a lot 0:02:12.770 --> 0:02:15.150 of points. The offense was needed. You guys have been 0:02:15.169 --> 0:02:16.810 a little up and down a little bit, and tonight 0:02:16.830 --> 0:02:18.620 you got passing game and run game going. 0:02:19.100 --> 0:02:21.340 Yeah, the philosophy of that is just to start fast, 0:02:21.380 --> 0:02:23.079 and we preach that in practice, and we preach that 0:02:23.100 --> 0:02:24.480 in just how we approach the day, and I think 0:02:24.500 --> 0:02:25.500 we did the ultimate job of. 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.320 That this week. We're showing up on the field tonight. 0:02:27.580 --> 0:02:29.450 I can't let you go without complimenting the guys up 0:02:29.470 --> 0:02:30.369 in front of you. 0:02:30.389 --> 0:02:31.150 Oh, yeah, them big guys. 0:02:31.169 --> 0:02:32.530 Shout out to them boys, man. They're the ones that 0:02:32.550 --> 0:02:34.609 make it happen. All right, man. Great job, Wayne. 0:02:34.630 --> 0:02:35.210 Appreciate that. 0:02:35.230 --> 0:02:38.630 All right, man. Thank you to both Waynes. The Bruins, 0:02:38.630 --> 0:02:41.540 7 of 7 in the red zone tonight. Averaged 7.7 0:02:41.540 --> 0:02:43.440 yards a carry. Would have been more except they took 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.840 a knee right at the end. And actually the magic 0:02:45.900 --> 0:02:49.750 number for Wayne Knight is 8. He is averaging 8.8 0:02:49.750 --> 0:02:53.109 yards per carry as a Bruin. Has 8 touchdowns as 0:02:53.150 --> 0:02:56.540 a Bruin. As the legendary number eight Troy Aikman rolls 0:02:56.580 --> 0:02:59.639 into town to do the Rams game on Monday night. 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.060 So it's a nice tribute to Troy Aikman. 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:06.440 And, you know, another transfer from Oklahoma to UCLA, just 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.650 like Troy Aikman, is Sammy Omosega. We got to shout 0:03:09.690 --> 0:03:12.530 him out, too. He has just been spectacular. What a find, 0:03:12.590 --> 0:03:16.220 as he's got four forced fumbles. In three games, he 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.540 had two sacks tonight. He had 12 more tackles. He 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.820 is the anchor of that defense. Yeah, I mean, he's 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.260 just a playmaker. And he's so disruptive in terms of 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:26.020 the passing game. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:26.740 He can blitz. 0:03:27.100 --> 0:03:29.959 He's always making plays when he's on the run. I mean, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.019 he's your complete linebacker. And him and Jalen Woods as 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:36.360 a tandem just control the middle of that defense. And 0:03:36.380 --> 0:03:39.220 you throw in Jalen Woods next to him, who's so 0:03:39.340 --> 0:03:42.600 fast and instinctive as well. I mean, like I said, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.860 these are two of the best linebackers in the country. 0:03:45.420 --> 0:03:48.010 In the meantime, the Bruins come within 47 yards of 0:03:48.050 --> 0:03:52.530 the all-time school record for yards in a game. And again, 0:03:52.710 --> 0:03:54.650 not too long ago, the Bruins were up in Pullman 0:03:54.690 --> 0:04:00.100 dropping a 67-62 win on Wazoo. And that was kind 0:04:00.140 --> 0:04:02.500 of this game in many ways. It didn't get that 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.920 crazy tonight, but the Bruins did have to outscore their defense. 0:04:05.940 --> 0:04:06.670 They did it, winning 52-38. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.370 Yeah, Imaliava, I thought it was his most complete game. 0:04:10.430 --> 0:04:12.690 I mean, he was progressing through his route. He was 0:04:12.710 --> 0:04:15.270 getting to the second and the third option. He was 0:04:15.330 --> 0:04:18.640 also dropping the ball in deep, which we really haven't 0:04:18.740 --> 0:04:19.480 seen him do. 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.140 He was always throwing a fastball on his deep passes. 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.870 You know, I think he's found something where he doesn't 0:04:25.890 --> 0:04:28.089 need to rifle the ball in on every throw. 0:04:28.450 --> 0:04:31.550 He is now learning that touch is really important. 0:04:31.570 --> 0:04:34.590 And we saw a couple of passes to the running backs. 0:04:34.690 --> 0:04:37.380 One was a screen and check release. I think UCLA 0:04:37.420 --> 0:04:40.080 needs to do more of that. And these coordinators for 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.860 UCLA are just off the charts. Dean Kennedy had a 0:04:43.900 --> 0:04:46.380 heck of a game as a coordinator, calling the offense 0:04:46.420 --> 0:04:49.470 tonight and mixing it up. And, you know, Colin Hichler, 0:04:49.570 --> 0:04:52.440 he has some challenges. And he ended up adjusting in 0:04:52.450 --> 0:04:56.540 the second half. And if it wasn't for defensive mistakes 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.539 causing penalties, I think the defense really rose to the 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:00.780 occasion in the second half. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:06.420 The Bruins are really establishing themselves nationally already. as a 0:05:06.460 --> 0:05:08.820 team that is going to run the ball down your throat. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:10.790 They've got three running backs that can do it, a 0:05:10.820 --> 0:05:14.110 quarterback that can do it, and obviously Wayne Knight gets 0:05:14.390 --> 0:05:17.750 the headlines. He's deserved that, but even his supporting cast 0:05:17.790 --> 0:05:18.870 tonight was just terrific. 0:05:19.410 --> 0:05:20.280 As the Bruins win it 52-38. 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.100 Josh Lewin, Matt Stephens with you at a rapidly emptying 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:34.500 Rose Bowl. About 31,000 fans were here. 8,000 students were 0:05:34.550 --> 0:05:38.090 here on 62 separate buses to cheer on the Bruins 0:05:38.190 --> 0:05:40.250 as they just rushed their way to another win. 0:05:40.670 --> 0:05:41.310 The final 52-38. 0:05:41.330 --> 0:05:45.430 Let's start with that run game, Matt. I'm doing these 0:05:45.510 --> 0:05:48.630 computations on the fly. But the Bruins now in three 0:05:48.670 --> 0:05:50.750 games have 860 yards rushing. They had about 360 of 0:05:50.830 --> 0:05:57.740 those tonight. The average is 287 per game, and as 0:05:57.779 --> 0:06:00.120 of this moment, that would put them as the number 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.640 one rushing team in all of college football. It was 0:06:03.700 --> 0:06:06.490 not too long ago that Bruins were 125th, 128th, 132nd in. 0:06:06.450 --> 0:06:07.130 The nation in rushing. 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.980 They are number one in the nation right now, and 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:14.659 they're 3-0. 0:06:14.860 --> 0:06:17.000 Well, now everybody's going to know. But I think coming 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.920 into this game, Purdue knew that. And what they wanted 0:06:19.940 --> 0:06:22.150 to do is stop the run. And that gave a 0:06:22.190 --> 0:06:26.570 lot of opportunity to Nico Yamaliaba. And he responded well 0:06:27.470 --> 0:06:29.810 with throwing the ball downfield and mixing it up and 0:06:29.850 --> 0:06:32.500 doing his thing. So, you know, that's going to cause 0:06:32.540 --> 0:06:33.420 a problem. 0:06:33.060 --> 0:06:33.600 Now for Purdue. 0:06:34.060 --> 0:06:38.180 Opposing defense that says UCLA moves forward because they know 0:06:38.339 --> 0:06:40.020 not only have they got to stop a quarterback that 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.480 can run the ball, but now he's getting some continuity 0:06:43.540 --> 0:06:46.370 and some things going with his wide receivers on the outside. 0:06:46.690 --> 0:06:49.529 I mean, there's a lot of times when UCLA wide 0:06:49.589 --> 0:06:53.270 receivers are just guarded one-on-one. And that is always a 0:06:53.390 --> 0:06:56.330 win if you're a wide receiver. That's the way you think. 0:06:56.410 --> 0:06:59.409 So UCLA is going to have more opportunities. Now they're 0:06:59.430 --> 0:07:00.430 going to have to clean it up a little bit 0:07:00.490 --> 0:07:03.870 on defense. And, you know, they adjusted well, but it's the. 0:07:03.810 --> 0:07:05.790 Penalties that's just killing them. 0:07:05.870 --> 0:07:08.310 I mean, it was just you can't have those defensive 0:07:08.330 --> 0:07:11.920 penalties that extend drives for an offense, especially an offense 0:07:11.940 --> 0:07:14.080 like Purdue that was so hot with their quarterback. 0:07:14.420 --> 0:07:15.080 Ryan Brown. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.680 So I'm with you on that. The Bruins are averaging 0:07:17.740 --> 0:07:21.710 at 10 penalties and about 100 yards now. In all 0:07:21.730 --> 0:07:25.490 three games, it's been a problem. And another kind of 0:07:25.570 --> 0:07:28.880 leak developed in this one tonight. They allowed three of 0:07:28.940 --> 0:07:31.320 three on fourth downs, and they also allowed a third 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.340 and eight, a third and nine, and a third and 0:07:33.420 --> 0:07:37.620 ten to be completed. And only two punts in this 0:07:37.660 --> 0:07:38.400 game for Purdue. 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.600 Well, I'm going to say one thing, though. UCLA, they 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.480 overcame some adversity. Number one, they had to win it offensively. 0:07:45.550 --> 0:07:47.970 I mean, I know they've won games in the fourth quarter, 0:07:47.990 --> 0:07:50.810 but their defense has been superb defensively. and they had 0:07:50.850 --> 0:07:52.790 a Purdue team that was putting points on the board. 0:07:53.210 --> 0:07:57.310 Let's not forget that very first play, a 75-yard touchdown throw, 0:07:57.570 --> 0:08:00.040 and it was just a crossing route to Townsend, who 0:08:00.070 --> 0:08:00.640 took it in. 0:08:00.980 --> 0:08:02.760 So that stuns you a little bit. You know, what 0:08:02.780 --> 0:08:03.260 are you going to do? 0:08:03.580 --> 0:08:07.800 And then that third quarter, there was a fake punt that, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.680 that Purdue executed perfectly, got another first down. They went 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.140 in to score from that. A lot of teams don't 0:08:15.220 --> 0:08:18.930 recover from those type of things. But UCLA, we're also 0:08:18.990 --> 0:08:22.330 learning defensively, they are ball hawks. I mean, they are 0:08:22.370 --> 0:08:25.710 going after the football. Pleasant with the interception that sealed 0:08:25.730 --> 0:08:30.590 the game. Sammy Osiga getting two forced fumbles. I mean, 0:08:31.380 --> 0:08:34.020 those are things that change games, and they did it. 0:08:34.630 --> 0:08:37.350 So the Bruins indeed go to 3-0, which is such 0:08:37.370 --> 0:08:40.530 a nice change from the 3-9 of a year ago. 0:08:41.050 --> 0:08:44.570 Eight rushing touchdowns all of last year, four rushing touchdowns 0:08:44.770 --> 0:08:47.430 all of the year before. So that's 12 rushing touchdowns 0:08:47.490 --> 0:08:51.600 in two years. They are past that already in this 0:08:51.650 --> 0:08:54.180 season that is three games old. They've got 14 in 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.560 three games as opposed to 12 in 24 games. 0:08:57.600 --> 0:08:58.620 I mean, it's just night and day. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.760 Very first year you and I worked together, partner, was 2016. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:06.600 That was the Soso, Jamabo, Bolu, Ola, Run For Me era. 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.420 And the Bruins barely, I mean, barely got to 1,000 0:09:10.420 --> 0:09:14.340 yards rushing that year. They averaged 2.9 per carry. They're 0:09:14.380 --> 0:09:17.280 at eight yards a carry right now, and they're not 0:09:17.380 --> 0:09:20.729 playing Little Sisters of the Poor. I mean, they've played Cal, 0:09:20.770 --> 0:09:23.670 they've played San Diego State, which is always very good defensively. 0:09:24.050 --> 0:09:27.770 Purdue is much improved this year. So, Not 2.9 on 0:09:27.790 --> 0:09:31.130 the ground. Heck, in 2024, it was 3.1 on the ground. 0:09:31.170 --> 0:09:34.110 And again, they barely got to 1,000 yards. They're almost 0:09:34.150 --> 0:09:36.770 at 1,000 yards now. It's been three games. 0:09:37.010 --> 0:09:37.760 Well, think about what. 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.760 You've got to defend in the run game. I mean, UCLA, 0:09:39.780 --> 0:09:42.800 they run the inside and outside zone reads. They do 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.120 the quick sweep, you know, where they get a wall 0:09:45.140 --> 0:09:48.140 of blockers, you know. in front of these fast running backs. 0:09:48.460 --> 0:09:51.360 You've got a quarterback that can run the ball himself, 0:09:51.420 --> 0:09:54.489 so there's a numbers problem when a quarterback can run. 0:09:54.510 --> 0:09:57.210 I mean, if you're a defense, you're going, oh, man, 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.339 we got to do everything we can. And safeties, you're 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:01.939 not going to be covering the pass. You're going to 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.840 be stopping the run. If we don't, they're just going 0:10:04.860 --> 0:10:06.140 to run all over us. 0:10:06.660 --> 0:10:09.469 Bruins ended up about 40 yards away from an all-time 0:10:09.510 --> 0:10:13.329 school record for most yards scored. in a game, and 0:10:13.350 --> 0:10:15.910 it helps that they ran 80 plays, Purdue only 59. 0:10:15.910 --> 0:10:19.030 Remember how this game started? The Bruins ran 20 of 0:10:19.050 --> 0:10:22.700 the first 23 plays of the game. Now, granted, there 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.500 was a 75-yard touchdown pass against them almost right away. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.360 They only needed to run one play, did Purdue, and 0:10:28.620 --> 0:10:30.839 that did kind of set a tone, right? Ryan Brown 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.910 never really slowed down until the very end. His only 0:10:33.990 --> 0:10:36.559 bad pass of the game was so critical. Purdue could 0:10:36.580 --> 0:10:39.459 have made it a seven-point game, but Brown threw an 0:10:39.500 --> 0:10:42.470 interception to Roderick Pleasant at the two-yard line, and to me, 0:10:42.510 --> 0:10:44.050 that was where the game just kind of stopped. 0:10:44.390 --> 0:10:46.740 And let's not forget, Samaj Morgan had a couple touchdowns 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.460 to start this game. And he, of course, had that 0:10:49.500 --> 0:10:52.140 big game last week against San Diego State. Landon Ellis, 0:10:52.179 --> 0:10:54.960 I think, is so important coming back and being that 0:10:55.980 --> 0:11:01.540 sort of go-to guy that Nico Iamaliaba feels comfortable with. 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.559 And then Leland Smith, the big body wide receiver, 6'4, 218cm. 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.420 He made a couple of third-down plays, and it was 0:11:11.460 --> 0:11:15.219 just 50-50 balls. So I think that was a big 0:11:15.260 --> 0:11:17.500 deal for Ian Maliava. And we saw a tight end 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:18.080 catch a pass. 0:11:18.540 --> 0:11:21.209 Yeah, we saw that, and we saw Smith, as you said, 0:11:21.230 --> 0:11:24.189 against his old Purdue teammates getting it done. Although in 0:11:24.230 --> 0:11:26.349 this era, not a lot of guys are left over 0:11:26.410 --> 0:11:29.490 from two years ago. One thing that we should also 0:11:29.530 --> 0:11:31.850 just kind of point out that was so obvious at 0:11:31.910 --> 0:11:34.309 halftime is there was this. 0:11:34.210 --> 0:11:35.270 Explosion of points. 0:11:35.270 --> 0:11:38.960 45 of them, the two teams combined through two quarters. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.280 That was 45 more than last weekend. We just kind 0:11:41.340 --> 0:11:44.300 of slogged into halftime looking at each other last weekend like, 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:45.300 what did we just watch? 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:46.360 I mean, that was like quicksand. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.140 And this one was just so exciting. 45 points instead 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:50.520 of zero. 0:11:51.050 --> 0:11:53.340 Yeah, the zeros was pretty boring, I got to tell you. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.300 Nothing boring about this one and nothing to make you 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.320 too unhappy when you start out 3-0. 0:11:59.460 --> 0:12:00.880 And Maryland is up next. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.809 You and I will podcast that one later this week 0:12:03.910 --> 0:12:07.050 and talk about what to expect. But Maryland lost a 0:12:07.070 --> 0:12:09.130 game at home. But they're a team that can put 0:12:09.190 --> 0:12:11.190 points on the board, too. You're going to be traveling 0:12:11.250 --> 0:12:14.670 a long way, about 3,000 miles, all of that. Purdue, 0:12:14.690 --> 0:12:17.120 to their credit, I mean, they traveled three time zones. 0:12:17.130 --> 0:12:19.459 They hung right in there. But again, the Bruins just 0:12:19.500 --> 0:12:21.740 had the juice at the end of a game. Yeah, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.800 I mean, they have a lot of firepower offensively. I mean, 0:12:25.820 --> 0:12:28.640 they can do a lot of different things. And they 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.280 proved it tonight. I mean, the Wildcat, you know, throw 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:31.839 that in there. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:35.060 You know what? We've seen the Wildcat formation a couple 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:35.640 of times tonight. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.520 And that's just really tough with all those good running 0:12:38.540 --> 0:12:41.560 backs when they just get that football and they can 0:12:41.580 --> 0:12:44.000 go anywhere they want. Like I said with Wayne Knight, 0:12:44.340 --> 0:12:46.730 it's just a kickoff to him. You know, he's got 0:12:46.750 --> 0:12:49.429 blockers in front of him. So, I mean, you've got 0:12:49.450 --> 0:12:53.329 to really prepare for UCLA. And let's not also forget 0:12:53.470 --> 0:12:58.880 these halftime adjustments by these coordinators and Bob Chesney. Bob Chesney, 0:12:58.890 --> 0:13:02.300 you know, calling a perfect game again as a head coach. 0:13:03.140 --> 0:13:06.579 This coaching staff has really turned this program around just 0:13:06.620 --> 0:13:09.740 in three games. I'm not saying UCLA is going to 0:13:09.780 --> 0:13:12.960 go undefeated for the next five years, but this program 0:13:12.980 --> 0:13:14.739 is on the right track, and they hired the right 0:13:14.780 --> 0:13:15.640 guy to head coach. 0:13:16.250 --> 0:13:19.690 The Bruins scored on almost every possession in this game. 0:13:19.790 --> 0:13:23.210 There were 14 total losses. scoring plays in this game. 0:13:23.230 --> 0:13:26.090 The two teams combined 90 points. That's why we're exhausted 0:13:26.130 --> 0:13:28.710 at the end of it. But for the 31,000 that 0:13:29.130 --> 0:13:31.069 came on out to see it, they saw a really 0:13:31.110 --> 0:13:34.470 entertaining game. They saw the Bruins get 2-3-0. And we've 0:13:34.490 --> 0:13:36.390 got a lot more to tell you when we come back. 0:13:36.429 --> 0:13:38.250 It'll be Nick and Wayne the rest of the way. 0:13:38.590 --> 0:13:41.970 The Bruins win it 52-38. This is Bruins football on 0:13:41.990 --> 0:13:43.360 the Bruins Audio Network. 0:13:45.510 --> 0:13:49.910 UCLA improves to 3-0, 52-38. They defeat Purdue in the 0:13:49.950 --> 0:13:52.270 Big Ten opener, and the head coach is standing by 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:53.500 with Wayne Cook right now. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.640 Well, Coach, let's just start with the beginning. It's not easy. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.540 That was a dogfight and a good Purdue team. I mean, 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:01.920 I said all week I was so impressed with their quarterback. 0:14:01.980 --> 0:14:03.880 I knew he was going to be trouble. I knew 0:14:03.900 --> 0:14:04.990 they were going to be able to run the ball. 0:14:05.410 --> 0:14:07.570 So it was tough, but we got to win. Yeah, 0:14:07.590 --> 0:14:09.890 we got to win, and you're dead on. The running 0:14:09.929 --> 0:14:11.829 back was one that we were really concerned about. I 0:14:11.830 --> 0:14:13.569 thought we did a nice job on him. We committed 0:14:13.610 --> 0:14:15.630 a lot of guys to the box, though. which put 0:14:15.670 --> 0:14:18.050 us in some one-on-one situations. And they just did a really. 0:14:17.850 --> 0:14:21.270 Good job there, him being on time and on the 0:14:21.310 --> 0:14:24.970 same page with his receivers and his accuracy was just phenomenal. 0:14:25.130 --> 0:14:27.190 And there were moments where, you know, you think you 0:14:27.230 --> 0:14:29.200 got a break and then it's a pass interference. You 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.440 think you made a stop and it's a roughing the passer. 0:14:31.460 --> 0:14:33.420 Then you think you made it up. It was, there was, 0:14:33.580 --> 0:14:36.120 you know, three or four of those gifted that I don't, 0:14:36.260 --> 0:14:37.900 I don't see it the same way as what happened 0:14:37.940 --> 0:14:39.100 out there, but at the same point in time, it 0:14:39.140 --> 0:14:40.570 is what it is. And We got to play the 0:14:40.610 --> 0:14:44.470 calls and the hand that we're dealt. But ultimately, a 0:14:44.510 --> 0:14:47.930 lot of penalties, very lopsided. And I don't love that 0:14:47.990 --> 0:14:49.590 part of it. But at the same point in time, 0:14:49.630 --> 0:14:50.590 I love the way our guys battled. 0:14:50.750 --> 0:14:51.570 Well, let's talk about it. 0:14:51.580 --> 0:14:53.000 Because in the second half, it seemed like you made 0:14:53.010 --> 0:14:55.180 some adjustments, gave them a little bit more pass coverage. 0:14:55.860 --> 0:14:58.780 And the penalties tend to exceed. You got stops, but 0:14:58.820 --> 0:15:00.080 the penalties extended drives. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:00.800 Yeah, exactly. 0:15:00.820 --> 0:15:03.140 And then the fake punt, that doesn't help either. But now, luckily, 0:15:03.180 --> 0:15:05.720 they got a penalty on themselves by covering up the 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.040 tight end and that obviously was helpful for us to 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.020 be able to get that stop and force them to 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.990 the field goal. But in general, just, you know, we 0:15:13.150 --> 0:15:15.590 didn't match up great on the outside and we just, 0:15:15.810 --> 0:15:17.670 you know, started to panic a little bit and didn't 0:15:17.710 --> 0:15:19.990 trust our training. And that is a good lesson for 0:15:20.030 --> 0:15:23.109 us to learn from, because of anything that happens in 0:15:23.130 --> 0:15:24.910 a negative fashion in my mind. 0:15:25.220 --> 0:15:27.260 Because of this, you know, we will end up being better. 0:15:27.620 --> 0:15:30.660 The good news, offense was as good as it's been 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:34.040 all year. Nico played great. The three-headed monsters at running 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.630 back the line. It was good to see Leland get 0:15:37.690 --> 0:15:39.950 out there and make some huge plays, big target. 0:15:40.610 --> 0:15:42.950 I just thought the offense was way more complete today 0:15:42.990 --> 0:15:44.210 than it's been. Oh, definitely. 0:15:44.250 --> 0:15:46.150 And I think it starts with Nico by being able 0:15:46.170 --> 0:15:49.220 to loosen it up and throw the football. There were 0:15:49.500 --> 0:15:52.100 many opportunities, and I think he was perfect at the 0:15:52.140 --> 0:15:55.160 beginning for a little bit. He was so accurate on time, 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.580 finding voids in the zones. And then eventually, they started 0:15:59.620 --> 0:16:01.880 to stop, or we knew we were going to run, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:03.420 and that's what they wanted to commit to, and we 0:16:03.460 --> 0:16:04.920 were still able to run the ball at that point 0:16:04.940 --> 0:16:06.360 in time. We could have thrown a lot more if 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.160 we wanted to, but we played the clock, we handled 0:16:08.180 --> 0:16:09.620 the lead, and we did, I think, what we needed 0:16:09.660 --> 0:16:11.000 to do to get out of there with a win. 0:16:11.370 --> 0:16:13.010 I don't want to do this because all three have 0:16:13.030 --> 0:16:16.250 been great, but Wayne Knight's special. I mean, there's things 0:16:16.290 --> 0:16:18.330 he does where I just go, dang, man, that's an 0:16:18.410 --> 0:16:21.110 elite special back. But the problem is, is then Anthony 0:16:21.150 --> 0:16:24.630 and Jet do something really cool too. And you can tell, coach, 0:16:24.650 --> 0:16:27.120 they're competing because they don't want to come out of 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:28.840 the game. When Jet got hurt, he's like, I want 0:16:28.860 --> 0:16:31.280 to go back in because they want to get their reps. 0:16:31.500 --> 0:16:34.100 Yeah, and they're having fun and they love playing this game. 0:16:34.140 --> 0:16:36.800 They trust the offensive line. They trust the scheme. They 0:16:36.820 --> 0:16:38.840 know we're going to put them in positions to be successful. So, 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.720 whoever's turn it is, you know, I think they're, they're 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.060 all excited and know that a play could pop for them. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.400 You know, their ball security has been great. And especially 0:16:46.420 --> 0:16:49.330 at the end when they needed it the most. And yeah, but, 0:16:49.470 --> 0:16:51.630 but Wayne, I mean, what, what, what can you say? 0:16:52.060 --> 0:16:53.540 Well, I'll do one more for you. 0:16:53.950 --> 0:16:56.050 The receivers, I thought it was really a big deal 0:16:56.090 --> 0:16:59.230 to get Landon Ellis back because of his experience, his size. 0:16:59.370 --> 0:17:01.109 I didn't know I was going to see Leland as much. 0:17:01.150 --> 0:17:03.430 That helped a lot. Samaj has been great. 0:17:03.820 --> 0:17:06.220 Just some really good job by the receivers that helped 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:07.120 Nico out a lot in this. 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:08.700 Game, too. Oh, there's no doubt about it. 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.840 You know, B-Row dropped one and was so just infuriated 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.740 with himself. You know, after that point, I said, just 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.350 got to relax. It's going to show up again. You're 0:17:15.369 --> 0:17:17.359