Pac-10 Position Breakdown: Offensive Line – UCLA Bruins
Comments (0) While Arizona State wore the shameful crown of having the conference’s most sacked quarterback of 2008 in Rudy Carpenter with 34, UCLA gave up just as many; they just spread the wealth a little. Kevin Craft took the bulk of the sacks with 32, and backup Chris Forcier took two as well.
Kevin Craft had a miserable season leading one of the nation’s most anemic offenses last year, and much of that had to do with some terrible decision making on his part. But when the offensive line is consistently letting the pocket around the quarterback collapse, it is difficult to fault the quarterback entirely for making a bad decision or two (or three, or four…)
Riddled with injuries last season, the UCLA linemen never had a chance to build any chemistry together or get comfortable in one spot, as they were constantly being shuffled around and subbed in and out. For the glass-half-full types out in Westwood, this shuffling did give a lot of these guys valuable playing time, as well as giving the coaching staff a good chance to evaluate each player’s strengths and weaknesses. Coach Rick Neuheisel will have plenty of options, depth, and healthy competition all the way up to and through the 2009 season.
Coach Rick Neuheisel doesn't look too confident
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