REACTION: UCLA Football SURVIVE UGLY START TO BEGIN DESHAUN FOSTER ERA! BAD OMENS OR WEEK 1 JITTERS

man that was not pretty at all I mean that was pretty brutal to watch at points but the Bruins start the DeShaun Foster ERA with a dub you are locked on UCLA your daily podcast on the UCLA Bruins part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day welcome to everybody to this edition of the locked on UCLA podcast I'm Zack ERS yimer and we're reacting to the UCLA Bruins barely knocking off the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 16-13 my goodness that was as ugly the first half as I've ever seen when it comes to a debut for a head coach with a lot of moving pieces large in part UCLA looked God awful in the first half like devastatingly brutally bad and if you were like me and you're sitting there like what's this episode brought to you by FanDuel what FanDuel had this game at Hawaii was plus 14 and a half or plus four two touchdowns I had UCLA you know 42 to 24 man I look like an idiot I did think the UCL win this game until I watched the first 15 minutes of the first quarter and you're like uh oh and then more uh oh garber's making some terrible decisions the offensive line down Garrett to jorio and then you had another tackle going down the the guards getting blown up you see like could not run the ball I was thinking this Eric bemy offense would do a lot but watching the broadcast it just looked like the offensive line kept getting blown up and Hawaii came to play in this game they played much better than they did with horrible weather and against the Delaware State team that they were tied with late in the third quarter and UCLA was looking God awful man I mean garbers those two picks in the end zone and then yes I know you're trying to avoid the safety but goodness gracious man that was kind of brutal but then in the second half it looked like a completely different team yes it wasn't like they're World beaters they didn't go win this game by two or three scores but they went down the field scored a touchdown then they went down kicked a field goal kicked a field goal again and then won the game with a third field goal late and matin bani what to get the portal for the Bruins nailed all his field goals the only one they missed was a 50 yard field goal plus 52 y by Blake Lesnar who is apparently their long field goal kicker I didn't even know UCLA had a thing but that's a thing now special teams I didn't know was going to be a big factor it played a pivotal role in this game UCLA nearly blocked a field goal the missed opportunity to get Hawaii three and out of their opening drive changed the complete momentum of this game and then UCLA was sitting behind the eightball the whole time when the defense quite frankly under aaka Malloy with this run and shoot employed by the bows I thought UCLA despite shagger completing a lot percentage of his throws the Bruins didn't not look horrible now yes are they a dominant defense I don't know they forc couple of picks they got a fumble late they got the stop at the end of the game they got pressure UCLA did what they needed to do defense defensively against a tough system to battle against we'll find out later in the season what it's truly made of but against a very unique system UCLA made the changes they need at halftime play action was what garbers needed they found floors they found stent and UCLA went down and got the job done despite doing some very stupid things right like it's first and 10 UCLA Hawaii had two timeouts they didn't run the ball right I know you're trying to win the game but they did their best to almost lose that game as terribly as they played they didn't look you know Spencer mclin have lock gone college football I was probably gonna expect a text for him except his Oregon Ducks were playing terribly against Idaho I was wondering if he was gonna say one and 11 2- 10 0 and 12 if UCLA lost this game I was like oh my goodness are you serious right now are you serious with how this team is playing right now I just it was brutal it was everything everybody worried about they played the clip from Deshawn Foster's terrible opening press conference at Big 10 media days it looked like what everybody wanted to have happen and yes this isn't going to mean that this win can't move forward but I liked how the team came out of halftime they went from a team who did not look like they belonged on the football field to the team that once they got rolling you knew they were going to win the game all right it wasn't GNA be pretty it was ugly but the second half adjustments as minor or major as they might have been were crucial let's quickly look at some keys to the game because man it was brutal keys to the game o line and dline must step up and while I don't have the fresh exact stats in front of me ESP pin's a little slow stats a little getting adjusted UCLA had like four to five sacks so the dline stepped up when they needed to they brought blitzes I didn't know if UCLA would bring a lot of pressure with aak Maloy with this unique offensive system Hawaii runs they did it worked they timed it well AKA Malloy I thought called a very good game especially in the second half the dline stepped up including a crucial sack that set Hawaii back third and 21 and pretty much iced the game okay the offensive line the complete opposite I mean yes garbers had time to throw but some of those plays he got blown up especially with the one he threw his second interception the Run game was non-existent that was brutal to watch in the Run game I don't know what the problem was there and watching the broadcast how they're analyzing it they were just getting blown up makah heli there's just so many problems yes tackle hurt one didn't play the offensive line did not step up so that is concerning Garber had some time and he made some poor decisions but large in part UCLA did enough offensive line wise that's not going to carry it going forward it will not whatsoever key number two let's go back force a turnover those turnovers including the first T tip interception the second one the two or three Miss ones right they forced to Fumble didn't recovered they block which is in a turnover but they technically tipped a kick didn't get it and the Hawaii kicker still made it they dropped another pick family olad Deo and they still and Hawaii went down to kick a field goal so and at the end when they punched the ball out when Hawaii was fighting for yardage which could have been a first down one last h m h Mary forward UCLA won the turnover battle in this game and after the first half you thought my goodness how are they going to do this again and again and again what a funky weird game more went pick oh they're only down seven to pick to block field goal and then UCLA was down 10 nothing at the break and I was like oh my goodness I'm going to have to sit here and eat all my words about how they're not a two and10 team one and 11 now let me get let's go back to what they needed dline had to step up offensive line did enough to protect garbers force a turnover sure everyone Feast well not exactly the running backs nowhere to go but Harden made some clutch catches when they went to the short game passing wise if you're watching on YouTube if you're listening not everybody feasted so two of those three things were important and some of the facts that we saw UCL made their field goal so they were able to score in the Red Zone but then those interceptions right when they brought the stat on the broadcast garbers turned third and goal man imagine how different that game could have played if it was seven to three you get points on the board okay that was a little shaky from your red shirt senior quarterback or from an offensive line that had quite a few starters returning although they had some injuries plagued them in this game and then defensively I I I was impressed pressed by the defense I would have to get my hats off to the defense they made adjustments they made plays they probably weren't the only touchdown Drive they gave up in this game was one where they forced a three and out and they forgot to completely cover the punter on fourth down they forced the three up they did what they needed to do now they can get better yes and not every team is going to just throw the ball over your play and be a run and shoot offense no but the defense did what they needed the Eric be the offense I have to go back and look and see how much was the offensive line just screwing around how much are they just not ready on the offensive line which played Chip Kelly's offense last year and how much are they just not understanding the Eric BME offense or is it just terrible play calling I don't want to put pin that in Eric BME right now right and there's still too much to wonder about with the offensive line a couple of injuries one injury you know de Georgio didn't start in this game and then a couple poor decisions by garbers but once they start getting it going it looked like an offense that can make something happen okay it was not pretty this is not an excited performance that should shell out the Rose Bowl in two weeks in Indiana which certainly makes that game against the hooers A tossup and makes it all the more daunting to go to LSU host Oregon although they barely be Idaho at home today and then play Penn State and while the rest of the Big 10 certainly did not impress with their games right Michigan had a struggle with Fresno State Ohio State looked very sluggish to start with versus akan before they pulled away a lot of teams look around college football did struggle in the first half and then started clicking in the second half right they were really sloppy a lot of teams 66 six nothing right even that Georgia Clemson game where George's beat the breaks on in Clemson it was a slow start UCLA had a horrific start so you have to appla a first time head coach new system a lot of new things having to pull pieces together with what was left over obviously the offensive line is still a work in progress and the P players are still figuring things out offensively but once they figured it out it was nice to now they're going to have to work a lot of things to make them a bull winning team a six and six team but they got the job done and it's much better than a loss so I'll take it it was ugly they got the job done but still many things they need to do to work on in this game we're going to do grades and fullon judgments on our Monday episode on Labor Day stay tuned for that in the meantime UCLA fans this episode is brought to you by FanDuel and with FanDuel the thing you got to know is that we're doing something special right now with FanDuel right the we always talk about you know 14 and a half well we miss that right now the big thing though is it's America's number one sports book you have something different for you because from now until September 22nd all FanDuel customers can B $5 to get a three-week free trial of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV then with the YouTube TV base plan you'll be able to watch every regular season Sunday afternoon Market game all you need is a Google account a current form of payment you can cancel anytime fel.com to download America's number one sports book all right that's going to do it for this reaction ugly but they survive like literally ugly okay get your hands up Bruins fans eight clap time the DeShaun Foster era has begun and it's one and0 that is better than what Chip Kelly could have done if he could have beaten Cincinnati back in 2018 right so better than what they did with Chip Kelly so let's get excited they fought back and won the game and one two three four five 678 U see L UCL fight fight fight this has been locked on UCLA reacting to the UCLA victory over Hawaii thanks for tuning in this is Zach signing off go Bruins