The team, in need of the Savior, found one in the most unexpected places and the most familiar from the faces.
Jerry Neuheisel, Ucla The coach from the tight ends, who was increased in PlayCaller just four days before his team without victories encountered the opponent of the TOP-10, scored a plan of the offensive, which gave points at each of the first five Bruins discs.
The fun went down only for a moment on the way to the stunning UCla 42-37 Victory Among No. 7 Penn State on Saturday in the afternoon in Rose Bowl, fans provide their frivolous verdict with singing, which they left the first trip in the fourth quarter.
“Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”
The game became tense late, demanding a defensive stop after the UCLA defender Niko Yamaliava He was filled with the fourth down, giving the ball back to the state of Pennsylvania on the 32-yard line of Bruins with the remaining two minutes.
Nittani lions reached nine before the defender of the University of California at UCLA Jackson went into the rear field, and threw the quota-Termebeck Drew Allara for the Tridm Prigrysh with the remaining 37 seconds.
Defender of the University of California at the University of California at the University of California, Nika Yamaleava (9), evades the defensive end of Penn State Chaz Coleman (19) to on Saturday.
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After the Bruins player Will Caroll intentionally left the back of the final zone so that safety, to pull out the Penn state for five points, Nittany Lions could not cross the midfield until the end of the game.
After the final game, Neuheisel was lifted into the air with its grateful players, without victories.
“He believes in us that we can go there and execute,” said Yamaliava after the accounting of five landings, “and he collected a great game plan for us.”
The question remains whether it was a turning point or a temporary delay in the lost season, but at least at the moment, when everyone related to the team can exhale deeply.
Neuheisel said that he found out that he would call in plays on Tuesday. He calculated that since then he has three hours of sleep, Bruins still had a passage to take possession of the attack on Saturday morning.
“We had two days to practice a new game plan,” said Neuheisel, and all that they really believed. ”
Neuheisel's masterfully managing crime was Iamaleava, who finally had something to show for his Driving through crossed areas from Tennessee This made him a conversation about the offseason in student football.
“Large players make big games, and this is what he did there,” said UCLA, Tim Skipper, squeezing the ball.
The receiver UCLA Kwazi Gilmer (3) celebrates with the teammate Titus Mokia-Atimalala (2) after the landing against Penn State has fallen in the fourth quarter.
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Yaamaleava ran for three landings and went on two more, as Bruins (1-4 in general, 1-1 large dozens) almost doubled their previous moment this season. Faced with the third and naked in the middle of the fourth quarter, Yaamaleava fell back before taking off and go to the front right corner of the final zone. Then he fastened the offensive passage with two points into the back of the final zone in the quasi of Gilmer, which gave UCLA the advantage 42-28.
The fact that it could qualify as its best day as a college player, Iamaleva completed 17 out of 24 passes for 166 yards and ran 16 times for 128 yards, including an elegant 52-fair profit, in which he abandoned the defender.
Given the circumstances, the debut of Neuheisel PlayCalling was perhaps more valiant effort than his exit from the bench as a UCLA defender in 2014 to bring his team to the top victory over Texas.
Remember that these Bruins were nationally rank.
This version was nationally jumped, gaining an average of 14.2 points per game on the way to four consistent losses, which led to the departures of the coach of Desshaun Foster, the defense coordinator Ikaika Mallo and the coordinator of Tino Sanseri. Sanseri's departure prompted Bruins to raise Neuheisel and bring Noel Mazzone, his old UCLA and Boss offensive coordinator for one season in Texas A&M, as an analyst and adviser to his old protrude.
Together they developed a scheme that helped the Bruins turn 435 yards of insults.
“No one in the world expected that we would win, let's be honest here,” said UCLA LawRence safety.
The celebration began during the break, the players in UCla jumped excitedly and clapped their hands when they ran to the locker room after the 54-fair goal of Mateen Bhagani.
By this moment, the dominance of UCLA was as complete as his failures in the loss of the first four games. Bruins scored all five discs in the first half, restored the blow on the side and surpassed Nittany Lions, 285-92 in the total yard.
The UCLA Kwazi Gilmeer receiver dives into the final zone to the 11-yard passage in the first half against Penn State.
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Signs of what was supposed to begin on the initial drive.
After the victory in the throw of the coin and deciding to get, UCla quickly went at the expense of her first drive. Gilmer took a short pass from IAMALEAVA and expanded the ball through the gate line for 11-fair landing, which gave Bruins the advantage of 7-0.
These chants “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!” Filling out the stadium after UCLA took its first leadership in the season after 244 minutes 34 seconds of football.
The fun just began for Bruins. Bhagani immediately launched a blow on the side, which discovered Kanye Clark, which led to a field target and pillow 10-0 per day, which belonged to a fair-haired coach and lifelong Bruin, whose debut as PlayCaller figures to lead to many new opportunities.
“Just a special, special day,” Neuheisel said. “I don’t know where it will rank, I don’t know how to really express it in words, I'm just glad that I'm in it now.”
