""That would be like the most disappointing thing," interim coach Tim Skipper said Monday, two days after his team's 56-6 defeat, "is just our style of play wasn't what it's been - you didn't see the strain, you didn't see the fanatical effort, those type of things, and you're going to need to play that way when you play these top teams like we just did.""
""We knew they were simulating pressure so you're always trying to find where the fourth rusher is," Skipper said, "but then they even brought five guys and they didn't just straight up go, they were moving almost every play. So, they forced us to have to communicate and test that ability and things, and unfortunately there's times we didn't do a good job of that and they made some plays off of it.""
UCLA suffered a 56-6 loss to second-ranked Indiana after a month of disciplined play and three consecutive wins. The offense failed to score a touchdown for the first time this season while the defense allowed a season-high in points. The Bruins were dominated at the line of scrimmage, giving up 262 rushing yards and gaining just 88 on the ground. Guard Eugene Brooks missed the game, and his replacement contributed to communication problems against a defense that frequently disguised pressure. Coaching observations emphasized lack of expected effort, trench struggles, and missed execution in communication and run-game fundamentals.
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