The Bruins zipped through practices, rans oodles of plays and scored a touchdown on a zone-read play during the spring game. Everything was fairly basic. If it were a class, it would have been Chip Kelly 101.
Players have had more than seven months to digest a new playbook, not to mention custom smoothies as part of Kelly’s sports science program.
The arrival of a hefty and heralded freshman class will push their more seasoned teammates to not only lead the way but show they deserve to keep their starting jobs. A handful of emerging stars, including linebackers Jaelan Phillips and Josh Woods, are expected to return from injuries that curtailed their participation in the spring.