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\u2018You didn\u2019t see the strain.\u2019 UCLA\u2019s Tim Skipper saw major slippage against Indiana <\/p>\n
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UCLA interim coach Tim Skipper said the Bruins didn\u2019t show their usual fanatical effort during a loss at Indiana Saturday. <\/p>\n
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The standard wasn\u2019t the standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n After a month of disciplined, passionate football that included three consecutive wins and a feel-good vibe, UCLA<\/a> did not exhibit those same characteristics while going splat against second-ranked Indiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat would be like the most disappointing thing,\u201d interim coach Tim Skipper<\/a> said Monday, two days after his team\u2019s 56-6 defeat, \u201cis just our style of play wasn\u2019t what it\u2019s been \u2014 you didn\u2019t see the strain, you didn\u2019t see the fanatical effort, those type of things, and you\u2019re going to need to play that way when you play these top teams like we just did.\u201d<\/p>\n The only consistency the Bruins showed was in struggling across the board. Their offense didn\u2019t score a touchdown for the first time this season. Their defense gave up a season high for points.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s part of the movie.\u2019 Adversity made UCLA tailback Anthony Frias II\u2019s success sweeter <\/p>\n UCLA running back Anthony Frias II pulls away from the Maryland defense on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n (Ross Turteltaub \/ UCLA Athletics)<\/p>\n His father says it all the time.<\/p>\n Anthony Frias II will suffer a setback, like those scary months when the UCLA<\/a> running back was stuck in transfer portal limbo, unsure if his college career was over, and he\u2019ll hear those familiar words.<\/p>\n It\u2019s part of the movie.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll strain in anonymity, police repeatedly coming to the door of his home at 2:30 a.m. because neighbors kept complaining about the sound of weights slamming onto the floor of the garage after another sweaty deadlift, and here comes his father\u2019s favorite phrase again.<\/p>\n Recap: UCLA reverts to its early-season, mistake-riddled form in loss to Indiana <\/p>\n Indiana defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker (95) sacks UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava in the first half Saturday.<\/p>\n (Darron Cummings \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n BLOOMINGTON, Ind.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0On UCLA\u2019s<\/a> first offensive play, quarterback Nico Iamaleva<\/a> found himself swarmed by a pack of defenders for a sack.<\/p>\n On the next play, Iamaleava faced pressure again before throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a rough start, man,\u201d Iamaleava said.<\/p>\n It never got much better for the Bruins on a chilly, cloudy Saturday afternoon that was darker than the foreboding weather.<\/p>\n Can UCLA recapture that fun feeling? Five things to watch against Nebraska <\/p>\n Bruins running back Anthony Woods will be back on the field this weekend.<\/p>\n (Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n Well, it was fun while it lasted … wait, it\u2019s not over?<\/p>\n There\u2019s somehow at least four games left in a UCLA football season<\/a> that feels like it\u2019s already exhausted its story arc and run out of acts.<\/p>\n Act I: The fall of a proud Bruin.<\/p>\n Act II: The rise of a proud (Fresno State) Bulldog-turned-Bruin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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