UCLA countered Oregon’s run-heavy offense with a swarming, gang-tackling approach that left the Ducks flattened.
Against an even more one-dimensional Washington, the Bruins looked more like a man standing on the shore and shaking his fists at an oncoming tidal wave. They knew exactly what was coming and were powerless to stop it.
The Huskies threw the ball only 12 times Saturday at Husky Stadium during a 44-23 romp over UCLA, their fewest pass attempts since producing only 10 during a rain-swept victory over USC in 1981.
That meant they ran it. And ran it. And ran it.