The most noticeable crowd-pleasing moment of UCLA’s Spring Showcase came with the clock stopped during a five-minute break from action.
Replacing the injured Colby Cyburt, redshirt freshman offensive tackle Kenny Lacy struggled to squeeze into a white jersey much too small for him as he switched teams to fill the need. After an extended period of squirming and multiple attempts to pull the jersey over his head, Lacy finally emerged from a scrum of helpers fully decked out in the snug No. 18 white jersey. The crowd of 15,108 at the StubHub Center erupted into the loudest applause of the night.
In Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage that the blue team – featuring the first-team offense – handily won 28-0, there wasn’t much reason for excitement, a fact that winning coach Noel Mazzone, departing briefly from his usual post as offensive coordinator, admitted himself.
“I was kind of bored, but it was a good time,” Mazzone said.
While the excitement about the game itself was at times measured, the excitement toward the regular season, which begins Aug. 30 at Virginia, continues to build among the team.
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Story by: Kevin Bowman