After a month of disciplined, passionate football that included three consecutive wins and a feel-good vibe, UCLA did not exhibit those same characteristics while going splat against second-ranked Indiana.
“That would be like the most disappointing thing,” interim coach Tim Skipper said Monday, two days after his team’s 56-6 defeat, “is just our style of play wasn’t what it’s been — you didn’t see the strain, you didn’t see the fanatical effort, those type of things, and you’re going to need to play that way when you play these top teams like we just did.