UCLA is not a match against Oklahoma No. 5 and remains without a win

Jalen Hurts simulated the transfer before cutting to his left and finding a lot of Pink Bowl grass open in front of him. The quarterback sprinted on the sideline before being pushed out of bounds, 52 yards from his starting point.

Oklahoma had gone and raced since his first offensive game Saturday night and never slowed down until the result was assured. Sooners, fifth in the standings, has stalled the rise of a completely outclassed UCLA, beating 48 to 14 losses by its efficiency and sowing desperation among the Bruins.

UCLA is 0-3 for a second consecutive season under coach Chip Kelly, but that does not really look like a repeat but a regression. The team has averaged only 14 points this season for a so-called offensive genius whose team has no resemblance to its Duck dynasty in Oregon.

"I think it's a matter of regularity," said Kelly, who became UCLA's first coach to begin consecutive seasons with three consecutive losses since Harry Trotter in 1920 and 1921.

The Bruins have been universally bad, struggling to cover the recipients or maintain their records. Their fans even suffered a sort of defeat on a chilly day with a 95-degree game temperature, which seems slightly outnumbered by their counterparts in Oklahoma among the announced crowd of 52,578 people. UCLA fans spread their feelings in the seconds leading up to half-time, hooting as the teams left the field.

"It's going to sting tonight," said Bruins midfielder Demetric Felton.

Kelly waved the white flag early in the fourth quarter when he kicked out J. J. Molson arrived on the field with his team in fourth place on the Oklahoma 18-yard line, 27 points behind. Molson pushed his attempt far to the right.

The Bruins had promised an improvement after hosting a player-only meeting last week, but looked a lot alike as they suffered a fourth consecutive loss since last season.

Where do I start with all the problems that left their Bruins in shambles?

UCLA's defense dropped 9.5 yards per game on Saturday, when Oklahoma (3-0) racked up 434 yards … at half-time. The Sooners had a 34-7 lead at that point and had not had a break before the middle of the third quarter. Oklahoma finished with 611 yards of offense, but failed to accumulate a lot more yards, mainly because the Bruins were able to keep the Sooners off the field after the first half. time, thanks to a 14-part record that consumed nearly half of the third quarter.

"We had a lot of things we could see in the first half," said UCLA defensive lineman Atonio Mafi, "not really what they were doing, but they missed out on assignments. and did not fly to the goal. "

UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is sacked by Oklahoma linebacker Jalen Redmond in the first half.

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Hurts became the first Sooner to cross over 200 yards and more than 100 yards at halftime. He had 289 passing yards, three touchdowns, 150 rushing yards and one touchdown, although he left before the last two Oklahoma tours. Kelly said Hurts was up to his quarter, comparing him to Kyler Murray of Oklahoma and Andrew Luck of Stanford.

"He has an answer with his feet," said Kelly of Hurts, "and then he has an answer with his arm."

Hurts' touch was typical of the ease with which the Sooners scored. He needed three yards in fourth position at the opening of the Oklahoma record and had 30 yards in a quarterback draw in which he waited a moment before running untouched in the center and in the box. goals.

The Bruins worsened their coverage problems with missed tackles and a soft game, with Quentin Lake's safety being braced by Trey Sermon during a 32-yard run. There were also the usual silly mistakes, including an offsides penalty that canceled a sack and a penalty for having too many men on the pitch at one more point.

"Good teams do not do it," said Kelly about the bag that did not count.

UCLA quarterback, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, is aiming for a decisive pass during the first half of Saturday's loss against Oklahoma to the Rose Bowl.

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UCLA's run totaled 110 yards, hitting all three numbers for the first time this season, but it was just a footnote in the middle of an unbalanced result. Felton ran 42 of his 65 yards in a single game in the third quarter and the Bruins averaged only three yards per run. Joshua Kelley continued to recover after a long knee injury, winning 51 yards in 18 races.

UCLA quarterback, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, has assembled another mixed-bag game, making big games but also a handful of mistakes. He completed 15 of 26 passes for 201 yards with two touchdowns, but also mismanaged a pass and had two interceptions, including one that he pitched in triple cover.

Some would say that the Bruins ridiculed themselves the day before the match when their official Twitter football account sent them a graph showing cornerback Darnay Holmes in a cape standing over a skull in a forest.

One observer commented that he was a UCLA player mourning the loss of the football program, prompting another to add the following caption: "UCLA Football RIP 1919-2019".

"No one is going to feel sorry for us," Kelly said, "so we do not feel sorry for ourselves, we do not apologize and we do not let anyone do the same, we have to grow and improve.