UCLA football expects rain, loud crowd at Washington

Coach Chip Kelly and the UCLA shot squad look to support their roadworthy occurrence portion bucking a inclination Saturday.

UCLA, which is 2-0 connected the roadworthy this season, travels to Seattle for a Pac-12 crippled against Washington, which has won the past 2 meetings with the Bruins.

The Bruins past played the Huskies astatine the Rose Bowl successful 2018 and haven’t made a travel to Seattle since 2017. The Bruins’ past triumph implicit the Huskies came connected the roadworthy successful 2014.

The Huskies (2-3, 1-1) would beryllium 2-0 successful the Pac-12 if not for surrendering a 10-point fourth-quarter pb successful a 27-24 nonaccomplishment to Oregon State connected Oct. 2 connected a tract extremity arsenic clip expired.

Kelly has taken the indispensable steps this week astatine signifier to hole the Bruins for a large situation and the anticipation of rain.

The Bruins (4-2, 2-1) worked with a bedewed shot passim the week.

Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson pointed to a slippery shot astatine the Rose Bowl against Fresno State arsenic the crushed for 1 of his fumbles this season. Several players were besides seen slipping connected the tract passim that nonconference loss.

While the Bruins person not played immoderate benignant of virtual assemblage sound implicit their loudspeakers during practice, the squad does person euphony playing passim the greeting practices.

“One of the reasons we play euphony during signifier is truthful that we tin signifier auditory exclusion,” Kelly said. “I couldn’t archer you what the playlist is due to the fact that I don’t wage attraction to it.”

While this week’s playlist featured grunge, the alternate stone dependable believed to person calved successful the mid-1980s successful Seattle and its surrounding areas, Thompson-Robinson and Kelly said they didn’t prime up connected it.

“It gets beauteous quiescent erstwhile you’re tuned successful and locked into the crippled and your assignment,” Thompson-Robinson said. “I didn’t adjacent announcement they were doing that.”

When UCLA has the ball

Kelly indispensable found the tally crippled aboriginal and proceed to find occurrence successful the backfield with Zach Charbonnet and Brittain Brown.

The tandem produced an awesome showing to marque up a bulk of the 411 yards of full discourtesy against Arizona past week.

Brown rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown connected 12 carries; Charbonnet rushed for 117 yards connected 21 carries.

Despite the palmy tally game, Kelly says helium has respect for Jimmy Lake, who is successful his 2nd play arsenic the Huskies’ defensive-minded caput coach.

While statistic whitethorn suggest otherwise, Kelly has recognized immoderate imaginable challenges the discourtesy whitethorn look against the Huskies’ defence Saturday.

“We person to tally the shot to beryllium successful,” Kelly said. “We privation to propulsion the shot and we truly privation to beryllium balanced successful each crippled we play, but however the crippled unfolds during the people of the crippled is however you extremity up managing and calling the plays.”

When Washington has the ball

The Bruins person made it hard for opponents to tally the shot against them this season.

The Huskies person utilized a assortment of players retired of the backfield. Former St. John Bosco standout Sean McGrew has played successful lone 3 of the Huskies’ 5 games, but serves arsenic the team’s starring rusher. McGrew has 188 yards and six touchdowns connected 38 carries.

The Huskies whitethorn payment from the instrumentality of moving backmost Richard Newton, who played successful the 3 nonconference games to commencement the play earlier a bid of injuries kept him inactive during league play. With the Huskies coming disconnected a bye week, there’s a anticipation for Newton to instrumentality to the lineup.

Quarterback Dylan Morris has thrown 7 touchdowns and six interceptions. If the Bruins’ beforehand 7 tin unit Morris into making atrocious decisions, determination could beryllium an accidental for turnovers.

Taj Davis (Upland High) and Terrell Bynum (St. John Bosco) are starring the Huskies’ receiving efforts this season.

They volition situation a UCLA secondary that is dilatory getting backmost to afloat strength, aft safeties Quentin Lake and Kenny Churchwell III overcame injuries to play past week against Arizona. Defensive backmost Mo Osling III remains questionable for this week.