If you can’t beat ‘em, join 'em. Or at least copy 'em.
After dropping eight games in seven years to Stanford, UCLA decided it had enough getting manhandled, so the Bruins decided to make the switch to a pro-style offense. Smart move? Probably. It certainly doesn't hurt when you have the Rosen one under center.
Former running backs coach and newly-minted offensive coordinator Kennedy Polamalu hopes to reinvigorate the Bruins' offense with a more traditional (or Cardinal-esque) approach -- fullbacks, "two-man backfields" and "snaps under center."
Last season, UCLA ran a pretty typical spread, with quarterback Josh Rosen taking snaps almost exclusively from the 'gun.