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Deshaun Foster once crushed Alabama, now leads UCLA's running backs

After physically dominating Alabama for a second consecutive year in 2001, former UCLA running back Deshaun Foster was nonetheless complementary about the effort of the overmatched Crimson Tide -- which had just lost a season-opener in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 1893.

"They were really swarming to the ball," Foster, now the Bruins' running back coach, said. "They didn't quit this time. They played the whole ball game."

"This time" Foster had rushed for "only" 110 yards. The "last time," a year before, the then-No. 3 Crimson Tide went down 35-24, with Foster forcing the Tide defense to wave a white flag of surrender as he finished with 187 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries.