Josh Rosen lay on the practice field Tuesday morning, awaiting his turn as reporters completed an interview nearby. He sprawled his arms on the warm artificial turf, his face pointed directly toward the bright morning sky.
"I just want to go to .500 and then ultimately push to 7-6," Rosen said, words he probably never anticipated uttering when he arrived in early 2015 as the hotshot freshman who was expected to elevate a surging program toward greater heights.
“It’s just kind of disappointing because I feel like you come into a program that’s 10-2, 10-2 and 9-3 and you’re doing any and every thing that you can and you just can’t produce the wins that you want to,” Rosen said, referring to the Bruins’ records during their first three years under former coach Jim Mora.