Minding their X’s and O’s

Friday, October 23, 1997

Game Preview

Bob Toledo, Head Coach

From the sidelines and the pressbox,

UCLA’s 14 coaches

put it all together

UCLA Coordinators |

Assistant Offense |

Assistant Defense

When UCLA has the ball |

Opponent Profile: Bobby Shaw

UCLA Coordinators

Name

Who reports to him

At game time

Rocky Long

Linebackers, defensive ends, all defensive players

Long is the play caller on defense. He makes his calls from the
sideline, while many other teams’ coordinators work in the press
boxes.

Al Borges

Quarterbacks, all offensive players

Borges, the offensive coordinator, does the offensive
play-calling from the sidelines.

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Assistant Offense

Name

Who reports to him

At game time

Gary Bernardi

Tight ends, offensive line

High up in the press box, Bernardi notes information on the
effectiveness of UCLA’s offensive fronts and considers possible
adjustments.

Ron Caragher

Wide receivers

Working on the sideline, Caragher is in charge of substituting
the different groups in for each play. For instance, one play
requires a group of three wide receivers and one running back;
another might require two tight ends.

Mark Weber

Offensive linemen

Weber deals with the offensive line on the sideline. If blocking
adjustments need to be made, Weber talks to the linemen. He is also
constantly communicating with Gary Bernardi, who is watching the
offensive line from the press box.

Skip Peete

Running Backs

Peete is in the press box with Gary Bernardi. He helps the
offensive coaching staff keep track of down and distances, and
watches the opponents coverages.

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Assistant Defense

Name

Who reports to him

At game time

Bob Field

Strong safeties, rovers

Field works in the press box. Field, UCLA’s defensive
coordinator under former head coach Terry Donahue, looks at the
effectiveness of the defensive play being run as a whole.

Terry Tumey

Defensive linemen

Tumey works on the sideline and is in charge of making sure the
right players get substituted in for a given defensive play. Tumey
also signals the play Rocky Long calls to coaches Marc Dove and Bob
Field in the press box.

Marc Dove

Cornerbacks, free safeties

Dove watches opposing offenses, specifically what routes are
being run by opposing receivers. He watches from the press box and
also keeps track of downs and distance.

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Bobby Shaw

The senior wide receiver is without a doubt California’s most
explosive offensive weapon. He ranks third in the nation in
receptions per game (8.0) and receiving yards per game (133.2), and
ranks second in the Pac-10 (to UCLA’s Skip Hicks) with 8
touchdowns. He is on pace to break virtually every school receiving
record and just last week became Cal’s all-time leader in receiving
yards with 2,437. Shaw is on pace to end the season more than 80
catches, which would be only two shy of Keyshawn Johnson’s Pac-10
record set in 1995. He is not only the best receiver in the
conference, but one of the best in the nation and the best in Cal
history, UCLA head coach Bob Toledo said.

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UCLA

CAL

WHEN UCLA HAS THE BALL

Look for UCLA to march up and down the field against the Golden
Bears. The Bruins lead the nation in scoring offense (43.3 points
per game) while Cal ranks last in the conference in scoring defense
(33.3 points per game). Enough said.

WHEN CAL HAS THE BALL

Cal’s offensive weakness plays right into the Bruins’ strength.
Cal has no problem moving down the field; just trouble getting into
the end zone. Quarterback Justin Vedder and wide receiver Bobby
Shaw are a lethal combination for the Bears.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Chris Sailer has been on fire he’s made 15 straight field goals
and averages 42.5 yards per punt. And almost all his kickoffs
result in touchbacks. On the other side of the field, the Bears’
special teams are all-around mediocre.

OVERALL

It would be a huge upset if the Bruins lose this game – or if
it’s even close for that matter. The Bears do have the ability to
put points on the scoreboard, but not enough to keep up with the
Bruins’ offensive attack.

 

UCLA 45

CAL 20

 

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